polluceo

Latin

Etymology

From por- (forth) +‎ *lūceō, from Proto-Italic *loikēō (to make available, offer, causative), from a tentative Proto-Indo-European *leyk- (to be available, to be on offer), a different grade of which gave liceor. Compare polliceor.

Pronunciation

Verb

pollūceō (present infinitive pollūcēre, perfect active pollūxī, supine pollūctum); second conjugation

  1. to place upon an altar as a sacrifice, offer (up)
  2. (of a meal) to serve up
  3. to entertain

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pollūceō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478

Further reading

  • polluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • polluceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.