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pollen, ĭnis, n., and pollis, ĭnis, m. and f [πάλη].

  1. I. Lit., fine flour, milldust, Cato, R. R. 156; 157; Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 82; 18, 9, 20, § 87; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60.
  2. II. Transf., fine dust of other things: piperis, Cels. 4, 4: turis, Col. 6, 30, 6; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 39: aliquid in pollinem tundere, id. 19, 5, 29, § 91.

pollens, entis, Part. and P. a., from polleo.

pollenter, adv., v. polleo, P. a. fin.

1. pollentĭa, ae, f. [polleo], might, power (ante-class.): impiorum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 4; id. Cas. 4, 4, 3.
Personified, the goddess of power or of victory, Liv. 39, 7, 8.

2. Pollentĭa (Pōlent-), ae, f.

  1. I. A city in Picenum, now Monte Moline, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 14; id. Fam. 11, 13, 3.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pollentīni, ōrum, m., the Pollentians, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.
  2. II. A city in Liguria, now Pollenza, Col. 7, 2, 4; Mart. 14, 157; Sil. 8, 598.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pollentī-nus (Pōlent-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pollentia, Pollentian: plebs, Suet. Tib. 37.

pollĕo (polet, pollet: quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes, Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. [potis-valeo].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen., to be strong, powerful, or potent, to be able, to prevail, avail (class.; cf.: valeo, possum): QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24, 8: potest polletque (populus), Liv. 8, 33; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 46: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: pollere, regnare, dominari, Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: qui in republicā tum plurimum pollebant, Caes. B. C. 1, 4: polleo plurimum inter homines, id. ap. Suet. Caes. 6; Cic. Brut. 51, 90: ad fidem faciendam justitia plus pollet, id. Off. 2, 9, 34: cum Romana majestas toto orbe polleret, Flor. 4, 2, 8.
      With subj.-clause: is omnibus exemplo debet esse, quantum in hac urbe polleat, multorum obedire tempori, Cic. Brut. 69, 242.
          1. (β) With abl.: formā, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 17: pecuniā, Suet. Caes. 19: armis, Tac. A. 11, 24: gloriā antiquitatis, id. ib. 4, 55: nobilitate, id. H. 3, 45: malis artibus, id. A. 14, 57: gratiā, id. H. 2, 92.
    2. B. In partic., of medicines, to be potent or efficacious, to operate: herba contra anginas efficacissime pollet, is a powerful specific, Plin. 24, 19, 110, § 171: pollet adversus scorpiones, id. 20, 16, 63, § 171: aurum plurimis modis pollet in remediis, id. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 28, 8, 29, § 114.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To be of worth, to be valued, esteemed, Plin. 19, 3, 17, § 47: cum eadem vitis aliud aliis in locis polleat, id. 14, 6, 8, § 70.
    2. B. To possess in abundance, be rich in: utensilibus, App. M. 2, 19.
      Hence, pollens, entis, P. a., strong, mighty, able, powerful, potent (mostly since the Aug. period; not in Cic.): genus pollens atque honoratissumum, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: animus, abunde pollens potensque, Sall. J. 1, 3: potens pollensque, Liv. 2, 34; Inscr. Grut. 50, 3: genus pollens, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: classis plurimum pollens mari, Vell. 1, 2: mens pollentior, Tert. adv. Psych. 6: pollentissima ingenia, Sol. 2 med.
      With abl.: sagittis pollens dea, Naev. ap. Macr. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): equo pollens, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 55: opibus, Lucr. 1, 61: venenis, Val. Fl. 6, 85.
      With gen.: vini pollens Liber, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 21 (Fleck. as one word, vinipollens).
      With acc.: soror cuncta pollentis viri, Argolica Juno, Sen. Agam. 805.
      With inf.: tractare sereno Imperio vulgum pollens, Sil. 14, 80; Luc. 6, 685.
      Hence, adv.: pollenter, powerfully (post-class.); comp. pollentius, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 254.

1. pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap’to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. The thumb: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est, Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.
      Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20: clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine, Caes. B. G. 3, 13.
      To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere; pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.
    2. B. The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57: pollices manūs et pedis dextri, Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.
    2. B. A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.

2. Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.
A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.