polia

polia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of polir

polia

1. partitive singular of poli

polia

1. partitive plural of pola

• lapio, lipoa, olipa, paloi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιά (poliá).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.li.a]

polia f (accusative polian)

1. (hapax legomenon, mineralogy) a precious stone
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.73:

     Colōs appellāvit drosolithum herbāceus, melichrum melleus, cuius plūra genera, melichlōrum geminus, parte flāvus, parte melleus, crociān crocī similitūdine quādam spargente, poliān cānitiē, spartopoliān rāriōre.

     The grassy color has given its name to the drosolithus, that of honey to the melichrus, which has many types, to the melichlōrus two colors, in part the blond color and in part the color of honey, to the crocia from a certain sprinkling likeness of saffron, to the polia from hoariness, and from a sparser one to the spartopolia.

• “polia¹” on page 1,396/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πωλεία (pōleía).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [poːˈliː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [poˈliː.a]

pōlīa f (genitive pōlīae); first declension

1. a stable of horses

First-declension noun.

• “pōlīa²” on page 1,396/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

polia n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of polion
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of polium

From French poulie (“pulley”).

polia f (plural polias)

1. pulley

   Synonym: roldana

polia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of polir

• “polia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “polia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /pɔʎɪ̯a/, (high register) [ˈpɔʎɪ̯a], (common) [ˈpɔlɪ̯a]
• Rhymes: -ɔʎɪ̯a
• Hyphenation: po‧lia

polia n

1. nominative/accusative plural of pole