politus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of poliō.

Participle

polītus (feminine polīta, neuter polītum, comparative polītior, superlative polītissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. polished
  2. smoothed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative polītus polīta polītum polītī polītae polīta
Genitive polītī polītae polītī polītōrum polītārum polītōrum
Dative polītō polītō polītīs
Accusative polītum polītam polītum polītōs polītās polīta
Ablative polītō polītā polītō polītīs
Vocative polīte polīta polītum polītī polītae polīta

Descendants
  • → English: polite
  • French: poli
  • Italian: polito, pulito
  • Portuguese: polido
  • Spanish: polido, pulido
  • Sicilian: pulitu

References
  • “politus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “politus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • politus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • politus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita
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