polleo

Latin

Etymology

A stative verb in -eō, -ēre originally meaning “to be full”, based on a then lost factitive nasal-infixed present from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥-né-h₁-ti ~ *pl̥-n-h₁-énti (“to fill”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

polleō (present infinitive pollēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be strong or powerful; to prevail
    Synonyms: possum, queō, valeō, praevaleō, vigeō
    Antonym: nequeō
    Tū illō diē, Jūpiter, populum Rōmānum sīc ferītō, ut ego hunc porcum hīc hodiē feriam, tantōque magis ferītō, quantō magis potes pollēsque.
    On that day, o Jove, make a covenant with the people of Rome in the same way as to how today I strike this pig; may you fulfill your convenant as much as you can and are able to.
  2. to be potent, to operate (of medicines)
  3. to be worth; to have importance
  4. to be rich in

Conjugation

   Conjugation of polleō (second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present polleō pollēs pollet pollēmus pollētis pollent
imperfect pollēbam pollēbās pollēbat pollēbāmus pollēbātis pollēbant
future pollēbō pollēbis pollēbit pollēbimus pollēbitis pollēbunt
passive present polleor pollēris,
pollēre 		pollētur pollēmur pollēminī pollentur
imperfect pollēbar pollēbāris,
pollēbāre 		pollēbātur pollēbāmur pollēbāminī pollēbantur
future pollēbor pollēberis,
pollēbere 		pollēbitur pollēbimur pollēbiminī pollēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present polleam polleās polleat polleāmus polleātis polleant
imperfect pollērem pollērēs pollēret pollērēmus pollērētis pollērent
passive present pollear polleāris,
polleāre 		polleātur polleāmur polleāminī polleantur
imperfect pollērer pollērēris,
pollērēre 		pollērētur pollērēmur pollērēminī pollērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pollē — — pollēte —
future — pollētō pollētō — pollētōte pollentō
passive present — pollēre — — pollēminī —
future — pollētor pollētor — — pollentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present pollēre pollērī pollēns —
future — — — pollendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pollendī pollendō pollendum pollendō — —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “polleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*pleh₁”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 482-83

Further reading

  • “polleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “polleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “polleo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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