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pŏlus (noun M) = πόλος: .
* Lit., the end of an axis, a pole (poet. and postAug.): terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti,Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64: polus glacialis,the north pole,id. M. 2, 173; or, gelidus,id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15: polus australis,id. M. 2, 131; or, austrinus,the south pole,Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.
* Transf.
* The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin.
* The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622: immensi parva figura poli,Ov. F. 6, 278.
* Lit., the end of an axis, a pole (poet. and postAug.): terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti,Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64: polus glacialis,the north pole,id. M. 2, 173; or, gelidus,id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15: polus australis,id. M. 2, 131; or, austrinus,the south pole,Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.
* Transf.
* The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin.
* The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622: immensi parva figura poli,Ov. F. 6, 278.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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