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pollex
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pollex.
Noun
pollex (plural pollices)
- The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
- We came to know the curious roadside species, Hitchhiking Man, Homo pollex of science, with all its many sub-species and forms.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
Derived terms
- pollical
See also
- hallux
References
- pollex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps cognate with Proto-Slavic *pal?c?, but contaminated with Latin polle? (hence pollex not *p?lex).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pol.leks/, [?p?l???ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pol.leks/, [?p?l??ks]
Noun
pollex m (genitive pollicis); third declension
- thumb
- great toe
- a unit of distance, equivalent to approximately 24.6 mm; one uncia (see also: Ancient Roman units of measurement)
- seal (insignia)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- pollic?ris
Descendants
References
- pollex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pollex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pollex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pollex in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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poller
English
Etymology
poll +? -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??l?(?)
Noun
poller (plural pollers)
- one who polls or lops trees
- one who cuts hair; a barber
- one who votes
- one who registers voters or conducts a poll
- (computing) a task or process that periodically checks for a condition being satisfied, such as the availability of new data
Anagrams
- repoll
Dutch
Etymology
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Noun
poller m (plural pollers, diminutive pollertje n)
- a retractable road bollard
Related terms
- verkeerspaal (“a road bollard”)
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