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pollĭcĭtus pollĭnāris adj. belonging to fine flour; flour-; meal- pollĭnārĭus adj. belonging to fine flour; flour-; meal- pollinctor one who washes corpses and prepares them for burning; an undertaker; buriers pollinctus pollingo v. a. to wash a corpse; and prepare it for the funeral pile pollĭo Pollĭo a Roman surname; The name of a bad actor pollis pollūbrum a wash-basin; laver pollūcĕo v. a. to place upon the altar as a sacrifice to the deity; to offer; offer up; To ser… Pollūces pollūcĭbĭlis adj. rich; magnificent; sumptuously; magnificently pollūcĭbĭlĭtas magnificence; excellence pollūcĭbĭlĭter adv. polluctē adv. polluctūra a sumptuous entertainment; a feast; banquet polluctus pollŭlus pollŭo v. a. to soil; defile; pollute; to defile; to pollute pollūtĭo defilement; contamination; pollution pollūtrix a polluter Pollux a famous pugilist; son of Tyndarus and Leda; and brother of Castor; in connecti… pŏlōsē adv. going through the poles poltĕo pōlūbrum pōlŭlus adj. little pŏlus the end of an axis; a pole; the north pole; The polar star; The heavens Pŏlus a celebrated Greek tragic actor Polusca a small and very ancient town in Latium pŏlўăcanthos a kind of thistle Pŏlўaegos an island of the Ægean Sea Pŏlўaenus a mathematician; a friend and follower of Epicurus pŏlўandrĭon a common burial-place; graveyard; cemetery pŏlўanthĕmum a caustic plant; otherwise called; many-flowered; crowfoot pŏlўarchĭon a kind of soothing ointment Polўbē one of the fifty daughters of Danaüs Pŏlўbĭus a celebrated Greek historian from Megalopolis; in Arcadia; the son of Lycortas … Pŏlўbus A king of Corinth; at whose court Œdipus was brought up; One of Penelope's suit… pŏlўcarpos a plant; also called pŏlychrŏnĭus adj. long-lived Pŏlўclītus a celebrated Grecian sculptor from Argos or Sicyon; contemporary with Pericles;… pŏlycnēmon a plant Pŏlycrătes a prince of Samos; and friend of Amasis; celebrated for his good fortune; but a… Pŏlycrătĭa wife of the Achœan chief Aratus Pŏlўdaemon a descendant of Semiramis; slain by Perseus Pō^lўdămas A Trojan; son of Panthous and friend of Hector; belonging to Polydamas; A famou… Pŏlўdectes a king of Seriphus; who brought up Perseus Pŏlўdector one of the fifty sons of Ægyptus Pŏlўdōrus a son of Priam and Hecuba; killed by the Thracian Polymnestor; of Polydorus; Po… pŏlўgăla the herb milkwort Pŏlygnōtus a celebrated Grecian painter and statuary of Thasus; contemporary with Socrates pŏlўgŏnăton The plant called Solomon's seal; Another name for pŏlўgŏnĭum pŏlygōnĭus adj. having many angles; polygonal pŏlўgŏnŏīdes a species of the plant pŏlўgŏnos a plant; knotgrass pŏlўgōnum a polygon pŏlygrammos a sort of jasper; with many white streaks pŏlўgўnaecon Pŏlўhistor The title of the natural history written by C. Julius Solinus; A surname of the… Pŏlўhymnĭa one of the Muses Pŏlўĭdus a soothsayer; native of Corinth Pŏlўmăchaerŏplăgĭdes a fictitious name of a soldier Pŏlўmestor pŏlўmĭta pŏlўmĭtārĭus of damask; highly wrought; finished; subst; a damask-weaver pŏlўmĭtus adj. wrought with many treads; Subst; damask Pŏlymnēstor a king of Thrace; the husband of Ilione; daughter of Priam; he killed his broth… Pŏlymnĭa pŏlўmyxos adj. f; having many wicks; in lemm pŏlўneuron a plant; great plantain Pŏlȳnīces son of Œdipus and Jocasta; brother of Eteocles; and son-in-law of Adrastus pŏlўōnўmos a plant; parietary pŏlўphăgus a glutton; gormandizer Pŏlўphēmus The one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily; son of Neptune; who was blinded by Ulysses; One… Pŏlўplūsĭus adj. a fictitious name of a pŏlўpŏdĭum a kind of fern; polypody pŏlўpōsus adj. having a polypus in the nose pŏlyptōton a figure of speech; when several cases of the same word stand together pŏlyptўcha accountbooks; registers pō^lўpŭs a polypus; An aquatic animal; A polypus in the nose pŏlyrrhīzos adj. Having many roots; Subst; a plant pŏlўsēmus adj. having many significations pŏlўsigma a too frequent repetition of the letter pŏlyspaston a hoisting-tackle with many pulleys Pŏlўtīmētus a river of Sogdiana; Koi; near Bokhara pŏlўtrĭchon The herb golden-hair; Venus's-hair; A precious stone Pŏlyxĕna a daughter of Priam; whom Pyrrhus; the son of Achilles; sacrificed at his fathe… Pŏlyxo A prophetess in Lemnos; One of the Hyades pŏlyzōnos a kind of black precious stone with many stripes pōmārĭus adj. belonging to fruit; fruit-trees; fruit-; a fruit-seller; fruiterer pōmĕrīdĭānus adj. in the afternoon; post-meridian pōmērĭum the open space left free from buildings within and without the walls of a town;… Pōmētĭa a very old town of the Volsci; in Latium; also called; Torre Petrara; Mesa pōmētum a place planted with fruit-trees; an orchard pōmĭfer adj. fruit-bearing; fruit-bringing; subst; fruit-trees pōmoerium Pōmōna The goddess of fruit and fruit-trees; Pomona; fruit-trees; fruit; the temple of… pōmōsus adj. full of; abounding in fruit