polleo

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word polleo. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word polleo, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say polleo in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word polleo you have here. The definition of the word polleo will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpolleo, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

A stative verb in -eō, -ēre originally meaning “to be full”, based on a then lost factitive nasal-infixed present from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥-n-éh₁-ti ~ *pl̥-n-h₁-énti (“to fill”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

polleō (present infinitive pollēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to be strong or powerful; to prevail
    Synonyms: possum, queō, valeō, praevaleō, vigeō
    Antonym: nequeō
  2. to be potent, to operate (of medicines)
  3. to be worth; to have importance
  4. to be rich in

Conjugation

   Conjugation of polleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present polleō pollēs pollet pollēmus pollētis pollent
imperfect pollēbam pollēbās pollēbat pollēbāmus pollēbātis pollēbant
future pollēbō pollēbis pollēbit pollēbimus pollēbitis pollēbunt
passive present polleor pollēris,
pollēre 		pollētur pollēmur pollēminī pollentur
imperfect pollēbar pollēbāris,
pollēbāre 		pollēbātur pollēbāmur pollēbāminī pollēbantur
future pollēbor pollēberis,
pollēbere 		pollēbitur pollēbimur pollēbiminī pollēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present polleam polleās polleat polleāmus polleātis polleant
imperfect pollērem pollērēs pollēret pollērēmus pollērētis pollērent
passive present pollear polleāris,
polleāre 		polleātur polleāmur polleāminī polleantur
imperfect pollērer pollērēris,
pollērēre 		pollērētur pollērēmur pollērēminī pollērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pollē — — pollēte —
future — pollētō pollētō — pollētōte pollentō
passive present — pollēre — — pollēminī —
future — pollētor pollētor — — pollentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pollēre — — pollērī — —
participles pollēns — — — — pollendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pollendī pollendō pollendum pollendō — —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “polleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*pleh₁”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 482-83

Further reading

  • “polleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “polleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia