pollicaris

Latin

Etymology

From pollex.

Adjective

pollicāris (neuter pollicāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. of a thumb

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative pollicāris pollicāre pollicārēs pollicāria
genitive pollicāris pollicārium
dative pollicārī pollicāribus
accusative pollicārem pollicāre pollicārēs
pollicārīs 		pollicāria
ablative pollicārī pollicāribus
vocative pollicāris pollicāre pollicārēs pollicāria

Descendants

  • Aromanian: pilicar, pulicar
  • Asturian: pulgar
  • Catalan: polleguera
  • Friulian: poleâr
  • Galician: polgar
  • Megleno-Romanian: pulicar
  • Occitan: pulgar
  • Portuguese: polegar
  • Romanian: policar
  • Spanish: pulgar
  • → Albanian: pulqer

References

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