polia
See also: polía
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Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιά (poliá).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.li.a/, [ˈpɔlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.li.a/, [ˈpɔːliä]
Noun
polia f (accusative polian)
- (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.
- Colos appellāvit drosolithum herbāceus, melichrum melleus, cuius plūra genera, melichlōrum geminus, parte flāvus, parte melleus, crociān crocī similitūdine quādam spargente, poliān canitiē, spartopolian rariōre.
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/, [poːˈlʲiːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈli.a/, [poˈliːä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pōlīa | pōlīae |
Genitive | pōlīae | pōlīārum |
Dative | pōlīae | pōlīīs |
Accusative | pōlīam | pōlīās |
Ablative | pōlīā | pōlīīs |
Vocative | pōlīa | pōlīae |
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.
Portuguese
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