polea

Latin

Etymology

Reportedly a loan from a language spoken in the Roman province of Syria. Considered a cognate of Ancient Greek πωλίον (pōlíon), "pony", "young elephant", "fetal membrane of a foal".

Noun

1. (uncountable) The dung of an ass's foal, allegedly used, according to Pliny the Elder, for a preparation administered as a drug.

References

• “polea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “πωλίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Spanish

Noun

polea f (plural poleas)

1. pulley

Synonyms

• garrucha
• carrucha
• trocla
• trócola
• carillo