pollex

English

Etymology

Latin pollex

Noun

pollex (plural pollices)

  1. The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.

Derived terms

See also

References

  • pollex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps cognate with Proto-Slavic *palьcь, but contaminated with Latin polleō (hence pollex not *pōlex).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.leks/, [ˈpɔl.lɛks]

Noun

pollex m (genitive pollicis); third declension

  1. thumb
  2. great toe
  3. a unit of distance, equivalent to approximately 24.6 mm; one uncia (see also: Ancient Roman units of measurement)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pollex pollicēs
genitive pollicis pollicum
dative pollicī pollicibus
accusative pollicem pollicēs
ablative pollice pollicibus
vocative pollex pollicēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: pólex, pólice
  • Romansh: polesch, polisch, polsch
  • Sicilian: puseri
  • Sardinian: pódhiche
  • Spanish: pólice

References

  • pollex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pollex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pollex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pollex in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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