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6-letter words (1 found)

POLLEX,

4-letter words (7 found)

EXPO,LOPE,OLPE,PELL,PLEX,POLE,POLL,

3-letter words (11 found)

ELL,EXO,LEP,LEX,LOP,LOX,OLE,OPE,PEL,POL,POX,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EX,LO,OE,OP,OX,PE,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of pollex

pollex

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pollex.

Noun

pollex (plural pollices)

  1. The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.

Derived terms

  • pollical
  • pollicate

See also

  • hallux

References

  • “pollex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Traditionally connected to Proto-Slavic *palьcь (“thumb”), with contamination from Latin polleō (“to be strong”) (hence pollex, not *pōlex). However, de Vaan is unconvinced, and instead prefers Meier-Brügger's derivation from a Proto-Italic *por-likʰ-s (“which is licked over”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“through”) + *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), with the second syllable in the nominative singular becoming -lex based on the model of other body parts, such as vortex (“whirl; top of the head”) inflecting with -ex.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.leks/, [ˈpɔlːʲɛks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.leks/, [ˈpɔlːeks]

Noun

pollex m (genitive pollicis); third declension

  1. thumb
  2. great toe
  3. a unit of distance, equivalent to approximately 24.6 mm; one uncia (see also: Ancient Roman units of measurement)
  4. seal (insignia)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • pollicāris
  • *pollicāta

Descendants

References

  • “pollex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pollex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pollex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “pollex”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “pŏllen”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 497

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