polea
Latin
Etymology
Reportedly a loan from a language spoken in the Roman province of Syria. Considered a cognate of Ancient Greek πωλίον (pōlíon), "pony", "young elephant", "fetal membrane of a foal".
Noun
pōlea f sg (genitive pōleae); first declension
- (uncountable) The dung of an ass's foal, allegedly used, according to Pliny the Elder, for a preparation administered as a drug.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | pōlea |
| Genitive | pōleae |
| Dative | pōleae |
| Accusative | pōleam |
| Ablative | pōleā |
| Vocative | pōlea |
References
- “polea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “πωλίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Spanish
Noun
polea f (plural poleas)
- pulley
- Synonyms: garrucha, carrucha, trocla, trócola, carillo
Further reading
- “polea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- pelao