polia

See also: polía

Catalan

Verb

polia

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

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

polia

1. partitive singular of poli

Etymology 2

Noun

polia

1. partitive plural of pola

Anagrams

• lapio, lipoa, olipa, paloi

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιά (poliá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.a/, [ˈpɔlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.a/, [ˈpɔːliä]

Noun

polia f (accusative polian)

1. (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.

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /poːˈliː.a/, [poːˈlʲiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈli.a/, [poˈliːä]

Noun

pōlīa f (genitive pōlīae); first declension

1. a stable of horses

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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.

Noun

polia n

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈli.ɐ/

Etymology 1

From French poulie (“pulley”).

Noun

polia f (plural polias)

1. pulley

   Synonym: roldana

Etymology 2

Verb

polia

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔʎi̯a]

Noun

polia n

1. nominative/accusative plural of pole