"pollen" meaning in Latin

See pollen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpol.len/ [Classical], [ˈpɔlːʲɛn] [Classical], /ˈpol.len/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɔlːen] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with pulvis and Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*pel-||flour, dust}} Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”), {{m|la|pulvis}} pulvis, {{cog|grc|πάλη||the finest meal”, “any fine dust}} Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”) Head templates: {{la-noun|pollen/pollin<3.N>}} pollen n (genitive pollinis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pollen/pollin<3.N>}} Forms: pollinis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pollen [nominative, singular], pollina [nominative, plural], pollinis [genitive, singular], pollinum [genitive, plural], pollinī [dative, singular], pollinibus [dative, plural], pollen [accusative, singular], pollina [accusative, plural], polline [ablative, singular], pollinibus [ablative, plural], pollen [singular, vocative], pollina [plural, vocative]
  1. (literally) flour, especially fine flour, milldust Tags: declension-3, literally, neuter
    Sense id: en-pollen-la-noun-qTRipVSL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 59 41
  2. (transferred sense) the (very) fine powder or dust of other things Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms (transferred sense: fine powder or dust): pulvis
    Sense id: en-pollen-la-noun-KgODLhdd Disambiguation of 'transferred sense: fine powder or dust': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pollis
Derived forms: polenta, pollināris [Classical], pollinārium [New-Latin], pollinārius [Classical], pollinātus [Classical], pollinicus [post-Classical], pollinium [New-Latin], pollinivorus [New-Latin], pollinōdium [New-Latin], pollinoīdēs [New-Latin], pollinōsus [New-Latin]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pollen meaning in Latin (6.2kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "polenta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollināris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinārium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollinārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollinātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "post-Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollinicus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinivorus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinōdium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinoīdēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "polline"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: polline",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: polline"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "ponila"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: ponila",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Taranto"
          },
          "expansion": "(Taranto)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "ponnula"
          },
          "expansion": "ponnula",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lecce"
          },
          "expansion": "(Lecce)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: ponila (Taranto), ponnula (Lecce)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "poddine",
            "3": "poddini"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: poddine, poddini",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: poddine, poddini"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pol·len",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: pol·len",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: pol·len"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pollen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pollen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pollen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pollen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: pollen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pollen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pollen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pollen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pollen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pólen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pólen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pólen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "polen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: polen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: polen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "polen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: polen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: polen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "flour, dust"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pulvis"
      },
      "expansion": "pulvis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πάλη",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the finest meal”, “any fine dust"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with pulvis and Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pollinis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "polline",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pollen/pollin<3.N>"
      },
      "expansion": "pollen n (genitive pollinis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pollen/pollin<3.N>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flour, especially fine flour, milldust"
      ],
      "id": "en-pollen-la-noun-qTRipVSL",
      "links": [
        [
          "flour",
          "flour#English"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine#English"
        ],
        [
          "milldust",
          "milldust#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) flour, especially fine flour, milldust"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ground pepper [lit. powder of pepper]",
          "text": "pollen piperis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "incense powder",
          "text": "pollen tūris",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to grind something into powder",
          "text": "aliquid in pollen tundere",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (very) fine powder or dust of other things"
      ],
      "id": "en-pollen-la-noun-KgODLhdd",
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very#English"
        ],
        [
          "powder",
          "powder#English"
        ],
        [
          "dust",
          "dust#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) the (very) fine powder or dust of other things"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "sense": "transferred sense: fine powder or dust",
          "word": "pulvis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpol.len/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔlːʲɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpol.len/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔlːen]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pollis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pollen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "polenta"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollināris"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinārium"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollinārius"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollinātus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "post-Classical"
      ],
      "word": "pollinicus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinium"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinivorus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinōdium"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinoīdēs"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "pollinōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "polline"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: polline",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: polline"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "ponila"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: ponila",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Taranto"
          },
          "expansion": "(Taranto)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "ponnula"
          },
          "expansion": "ponnula",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lecce"
          },
          "expansion": "(Lecce)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: ponila (Taranto), ponnula (Lecce)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "poddine",
            "3": "poddini"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: poddine, poddini",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: poddine, poddini"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pol·len",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: pol·len",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: pol·len"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pollen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pollen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pollen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pollen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: pollen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pollen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pollen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pollen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pollen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pólen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pólen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pólen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "polen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: polen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: polen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "polen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: polen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: polen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "flour, dust"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pulvis"
      },
      "expansion": "pulvis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πάλη",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the finest meal”, “any fine dust"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with pulvis and Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pollinis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "polline",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pollina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pollen/pollin<3.N>"
      },
      "expansion": "pollen n (genitive pollinis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pollen/pollin<3.N>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flour, especially fine flour, milldust"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flour",
          "flour#English"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine#English"
        ],
        [
          "milldust",
          "milldust#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) flour, especially fine flour, milldust"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ground pepper [lit. powder of pepper]",
          "text": "pollen piperis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "incense powder",
          "text": "pollen tūris",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to grind something into powder",
          "text": "aliquid in pollen tundere",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (very) fine powder or dust of other things"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very#English"
        ],
        [
          "powder",
          "powder#English"
        ],
        [
          "dust",
          "dust#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) the (very) fine powder or dust of other things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpol.len/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔlːʲɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpol.len/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔlːen]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "transferred sense: fine powder or dust",
      "word": "pulvis"
    },
    {
      "word": "pollis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pollen"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.