pole
pole
subs.
Axis of earth’s extremities: P. πόλος, ὁ.
Piece of wood: see stake.
Pole for pushing: P. and V. κοντός, ὁ (Eur. I.T. 1350).
Pole of a carriage: P. ῥυμός, ὁ (Hdt.).
A pair of poles: P. διρρῡμία, ἡ (Aesch. Frag.).
subs.
Axis of earth’s extremities: P. πόλος, ὁ.
Piece of wood: see stake.
Pole for pushing: P. and V. κοντός, ὁ (Eur. I.T. 1350).
Pole of a carriage: P. ῥυμός, ὁ (Hdt.).
A pair of poles: P. διρρῡμία, ἡ (Aesch. Frag.).
POLE
Of the earth axis; cardo (☞ polus and vertex are poetical). The south pole axis meridianus: the north pole axis septemtrionalis.
A long staff pertica (general term): contus (for pushing): vectis (for lifting).
Of the earth axis; cardo (☞ polus and vertex are poetical). The south pole axis meridianus: the north pole axis septemtrionalis.
A long staff pertica (general term): contus (for pushing): vectis (for lifting).
pole:
I. A long staff:
1. asser, ĕris, m.: esp. of the poles used to carry a litter: Suet. Cal. 58: Juv. Dimin. assercŭlus (a short p.): Cato: Col.
2. contus (esp. a punting-p.): Virg. Aen. 6, 302: in gen. sense, to carry heads stuck on p.s, praefixa contis capita gestare, Tac. H. 1, 44.
3. pertĭca (any longish stick): used for beating asses, Pl. As. 3, 2, 43; for knocking down fruit from trees, Plin. 15, 3, 3; for measuring, Prop.
4. longūrius (a long p.): scythes fastened to long p.s, falces affixae longuriis, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: Varr.
II. Of the earth: pŏlus: Plin. 2, 15, 13 (vertices duo quos appellaverunt polos): the icy (northern) p., glacialis p., Ov. M. 2, 173. In same sense also, axis: Lucan 8, 175. (In non-scientific lang., vertex may be used: cf. Virg. G. 1, 242, hic nobis vertex semper sublimis, etc.: also Plin. l. c.) The celestial p., cardo coeli, Varr. R. R. 1. 2, ad init.: called also, cardo mundi, Plin. 4, 12, 26 § 89.
I. A long staff:
1. asser, ĕris, m.: esp. of the poles used to carry a litter: Suet. Cal. 58: Juv. Dimin. assercŭlus (a short p.): Cato: Col.
2. contus (esp. a punting-p.): Virg. Aen. 6, 302: in gen. sense, to carry heads stuck on p.s, praefixa contis capita gestare, Tac. H. 1, 44.
3. pertĭca (any longish stick): used for beating asses, Pl. As. 3, 2, 43; for knocking down fruit from trees, Plin. 15, 3, 3; for measuring, Prop.
4. longūrius (a long p.): scythes fastened to long p.s, falces affixae longuriis, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: Varr.
II. Of the earth: pŏlus: Plin. 2, 15, 13 (vertices duo quos appellaverunt polos): the icy (northern) p., glacialis p., Ov. M. 2, 173. In same sense also, axis: Lucan 8, 175. (In non-scientific lang., vertex may be used: cf. Virg. G. 1, 242, hic nobis vertex semper sublimis, etc.: also Plin. l. c.) The celestial p., cardo coeli, Varr. R. R. 1. 2, ad init.: called also, cardo mundi, Plin. 4, 12, 26 § 89.