English

Alternative forms

• polis

Noun

pollis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pollises)

1. (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
2. (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Latin

Etymology 1

See pollen ‎(“fine flour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.lis/, [ˈpɔl.lɪs]

Noun

pollis m, f ‎(genitive pollinis); third declension

1. Alternative form of pollen

Declension

Third declension.

References

• pollis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pollis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,195/3.
• pollis in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• pollis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology 2

See pollus, alternative form of polus ‎(“pole”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.liːs/, [ˈpɔl.liːs]

Adjective

pollīs

1. dative masculine plural of pollus
2. dative feminine plural of pollus
3. dative neuter plural of pollus
4. ablative masculine plural of pollus
5. ablative neuter plural of pollus
6. ablative feminine plural of pollus