LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

pollen

pollen n (genitive pollinis)
Classical[ˈpɔl.lɛn]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔl.len]

Meaning

  1. literallyneuterflour, especially fine flour, milldust
  2. neuterthe (very) fine powder or dust of other things
    pollen piperisground pepper
    pollen tūrisincense powder

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepollenpollina
pollinēs
genitivepollinispollinum
dativepollinīpollinibus
accusativepollen
pollinem		pollina
pollinēs
ablativepollinepollinibus
vocativepollenpollina
pollinēs

pollen, ĭnis, n., and pollis, ĭnis, m. and
I. f [πάλη].
I. Lit., fine flour, milldust, Cato, R. R. 156; 157; Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 82; 18, 9, 20, § 87; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60.—
II. Transf., fine dust of other things: piperis, Cels. 4, 4: turis, Col. 6, 30, 6; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 39: aliquid in pollinem tundere, id. 19, 5, 29, § 91.

Origins

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal; any fine dust”), as well as pulvis (though De Vaan is skeptical of the latter link).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpol·len
  • Englishpollen
  • Frenchpollen
  • Romanianpolenfrom French pollen
  • GermanPollen
  • Portuguesepólen
  • Spanishpolen
  • Danishpollen
  • Dutchpollen
  • Norwegian Bokmålpollen
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianpoddine
  • Sardinianpoddini
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpolline
  • Neapolitanponila
  • Neapolitanponnula

Quick answers

What does pollen mean in Latin?
pollen, a noun, means “flour, especially fine flour, milldust; the (very) fine powder or dust of other things”.
What is the genitive of pollen?
The genitive singular is pollinis. pollen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce pollen?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔl.lɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔl.len].