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Latin
Etymology
From por- + *lūceō (“make available, offer”). Some refer it to the root of liceor, for which compare polliceor.
Pronunciation
Verb
pollūceō (present infinitive pollūcēre, perfect active pollūxī, supine pollūctum); second conjugation
- to place upon an altar as a sacrifice, offer (up)
- (of a meal) to serve up
- to entertain
Conjugation
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References
- “polluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polluceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.