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Webster 1913 Edition
Propolis
Pro′po-lis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] city.]
Same as
Bee glue
, under Bee
. Webster 1828 Edition
Propolis
PRO'POLIS
,Noun.
A thick odorous substance having some resemblance to wax and smelling like storax; used by bees to stop the holes and crevices in their hives to prevent the entrance of cold air, &c. Pliny represents it as the third coat; the first he calls commosis; the second pissoceros; the third, more solid than the others, he calls propolis.
This account of the propolis may not be perfectly correct, as authors do not agree in their descriptions of it.
Definition 2024
propolis
propolis
See also: própolis
English
Noun
propolis (uncountable)
- An aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.
Translations
glue-like substance
Synonyms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin propolis, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρόπολις (própolis, “suburb; propolis”), from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pro-”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔpɔlis/
Noun
propolis f (uncountable)
Latin
Etymology 1
Cognate with Ancient Greek πρόπολις (própolis, “bee glue”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.po.lis/, [ˈprɔ.pɔ.lɪs]
Noun
propolis m (genitive propolis); third declension
- bee-glue, propolis
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | propolis | propolēs |
| genitive | propolis | propolum |
| dative | propolī | propolibus |
| accusative | propolem | propolēs |
| ablative | propole | propolibus |
| vocative | propolis | propolēs |
Noun
propōlīs
References
- propolis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “propolis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.