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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl.le.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl.le.o]

Verb

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

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.
to be potent, to operate (of medicines)
to be worth; to have importance
to be rich in

Conjugation

Conjugation of polleō (second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	polleam	polleās		polleat	polleāmus	polleātis		polleant
active	imperfect	pollērem	pollērēs		pollēret	pollērēmus	pollērētis		pollērent
passive	present	pollear	polleāris, polleāre		polleātur	polleāmur	polleāminī		polleantur
passive	imperfect	pollērer	pollērēris, pollērēre		pollērētur	pollērēmur	pollērēminī		pollērentur
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	pollē		—	—	pollēte		—
active	future	—	pollētō		pollētō	—	pollētōte		pollentō
passive	present	—	pollēre		—	—	pollēminī		—
passive	future	—	pollētor		pollētor	—	—		pollentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

Related terms

-pleō

References

^ 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
^ 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