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Polus
Polus
English
Proper noun
Polus
- (Roman mythology) The personification of the celestial axis around which the heavens revolve, and the Titan of intelligence.
Translations
a Greek titan
polus
polus
Latin
Noun
polus m (genitive polī); second declension
- pole (an extreme point of an axis)
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | polus | polī |
genitive | polī | polōrum |
dative | polō | polīs |
accusative | polum | polōs |
ablative | polō | polīs |
vocative | pole | polī |
Descendants
References
- polus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “polus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- polus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- polus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- polus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- polus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin