πόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”): *kʷól-os > *pól-os.

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
tôi 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 (polographíā)
  • πολοκρᾰ́τωρ (polokrátōr)

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

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
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πόλος • πόλοι •
genitive πόλου • πόλων •
accusative πόλο • πόλους •
vocative πόλε • πόλοι •
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