pollis

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Standard English police, compare Scots polis.

Noun

pollis (countable and uncountable, plural pollises)

  1. (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
  2. (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.

References

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

See pollen (fine flour).

Pronunciation

Noun

pollis m or f (genitive pollinis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of pollen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pollis pollinēs
Genitive pollinis pollinum
Dative pollinī pollinibus
Accusative pollinem pollinēs
Ablative polline pollinibus
Vocative pollis pollinēs

References

  • pollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pollis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,195/3.
  • pollis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • pollis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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