Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”), like πάλη (pálē, “fine flour”), πέλανος (pélanos, “thick liquid substance”), Latin puls (“porridge”) and pollen (“flour, powder”). Others have connected this noun with substrate words like παλάθη (paláthē, “cake of conserved fruits”) and πλάθανον (pláthanon, “cake mold”); Latin puls and Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”) may be from a related substrate source.
πόλτος • (póltos) m (genitive πόλτου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ πόλτος ho póltos |
τὼ πόλτω tṑ póltō |
οἱ πόλτοι hoi póltoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πόλτου toû póltou |
τοῖν πόλτοιν toîn póltoin |
τῶν πόλτων tôn póltōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πόλτῳ tôi póltōi |
τοῖν πόλτοιν toîn póltoin |
τοῖς πόλτοις toîs póltois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πόλτον tòn pólton |
τὼ πόλτω tṑ póltō |
τοὺς πόλτους toùs póltous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πόλτε pólte |
πόλτω póltō |
πόλτοι póltoi | ||||||||||
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