pollex
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pollex (plural pollices)
- 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.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
- We came to know the curious roadside species, Hitchhiking Man, Homo pollex of science, with all its many sub-species and forms.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- pollex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps cognate with Proto-Slavic *palьcь, but contaminated with Latin polleō (hence pollex not *pōlex).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.leks/, [ˈpɔl̠.l̠ɛks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.leks/, [ˈpɔl.lɛks]
Noun[edit]
pollex m (genitive pollicis); third declension
- thumb
- great toe
- a unit of distance, equivalent to approximately 24.6 mm; one uncia (see also: Ancient Roman units of measurement)
- seal (insignia)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pollex | pollicēs |
Genitive | pollicis | pollicum |
Dative | pollicī | pollicibus |
Accusative | pollicem | pollicēs |
Ablative | pollice | pollicibus |
Vocative | pollex | pollicēs |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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, 1883–1887)
- pollex in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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