verbthird conjugation
pollingō
pollingō (present infinitive pollingere, perfect active pollīnxī, supine pollīnctum or *pollictum)
Classical[pɔlˈlɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[polˈliŋ.ɡo]
Meaning
- to wash a corpse in preparation for a funeral
Propterea apud vos dico confidentius,
c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus prologus.0.64–65Spernis quos genuisti, nubis effeta, testamenti ordinem violento animo confundis neque erubescis ei totum patrimonium addicere, cuius pollincto iam corpori marcidam senectutem tuam substravisti.
14 CE – 37 CE, Valerius Maximus, Factorum et dictorum memorabilium 7.7.4
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
corpus fūnerī parōpollingō -ere, -līnctus — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 17
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pollingō | pollingēbam | pollingam | pollīnxī | pollīnxeram | pollīnxerō |
| 2nd sg. | pollingis | pollingēbās | pollingēs | pollīnxistī | pollīnxerās | pollīnxeris |
| 3rd sg. | pollingit | pollingēbat | pollinget | pollīnxit | pollīnxerat | pollīnxerit |
| 1st pl. | pollingimus | pollingēbāmus | pollingēmus | pollīnximus | pollīnxerāmus | pollīnxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | pollingitis | pollingēbātis | pollingētis | pollīnxistis | pollīnxerātis | pollīnxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | pollingunt | pollingēbant | pollingent | pollīnxērunt pollīnxēre | pollīnxerant | pollīnxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pollingam | pollingerem | pollīnxerim | pollīnxissem |
| 2nd sg. | pollingās | pollingerēs | pollīnxerīs | pollīnxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | pollingat | pollingeret | pollīnxerit | pollīnxisset |
| 1st pl. | pollingāmus | pollingerēmus | pollīnxerīmus | pollīnxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | pollingātis | pollingerētis | pollīnxerītis | pollīnxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | pollingant | pollingerent | pollīnxerint | pollīnxissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pollingor | pollingēbar | pollingar |
| 2nd sg. | pollingeris pollingere | pollingēbāris pollingēbāre | pollingēris pollingēre |
| 3rd sg. | pollingitur | pollingēbātur | pollingētur |
| 1st pl. | pollingimur | pollingēbāmur | pollingēmur |
| 2nd pl. | pollingiminī | pollingēbāminī | pollingēminī |
| 3rd pl. | pollinguntur | pollingēbantur | pollingentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pollingar | pollingerer |
| 2nd sg. | pollingāris pollingāre | pollingerēris pollingerēre |
| 3rd sg. | pollingātur | pollingerētur |
| 1st pl. | pollingāmur | pollingerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | pollingāminī | pollingerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | pollingantur | pollingerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | pollinge | pollingere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | pollingite | pollingiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | pollingitō | pollingitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | pollingitō | pollingitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | pollingitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | pollinguntō | pollinguntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | pollingere | pollingī |
| perfect infinitive | pollīnxisse | pollīnctum esse |
| future infinitive | pollīnctūrum esse | pollīnctum īrī |
| present participle | pollingēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | pollīnctus pollīncta, pollīnctā, pollīnctae, pollīnctam, pollīnctārum, pollīnctās, pollīncte, pollīnctī, pollīnctīs, pollīnctō, pollīnctōrum, pollīnctōs |
| future participle | pollīnctūrus pollīnctūra, pollīnctūrā, pollīnctūrae, pollīnctūram, pollīnctūrārum, pollīnctūrās, pollīnctūre, pollīnctūrī, pollīnctūrīs, pollīnctūrō, pollīnctūrōrum, pollīnctūrōs, pollīnctūrum | pollingendus pollingundus, pollingenda, pollingendā, pollingendae, pollingendam, pollingendārum, pollingendās, pollingende, pollingendīs, pollingendōrum, pollingendōs |
gerundpollingendī, pollingendō, pollingendumsupinepollīnctum, pollīnctū
pollingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.,
I. to wash a corpse, and prepare it for the funeral pile (ante- and post-class.): pollingo, περιστέλλω νεκρόν, σιροπλόκω, ταριχεύω, ἐνταφιάζω, Gloss. Philox.:
quia mihi pollinctor dixit, qui eum pollinxerat, Plaut. Poen. prol. 63; App. Flor. p. 362, 27: figmenta hominum mortuorum curate pollincta, Amm. 19, 1, 10.—Transf., of an old man near his grave: pollinctum corpus, Val. Max. 7, 7, 4; cf.: voluptas fucata aut medicamentis pollincta, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2.Origins
According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *porwlinkʷō, from *por- + a nasal present formed on Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“fluid, wet”) (the same root as liqueō, ēlixus). In Plautus, there are attestations of an agent noun pollictor built on an alternative supine/PPP stem pollict- (the vowel -i- would be expected to be short here according to De Vaan's etymology). The expected present stem according to this etymology, *pollinqu-, does not occur: De Vaan suggests -nqu- was analogically replaced by -ng- in the present stem by back-formation from other stems such as pollict-. The present stem polling- is rare and attested chiefly in late grammatical discussions; it may have been influenced by the false or folk etymology that derived this word from a compound of polluō and ungō, as in Fulgentius's explanation of pollinctores as having the meaning of pollutorum unctores "anointers of the polluted".