polleo

Latin

Etymology

From Latin potis-valeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.le.oː/, [ˈpɔlːʲeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.le.o/, [ˈpɔlːeo]

Verb

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

1. to be strong or powerful; to prevail
2. (of medicines) to be potent, to operate
3. to be worth; to have importance
4. to be rich in

Conjugation

Conjugation of polleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	polleam	polleās	polleat	polleāmus	polleātis	polleant
	imperfect	pollērem	pollērēs	pollēret	pollērēmus	pollērētis	pollērent
passive	present	pollear	polleāris, polleāre	polleātur	polleāmur	polleāminī	polleantur
	imperfect	pollērer	pollērēris, pollērēre	pollērētur	pollērēmur	pollērēminī	pollērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pollē	—	—	pollēte	—
	future	—	pollētō	pollētō	—	pollētōte	pollentō
passive	present	—	pollēre	—	—	pollēminī	—
	future	—	pollētor	pollētor	—	—	pollentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pollēre	—	—	pollērī	—	—
participles		pollēns	—	—	—	—	pollendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pollendī	pollendō	pollendum	pollendō	—	—

Derived terms

• antepolleō
• pollex
• praepolleō

References

• “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.