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polion
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Noun
polion
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλιον (pólion), from πολιός (poliós, “grey”, “white”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔ.li.ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔː.li.on]
Noun
polion n (genitive poliī); second declension
- (Late Latin, botany) A strong-smelling plant, perhaps Teucrium polium.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
References
- “polion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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