noun · feminine
polia1
polia f (accusative polian)
Classical[ˈpɔ.li.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔː.li.a]
Meaning
- femininea precious stone
Colōs appellāvit drosolithum herbāceus, melichrum melleus, cuius plūra genera, melichlōrum geminus, parte flāvus, parte melleus, crociān crocī similitūdine quādam spargente, poliān cānitiē, spartopoliān rāriōre.
77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 37.73
pŏlĭa, ae, f., = πολιά,
I. a precious stone of a gray color, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιά (poliá).