πόλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”).
Noun
πόλος • (pólos) m (genitive πόλου); second declension
- a pivot, hinge, axis, pole
Declension
Second declension of ὁ πόλος; τοῦ πόλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πόλος ho pólos | τὼ πόλω tṑ pólō | οἱ πόλοι hoi póloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πόλου toû pólou | τοῖν πόλοιν toîn póloin | τῶν πόλων tôn pólōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πόλῳ tôi pólōi | τοῖν πόλοιν toîn póloin | τοῖς πόλοις toîs pólois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πόλον tòn pólon | τὼ πόλω tṑ pólō | τοὺς πόλους toùs pólous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πόλε póle | πόλω pólō | πόλοι póloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: πόλος (pólos)
- → Latin: polus
- → Italian: polo
- → Catalan: pol
- → Old French: pole
- Middle French: pole
- French: pôle
- Norman: pôle (Jersey)
- → Dutch: pool
- → English: pole
- Middle French: pole
- → Galician: polo
- → German: Pol
- → Norwegian: pol
- → Occitan: pòl
- → Portuguese: polo
- → Russian: полюс (poljus)
- → Spanish: polo
References
- πόλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πόλος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pole at OneLook Dictionary Search
Greek
Noun
πόλος • (pólos) m (plural πόλοι)
- pole (extreme of an axis)
- Βόρειος Πόλος (North Pole)
- post (pole in a battery)
Declension
declension of πόλος
singular | plural | |
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nominative | πόλος • | πόλοι • |
genitive | πόλου • | πόλων • |
accusative | πόλο • | πόλους • |
vocative | πόλε • | πόλοι • |