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Etymology

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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-n-éh₁-ti ~ *pl̥-n-h₁-énti (to fill), from the root *pleh₁- (to fill; full).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to be strong or powerful; to prevail
    Synonyms: possum, queō, valeō, praevaleō, vigeō
    Antonym: nequeō
  2. to be potent, to operate (of medicines)
  3. to be worth; to have importance
  4. to be rich in

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “polleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], 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

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  • 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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