polia

Catalan

Verb

polia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of polir

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

polia

1. partitive singular of poli

Etymology 2

Noun

polia

1. partitive plural of pola

Anagrams

• lapio, lipoa, olipa, paloi

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιά (poliá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.a/,

Noun

polia f (accusative polian)

1. (hapax, mineralogy) a precious stone
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.73:

     Colos appellāvit drosolithum herbāceus, melichrum melleus, cuius plūra genera, melichlōrum geminus, parte flāvus, parte melleus, crociān crocī similitūdine quādam spargente, poliān canitiē, spartopolian rariōre.

     The colour gave name to the grass-green dewstone, to the honey melichrus, who has many sorts, the twin-coloured melichlorus, part yellow, part honey, the crocia with something like saffron sprinkled on it, the polia with grayness, the spartopolia with the same, more dispersed.

References

• “polia¹” on page 1,396/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πωλεία (pōleía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /poːˈliː.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈli.a/,

Noun

pōlīa f (genitive pōlīae); first declension

1. a stable of horses

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• “pōlīa²” on page 1,396/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

polia n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of polion
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of polium

Portuguese

Verb

polia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of polir

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

polia n

1. nominative/accusative plural of pole