politus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of poliō.
Participle
[edit]polītus (feminine polīta, neuter polītum, comparative polītior, superlative polītissimus); first/second-declension participle
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | polītus | polīta | polītum | polītī | polītae | polīta | |
| genitive | polītī | polītae | polītī | polītōrum | polītārum | polītōrum | |
| dative | polītō | polītae | polītō | polītīs | |||
| accusative | polītum | polītam | polītum | polītōs | polītās | polīta | |
| ablative | polītō | polītā | polītō | polītīs | |||
| vocative | polīte | polīta | polītum | polītī | polītae | polīta | |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: polite
- French: poli
- Italian: polito, pulito
- Portuguese: polido
- Spanish: polido, pulido
- Asturian: polu
- Sicilian: pulitu
References
[edit]- “politus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “politus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- politus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- politus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita
- a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita