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(v. n.P. a.adv.) : pollĕo (polet, pollet:
* Quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes,Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. potis-valeo.
* Lit.
* In gen., to be strong, powerful, or potent, to be able, to prevail, avail (class.; cf.: valeo, possum): QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24, 8: potest polletque (populus),Liv. 8, 33; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 46: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: pollere, regnare, dominari,Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: qui in republicā tum plurimum pollebant,Caes. B. C. 1, 4: polleo plurimum inter homines, id. ap. Suet. Caes. 6; Cic. Brut. 51, 90: ad fidem faciendam justitia plus pollet,id. Off. 2, 9, 34: cum Romana majestas toto orbe polleret,Flor. 4, 2, 8.—With subj.-clause: is omnibus exemplo debet esse, quantum in hac urbe polleat, multorum obedire tempori,Cic. Brut. 69, 242.
* Transf.
* In partic., of medicines, to be potent or efficacious, to operate: herba contra anginas efficacissime pollet,is a powerful specific,Plin. 24, 19, 110, § 171: pollet adversus scorpiones,id. 20, 16, 63, § 171: aurum plurimis modis pollet in remediis,id. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 28, 8, 29, § 114.
* To be of worth, to be valued, esteemed, Plin. 19, 3, 17, § 47: cum eadem vitis aliud aliis in locis polleat,id. 14, 6, 8, § 70.
* To possess in abundance, be rich in: utensilibus,App. M. 2, 19.—Hence, pollens, entis, P. a., strong, mighty, able, powerful, potent (mostly since the Aug. period; not in Cic.): genus pollens atque honoratissumum,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: animus, abunde pollens potensque,Sall. J. 1, 3: potens pollensque,Liv. 2, 34; Inscr. Grut. 50, 3: genus pollens,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: classis plurimum pollens mari,Vell. 1, 2: mens pollentior,Tert. adv. Psych. 6: pollentissima ingenia,Sol. 2 med.—With abl.: sagittis pollens dea, Naev. ap. Macr. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): equo pollens,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 55: opibus,Lucr. 1, 61: venenis,Val. Fl. 6, 85.—With gen.: vini pollens Liber,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 21 (Fleck. as one word, vinipollens).—With acc.: soror cuncta pollentis viri, Argolica Juno,Sen. Agam. 805.—With inf.: tractare sereno Imperio vulgum pollens,Sil. 14, 80; Luc. 6, 685.—Hence, adv.: pollenter, powerfully (post-class.); comp. pollentius, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 254.
* Quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes,Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. potis-valeo.
* Lit.
* In gen., to be strong, powerful, or potent, to be able, to prevail, avail (class.; cf.: valeo, possum): QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24, 8: potest polletque (populus),Liv. 8, 33; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 46: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: pollere, regnare, dominari,Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: qui in republicā tum plurimum pollebant,Caes. B. C. 1, 4: polleo plurimum inter homines, id. ap. Suet. Caes. 6; Cic. Brut. 51, 90: ad fidem faciendam justitia plus pollet,id. Off. 2, 9, 34: cum Romana majestas toto orbe polleret,Flor. 4, 2, 8.—With subj.-clause: is omnibus exemplo debet esse, quantum in hac urbe polleat, multorum obedire tempori,Cic. Brut. 69, 242.
* Transf.
* In partic., of medicines, to be potent or efficacious, to operate: herba contra anginas efficacissime pollet,is a powerful specific,Plin. 24, 19, 110, § 171: pollet adversus scorpiones,id. 20, 16, 63, § 171: aurum plurimis modis pollet in remediis,id. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 28, 8, 29, § 114.
* To be of worth, to be valued, esteemed, Plin. 19, 3, 17, § 47: cum eadem vitis aliud aliis in locis polleat,id. 14, 6, 8, § 70.
* To possess in abundance, be rich in: utensilibus,App. M. 2, 19.—Hence, pollens, entis, P. a., strong, mighty, able, powerful, potent (mostly since the Aug. period; not in Cic.): genus pollens atque honoratissumum,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: animus, abunde pollens potensque,Sall. J. 1, 3: potens pollensque,Liv. 2, 34; Inscr. Grut. 50, 3: genus pollens,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: classis plurimum pollens mari,Vell. 1, 2: mens pollentior,Tert. adv. Psych. 6: pollentissima ingenia,Sol. 2 med.—With abl.: sagittis pollens dea, Naev. ap. Macr. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): equo pollens,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 55: opibus,Lucr. 1, 61: venenis,Val. Fl. 6, 85.—With gen.: vini pollens Liber,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 21 (Fleck. as one word, vinipollens).—With acc.: soror cuncta pollentis viri, Argolica Juno,Sen. Agam. 805.—With inf.: tractare sereno Imperio vulgum pollens,Sil. 14, 80; Luc. 6, 685.—Hence, adv.: pollenter, powerfully (post-class.); comp. pollentius, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 254.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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