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pollūbrum (pōlūbr-), i, n. [polluo], a wash-basin, laver: polubrum pelluvium vas, quod nos pelvem vocamus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 247 Müll.: polubrum quod Graeci χέρνιβα, nos trulleum vocamus. Livius: argenteo polubro (acc. to Hom. Od. 1, 136); Fabius Pictor, lib. xvi.: polubrum sinistrā manu teneto, Non. 544, 22 sq.

pōlūbrum, v. pollubrum.

pōlŭlus (poll-), a, um, adj. [a rustic form for paululus], little (only in the two foll. pass.): labellum, Cato, R. R. 10, 2: sublaminae, id. ib. 21, 3.

† 1. pŏlus, i, m., = πόλος.

  1. I. Lit., the end of an axis, a pole (poet. and postAug.): terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64: polus glacialis, the north pole, id. M. 2, 173; or, gelidus, id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15: polus australis, id. M. 2, 131; or, austrinus, the south pole, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin.
    2. B. The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622: immensi parva figura poli, Ov. F. 6, 278.

2. Pŏlus, i, m., a celebrated Greek tragic actor, Gell. 7, 5, 2.

Polusca, ae, f., a small and very ancient town in Latium, Liv. 2, 33; 39; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, p. 645.

Pŏlyclītus (Pŏlŭ-, -ētus) (ĕ scanned short, Prud. στεφ. 10, 269), i, m., = Πολύκλειτος, a celebrated Grecian sculptor from Argos or Sicyon, contemporary with Pericles.
Form Polyclitus, Plin. 34, 8, 19 § 55; Cic. Brut. 18, 70; 86, 296; id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; 3, 7, 26; Juv. 8, 103; Mart. 8, 51, 2.
Form POLYCLETVS, Inscr. Orell. 3245.
Hence, Pŏlyclētēus (-īus), a, um, adj., Polycletean: caelum, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Stat. S. 2, 2, 67.