polus
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŏlus: i, m., = πόλος.
I Lit., the end of an axis, a pole (poet. and postAug.): terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64: polus glacialis, the north pole, id. M. 2, 173; or, gelidus, id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15: polus australis, id. M. 2, 131; or, austrinus, the south pole, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.—
II Transf.
A The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin.—
B The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622: immensi parva figura poli, Ov. F. 6, 278.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pŏlus,¹⁰ ī, m. (πόλος),
1 pôle [du monde] : Plin. 2, 63 ; Ov. M. 2, 75 || le Nord : Ov. M. 2, 173 ; Tr. 4, 3, 15 || l’étoile polaire : Vitr. Arch. 9, 6, 6
2 le ciel : Acc. Tr. 190 ; Virg. En. 3, 586 ; Hor. O. 1, 28, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
polus, ī, m. (πόλος, der Drehpunkt; dah.) I) der Pol an der Erd- und Himmelsachse, Nord- u. Südpol (rein lat. vertex), Cic. poët. u. Plin.: p. gelidus, glacialis, Nordpol, Ov.; u. ders. bl. polus, Ov.: p. australis, der Südpol, Ov. – II) übtr.: A) der sich über uns hindrehende, sichtbare Himmel, das Himmelsgewölbe (vgl. Varro LL. 7, 14), Acc. tr. fr., Hor. u.a. Dicht.: immensi parva figura poli, Himmelskugel, Ov. fast. 6, 278. – Plur., Val. Flacc. 1, 622. – B) der Nordstern, Polarstern, Vitr. 9, 4 (6), 6, 6.
Latin > English
polus pola, polum ADJ :: little; small; (only a) small amount/quantity of/little bit of
polus polus poli N M :: pole (e.g., north pole), end of an axis; heaven, sky, celestial vault
