polia

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Catalan

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Verb

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polia

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

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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polia

  1. partitive singular of poli

Etymology 2

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Noun

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polia

  1. partitive plural of pola

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιά (poliá).

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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.

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πωλεία (pōleía).

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pōlīa f (genitive pōlīae); first declension

  1. a stable of horses
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pōlīa pōlīae
Genitive pōlīae pōlīārum
Dative pōlīae pōlīīs
Accusative pōlīam pōlīās
Ablative pōlīā pōlīīs
Vocative pōlīa pōlīae

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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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polia n

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

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From French poulie (pulley).

Noun

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polia f (plural polias)

  1. pulley
    Synonym: roldana

Etymology 2

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Verb

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polia

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

Slovak

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polia n

  1. nominative/accusative plural of pole