LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

pollicāris

pollicāris (neuter pollicāre)

Meaning

  1. two terminationof a thumb

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepollicārispollicārispollicāre
genitivepollicārispollicārispollicāris
dativepollicārīpollicārīpollicārī
accusativepollicārempollicārempollicāre
ablativepollicārīpollicārīpollicārī
vocativepollicārispollicārispollicāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepollicārēspollicārēspollicāria
genitivepollicāriumpollicāriumpollicārium
dativepollicāribuspollicāribuspollicāribus
accusativepollicārīs
pollicārēs
pollicārīs
pollicārēs
pollicāria
ablativepollicāribuspollicāribuspollicāribus
vocativepollicārēspollicārēspollicāria

pollĭcāris, e, adj. 1. pollex,
I. of or belonging to a thumb (post-Aug.): frutex pollicari crassitudine, of the thickness of a thumb, Plin. 13, 23, 45, § 128: latitudine, id. 15, 24, 26, § 95: amplitudine, id. 27, 9, 49, § 73.

Origins

From pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (adjectival suffix).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianpollicara
  • Italianpolicara
  • Neapolitanpuleciaru
  • Sicilianpuḍḍecaru
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepolegarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar
  • Spanishpulgarfrom Old Spanish pulgar
  • Asturianpulgar
  • Galicianpolgarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpolicar
  • Aromanianpilicar
  • Aromanianpulicar
  • Megleno-Romanianpulicar
  • Albanianpulqer
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpolleguera
  • Gasconpogarfrom Old Occitan polgar
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianpoleâr

Quick answers

What does pollicāris mean in Latin?
pollicāris, a adjective, means “of a thumb”.