1. pŏlus — Lewis & Short
the end of an axis
The corpus record — Latin
polus1
polus1 · m
the end of an axis
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Precationes 1 · 21.6/10k
- Hercules Oetaeus 12 · 10.65/10k
- Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 2 · 9.3/10k
- Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
- de raptu Proserpinae 5 · 7.17/10k
- Hercules 5 · 6.57/10k
- Thyestes 4 · 6.35/10k
- Hamartigenia 4 · 6.26/10k
- Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
- Octavia 3 · 5.73/10k
- Phaedra 4 · 5.62/10k
- Cathemerina 3 · 4.08/10k
Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. Pŏlus — Lewis & Short
a celebrated Greek tragic actor
Attestations
- polo Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.1.8
- polum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.4.24
- polos Ausonius, Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 8.36
- polo Ausonius, Epistularum 31.308
- polo Ausonius, Precationes 2.11
- polus Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 1.P3
6 of 200 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
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