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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔlˈluː.ke.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [polˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]
Verb
pollūceō (present infinitive pollūcēre, perfect active pollūxī, supine pollūctum); second conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of pollūceō (second 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.