πόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *pólos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os, from *kʷel- (“to turn”); see also the related πέλομαι (pélomai, “to become”).[1]

    Noun

    πόλος • (pólos) m (genitive πόλου); second declension

    1. pivot, hinge, axis, pole
    2. axis of the celestial sphere
    3. (astronomy) pole star
    4. celestial sphere, vault of heaven
    5. orbit of a star
    6. center of the circular threshing floor
    7. pole passing through the axletree of a carriage
    8. concave sundial, on which the shadow was cast by the gnomon
    9. headdress worn by goddesses
    10. (architecture) dowel
    11. windlass, capstan

    Declension

    Second declension of ὁ πόλος; τοῦ πόλου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ πόλος
    ho pólos     		τὼ πόλω
    tṑ pólō     		οἱ πόλοι
    hoi póloi
    Genitive τοῦ πόλου
    toû pólou     		τοῖν πόλοιν
    toîn póloin     		τῶν πόλων
    tôn pólōn
    Dative τῷ πόλῳ
    tōî pólōi     		τοῖν πόλοιν
    toîn póloin     		τοῖς πόλοις
    toîs pólois
    Accusative τὸν πόλον
    tòn pólon     		τὼ πόλω
    tṑ pólō     		τοὺς πόλους
    toùs pólous
    Vocative πόλε
    póle     		πόλω
    pólō     		πόλοι
    póloi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • πολογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (pologrăphĭ́ā)
    • πολοκρᾰ́τωρ (polokrắtōr)

    Descendants

    • Greek: πόλος (pólos)
    • → Latin: polus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1220

    Further reading

    Greek

    Noun

    πόλος • (pólos) m (plural πόλοι)

    1. pole (extreme of an axis)
      Βόρειος Πόλος (North Pole)
    2. post (pole in a battery)

    Declension

    Declension of πόλος
    singular plural
    nominative πόλος (pólos) πόλοι (póloi)
    genitive πόλου (pólou) πόλων (pólon)
    accusative πόλο (pólo) πόλους (pólous)
    vocative πόλε (póle) πόλοι (póloi)
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