Pollio

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pollio.

Proper noun

Pollio (plural Pollios)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Pollio is the 41657th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 522 individuals. Pollio is most common among White (93.87%) individuals.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pollio m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Non-urban form of *Paulliō, from Paullus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pōlliō m sg (genitive Pōlliōnis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Gaius Asinius Pollio, a Roman poet

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Πωλλίων (Pōllíōn)

References

  • Pollio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pollio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.