politus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of poliō.
Participle
polītus (feminine polīta, neuter polītum, comparative polītior, superlative polītissimus); first/second-declension participle
- polished
- smoothed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | polītus | polīta | polītum | polītī | polītae | polīta | |
| Genitive | polītī | polītae | polītī | polītōrum | polītārum | polītōrum | |
| Dative | polītō | polītō | polītīs | ||||
| Accusative | polītum | polītam | polītum | polītōs | polītās | polīta | |
| Ablative | polītō | polītā | polītō | polītīs | |||
| Vocative | polīte | polīta | polītum | polītī | polītae | polīta | |
Descendants
- → English: polite
- French: poli
- Italian: polito, pulito
- Portuguese: polido
- Spanish: polido, pulido
- Sicilian: pulitu
References
- “politus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “politus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- politus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- politus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita
- a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita