pŏlenta | pŏlen-tum, i | pŏlenta, ōrum (noun F.n) : f. (collat. form , , n., Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2; so plur.: , , Macr. S. 7, 15) [perh. from πάλη = pollen]
* Peeled barley, pearl-barley: homines, qui polentam pinsitant,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 17; Cato, R. R. 168; Col. 6, 17, 18; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72; 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 8, 37, § 59; Ov. M. 5, 450; Pers. 3, 55; Vulg. Lev. 23, 14.

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