POL 
actus cernendo lieres fieri potest, ft. e. 
pcenitentia ductus. 
KENITE5 (ccEna), ui, ere, n. and a. 2. to 
repent, be sorry, regret. Liv. fci poeni- 
tere possent. Cic. i’cemtens, he that, i e- 
■pents. Sallust. Lepidus pcemtens con- 
silii. Id. ap. Quintil. Pcemturus. Liv. 
Magfster baud pcenitendus, not to tie re¬ 
peated of, whom one need not regret to 
have had. So, also, Cic. Vis pcenitendi, 
uf repentance. Id. fragm. Corngere er- 
rorem poenitendo, by repentance. 
IT Also, Aliqua res me pcenitet, some- 
thincr repents me, h. e. I repent thereof. 
Plant. Conditio me non pcenitet. Gelt. 
Neque id me posnitet. Also, Cic. Quod 
pcenitere possit, nuty cause regret or re¬ 
pentance. And with infin. which stands 
as the subject. Cic. Me pcenitet dffii- 
eisse. — Oftener, impers. Pcenitet me 
alicujus rei, it repents me of something, 1 
repent of something , / rue it. Mepos. 
Populum judicn pcemtebat. Att. m utc. 
Ep. Hoc dicam, non pcenitere me con- 
silii. Sometimes, however, the person 
repenting or the thing repented of is 
wanting Cic. Solet eum Pcmntere. 
Ovid. Pcenitet et torqueor. —- II Also 
to be discontented or dissatisfied witli 
something; in which case the person 
dissatisfied is in the accus. and the sub¬ 
ject of his discontent in the genit. or m- 
fin. (or is expressed by a verb and parti¬ 
cle); so that the verb is impers. Cic. 
Quid eum Mnesarchi pcenitet. Id. 
Su® quemque fortun® pcenitet. Cffls. 
An pcenitet me, quod transduxernn . 
Liv. Baud me pcenitet sententi® eorum, 
I am not displeased with the opinion of 
those, Sat. Id- Ouum jam vinum hand 
poeniteret. 
POSNITET. See Pamitco. 
PCENITI5, onis, f. for Punitio. Gelt, i 
PGSNIT0D5 (poeniteo), Inis, f. same as 
3 Pamitentia Pacuv. . 
PCENiTUS, a, ura. See Panuo. 
PCENOLOS (dimin. of Pcenus), *> m - 
young Carthaginian, the name of a coi 
edy of Plautus. 
PCENuS (unc.), a, urn, adj. proP er y 1 ®' 
nician. - Hence, because the Cartha 
ginians were descended from the Phce 
nicians, Carthaginian. Virg. leo. 
Hence, subst. a Carthaginian. Plur^ 
Poeni, the Carthaginians. Virg. 
Hence, Cic. Pcenus, li. e. Hannibal.. 
The Carthaginians were cunning an 
crafty. Hence, Plant. Pcenus plane es, 
h e. you are a complete Carthaginian, 
<.gSS%7&*, <■ **»■ 
_IT Also, a poem, poems. Cic. anu 
POETa' (rronjri'K), 
" writer of poetry. Cic. - » Al f?> ° 
fit man for any thing, able to do any thing. 
Plant. Poeta ad earn rem. _ 
P6PTICA, ®, and POETICe (iroajri/ci?, 
sc. Ttxvy), es > f - the P oetic art ’ poetry ' 
Cic* 
POETICe (poeticus), adv. after the manner 
of the poets, poetically, troiyriKatS- Cic. 
POETICOS (iroiijnicds), a, um, adj. of a 
poet, poetic, poetical, noipTiKbS- . Cic. 
verbum. Id. dii, h.e. occurring in the 
poets. Quintd. Poeticum, ft. e. any thing 
* poetical. Id. Poetica, A. e. poetical things, 
verses, poetry. 
POETILLA (dimin. of poeta), m * 
3 poetaster, vile petty poet. Plant. 
POETS, as, n. 1. same as Poetor. Fion- 
P6ET0R (poeta), aris, dep. 1. to he a poet, 
3 to write verse or poetry, Troiy-^b). Enn. 
and Anson. „ 
POETRIA ( mn'irpia ), ®, f- a poetess 
Cto 
PSETRIS (iro(i)rpij),idis or Mos,f. apoel- 
PSGONIaS (rrcoycovias), ®, m. bearded, 
o sc cometa, a bearded comet. I tin. 
POP* interj. by Pollux! by my faith, in 
3 truth! Tcrcnt. and Cic. It is also joined 
with other affirmative particles. lf rent - 
Sane pol, or, Id. Certe pol. — Terent. 
Per pol scitus, ft. c. pol perscitus. 
PoLEA (unc.), ®, f- wUh the Syrians, 
the first dung voided by a young a»s. 
EWM5, and P0LEM5N (IloXegcoi/), 
inis, m. a philosopher of Athens, teacher 
roL 
of Zeno. Cic. and Horat. -IT Also, a 
kinir of Pontus. — Hence, Polemoniacus, 
a, um, adj. belonging to him. F.utrop. 
Polemoniacus Pontus, ft. e. a part o) 
Pontus. ’ 
POLEMO NkOS (Xlo\cpo)veioi),n, um,aaj. 
of or belonging to the philosopher Polemo. 
Cic. 
POLEMoNIA (no\cpd>vion), ®, f- the herb 
wild.sage. Plin. 
P0LEM5NIACCS, a, um. 3 See Polemo. 
POLENTA (probably from na\y, ft. c. pol¬ 
len), a?, f. pealed barley, pearled barley, 
to aXipiTon, rd aXipira. — Polenta, orum, 
n. Macrob. ,. 
POLENTARIOS (polenta), a, lira, adj. 
3 relating to pealed barley, aMiriKjs. 
Plant, crepitus, ft. e. caused by eating 
•pealed barley. _ 
PS LI A (iroAta), ®, f. a hind of precious 
stone of a whitish gray color. 1 tin. 
PoLI A (iraiXcta), », f- a herd of horses, 
3 a stud. Pandect. 
POLIMEN (polio). Inis, n. a polish or or- 
3 vament. Apul. -If Arnob. Polimina, 
ft. e. testicles. . 
PSLIMENTUM (Id.), i, n. Plant, loll- 
3 menta porcina, h. e. testicles of swine. 
POLINDRUM (unc.), i, n. a fictitious 
3 kind of spice. Plant. Pseud. 3, 2, 43. 
P5LI5 (unc.), is, ivi, Itum, a. 4. to polish, 
smooth, furbish, file, heiaivw, dirofew. 
Plin. geinmas. ebur, marmora, ligna. 
Ovid, frontes libellorum pumice. Cic. e 
leirrr. xii. tab. rogum ascia. So, also, 1 o- 
litu's, a, um, polished, furbished, smoothed. 
Cic. column®. Martial, dens, h.e. smooth. 
Id. ligo, h. e. much used , worn out. 
Hence, in general, to prepare well, adorn, 
embellish, set off, refine, make neat, trim. 
Plin. vestes, A. e. to scour. Enn. agros, 
ft. e. to harrow. So, also, Vai-r. Fundus 
cultura politus, ft. e. carefully cultivated. 
Liv. columnas albo, A. e. to paint white. 
Cic. orationem, ft. e. to polish. So, also, 
Ovid, carmina.-If See, also, Politus, 
PSL^O’(polio, is), onis, m. one who dresses 
3 up or furbishes. Pandect. Some Edd. 
read pollioncs, others vM^nes bcc. 
PQLION (irdXiov), or P6 l LI . lJM ’, ’ "L, 
kind of strong-smelling herb, perhaps the 
herb poley, poly, or poley-mountam (leu 
crium polium, L.). Plm. 
POLIoRCETES (iroXiop/t>irr)s), ®, m. a 
besieo-er or conqueror of towns, a surname 
of Demetrius, king of Macedonia. Vi- 
PSLITE (politus), adv. in a pol'vshed 
manner, elegantly, exquisitely, 
y\a<pv P o~,;. Cic. dicere. Id. senbere. 
Id. Politius. „ ,. _ . 
PSLITES, ®, m. a son of king Priam, 
killed by Pyrrhus. Virg. 
POLITIA (7roXiT£ia), ss, f. the V ollt V 
form of government of a state, the name 
of a book of Plato on this subject. Cic. 
POLITICOS (iroXiTucos), a, um, aaj 
pertaining to civil government, poMic 
r /1.V lihn. Id. DhllOSO 
political, civil. Cic. libri. Id. philoso- 
P0LTTI5 (polio, is), onis, f. a polishing- 
2 finishing, rubbing, furbishing, refining, 
preparing, adorning, otiWwois, Xti wcis 
Cato, agri, ft. e. a harrowing. Vitruv. 
speculi, ft. e. a rubbing, polishing. 
Hence, a plastering. Vitruv. 
P6LITSR (Id.), oris, m. one that makes 
3 any thing smooth or more beautiful, rubs, 
prepares or dresses it, a finisher, refiner, 
loUsher, orikUmv. M. Firmic gem- 
marum. Pandect, agri, a tiller or dress- 
er of ground . 
P6LIT0L0S (dimin. of politus), a, um, 
3 adj. somewhat fine or polished, neat, trim, 
PSLITORA (polio, is), ®, f- a polishing, 
2 smoothing, garnishing, ™fi n >- n 2'i vr J pa J'l 
inir, working, AHcoinf. Plm. chart®. Id. 
marmoris. Id. gemmarum. kdruv. 
pavimenti. Plin . vestium. 
POLITOS, a, um, panic, from 
IT Adj. polished, furbished, smoothed, made 
fine or neat, trimmed, set off, finished, 
decked , accomplished, refined, 
elegant, polite, ?£<r ros, yUipvpOi- ms. 
artibus, ft. c. refined, polished by, Ice. 
Cic. Politus e schola. Id. homo, h.e. 
a man of taste, a polished man. Id. Pol 
tior humanitas. Id. judicmm, i. • 
fine, good taste. Id. Apelles politissima 
J ,s 07 4 
POL 
arte perfecit, &c. Id. (Homo) omm 
doctrina politissimus. 
FOLIUM, i, n. See Polion. 
POLL A, ®, f. for PAULA, the wife of D 
Brutus. Cic. — Also, the wife of tin 
poet Lucanus, aftei-wards married tr the 
poet Statius. Martial. 
POLLEN (from iraXy), Inis, n. and PoL- 
2 LIS Inis, f. and nr. any thing which is as 
fine ’as dust. — Hence, very fine flour, % 
meal-dust, mill-dust, irdXij, nciraXri, yppig. 
Terent. and Plin. -If Also, of other 
things. Colum. turis.-IT The nom¬ 
inative probably does not occur in '.he 
ancients. 
POLLENS, tis, partic. from polleo. -— 
2 If Adi. able, powerful, strong, dvvaiie- 
voc. Plant. Vini pollens Liber. Ter 
full. Mens pollentior. Ovid. Host is 
equo pollens. Plant. Genus pollens, 
ft e. a powerful, distinguished, opulent 
family. Solin. Ingenia pollentissima. 
Ovid. Pollens sum, es, &c. for polleo, 
& C- _IT. Also, respectable. Apul. ma- 
POLLENTER (polleo), adv. powerfully. 
3 Claudian. Pollentius. . 
PoLLENTIA (Id.), ®, f- power, might, 
c > Svvuuis. Plant. — Hence, as a person 
~ and goddess. Liv. ■—-If Also, a town 
of Liiruria. Brut, in Cic. Ep. — Also, 
a town in Piccnum. — Also, a town in Ma¬ 
jorca .— Hence, Poilentlniis, a,um,adj. 
of or belonging to Pollentia. Plm. 1 ol- 
lentini, ft. e. the inhabitants of Pollentia 
in Piceimm. Plin. 
POLLEO (for po-valeo), es, n. 2. to be able, 
be very stro-ng or mighty, be of great 
force or power, prevail much, bear mile or 
J sway, excel, exceed, mxvw. Cws. Qui 
republica, judiciisque turn plur.mum 
pollebant. Cic. Ubi plurimum pollet 
oratio. Liv. Etruria tantum pollens 
terra marique. Sueton. PoHere p ecu- 
uia Cic. scientia. Tacit, armis, gra- 
tia nobilitate. Plin. Herba valet ad- 
versus scorpiones, ft. e. is a powerful 
snecific. Also, with an infimt. follow¬ 
ing.^ Lucan. Vox pollentior herbis ex- 
„‘= f „ rp r i e os — Pollere and posse are 
frequently found together Liv. Poles 
pollesque Id. Potens pollensque, »r, 
Sallust. Pollens potensque.- >1 Also, 
to be worth, to have a value or repute. 
Plin VUis pollet. — If Also, to pos- 
POLLeX (polleo), leie, m. tl.e thumb, aini- 
vcio Cic. Pollutes prscidere. Cas- 
i hr to praise highly. Juvenal. 
f r, f ■ zzrJS&r&iZ 
Tff- 11 68. Ovid. Am. 3, 6,71. 
Virg . J&n. A plin —- 
•ssA-rair “ • 
POLLICEOR (P° ,f rl y C to OT offJonPs cl 
sum, dep. 2. ff mo do sum 
for any thing. Tcrr ™' p olliC etur Piso, 
pollicrtus ducere. Cffls. ro 1)e . 
sese ad Cssarem Rurum. l■ 
nigne, or l>heral.s ime .l.cui jn 
ft. e. to make land ofie ij, e _ 
general, to promise, vni X / gnU m 
rent, monies aun. Cic. an. ^ 
prmsidium. Also, Id. ^ /or 
Sibi polliceri aliquid, / • • ‘thing. 
or expect any thing, rcc frequently 
Settee. - p ? lll ? tus C'ZTsed. Ovid. - 
Hence, Pa pomotom! subst., a promise. 
free or voluntary promt 
ittdoxecis- Terent. and Cats. 
