verb transitive

pollingo

2nd PP pollingere · 3rd PP pollingnxi · 4th PP pollingnctum · conj. 3rd

to wash a corpse; and prepare it for the funeral pile by extension ••

to wash a corpse, and prepare it for the funeral pile (ante- and post-class.): pollingo, περιστέλλω νεκρόν, σιροπλόκω, ταριχεύω, ἐνταφιάζω, Gloss. Philox.: quia mihi pollinctor dixit, qui eum pollinxerat, Plaut. Poen. prol. 63; App. Flor. p. 362, 27: figmenta hominum mortuorum curate pollincta, Amm. 19, 1, 10.—Transf., of an old man near his grave: pollinctum corpus, Val. Max. 7, 7, 4; cf.: voluptas fucata aut medicamentis pollincta, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2.

Perseus ID: n36873 Key: pollingo