Polleo, polles, pollère. Cic.To may, or can: to be of power or puisance: to be of vertue or slrength: to beare rule, stroke or authoritie.Multum illi terra plurimum mari pollent. Li. Their power is great vpon the land, and on the sea exceeding great.Pollere moderatione & constantia.Cic.To be of great moderation and constancie.Pollere quæstu. Plin. To be verie prositable and gaineful.Scientia pollet virtus.Cic.Posse & pollere. Liuius, Tanto magis ferito, quanto magis potes, pollésq; As thou art of greater power and mighte.Eadem causa aduersum omnes pollet. Pli. Ad fidem faciendam iustitia plus pollet. Ciee. Iustice is of greater force to make men to credite or belieue vs, or to haue a trust in vs.Quid ea diuisio ad agros pollet? Varro.Contra anginas essicacissimè pollet ex aqua pota Plin.Being drunke with water it is of verie greate vertue and stcength against the Ouince.Aurum pollet in remedijs. lin. Gold is of great vertue in medicine.In Repub. iudicijsque plurimum pollebant. Cæsar. Whiche in affaires of the common weale & matters of iudgemÊt in the law were of great power.Pollet eius authoritas. Salu. He is in great authoritie or estimation.Facundia pollet tuis ingenijs. Claud. Etiam in pecudibus plurimum pollent blandæ voluptatis illecebræ. Col. The delectable allurementes of pleasure preuaile mnch euen in beastes. Ex oleo & aqua Ciliciæ cores pollent. Pl. The whetstones of Cilicia be good vsed with water and oyle.Plus pollet, potiorque est filius patre.Cicer.The sonne is of more power and better than the father.
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pollĕo (polet, pollet: quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes, Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. [potis-valeo]. I.Lit.A. In gen., to be strong, powerful, or potent, to be able, to prevail, avail (class.; cf.: valeo, possum): QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24, 8: potest polletque (populus), Liv. 8, 33; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 46: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: pollere, regnare, dominari, Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: qui in republicā tum plurimum pollebant, Caes. B. C. 1, 4: polleo plurimum inter homines, id. ap. Suet. Caes. 6; Cic. Brut. 51, 90: ad fidem faciendam justitia plus pollet, id. Off. 2, 9, 34: cum Romana majestas toto orbe polleret, Flor. 4, 2, 8.—With subj.-clause: is omnibus exemplo debet esse, quantum in hac urbe polleat, multorum obedire tempori, Cic. Brut. 69, 242.—(b). With abl.: formā, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 17: pecuniā, Suet. Caes. 19: armis, Tac. A. 11, 24: gloriā antiquitatis, id. ib. 4, 55: nobilitate, id. H. 3, 45: malis artibus, id. A. 14, 57: gratiā, id. H. 2, 92. —B. In partic., of medicines, to be potent or efficacious, to operate: herba contra anginas efficacissime pollet,
is a powerful specific
, Plin. 24, 19, 110, 171: pollet adversus scorpiones, id. 20, 16, 63, 171: aurum plurimis modis pollet in remediis, id. 33, 4, 25, 84; 28, 8, 29, 114.—II.Transf.A.To be of worth, to be valued, esteemed, Plin. 19, 3, 17, 47: cum eadem vitis aliud aliis in locis polleat, id. 14, 6, 8, 70.—B.To possess in abundance, be rich in: utensilibus, App. M. 2, 19.—Hence, pollens, entis, P. a., strong, mighty, able, powerful, potent (mostly since the Aug. period; not in Cic.): genus pollens atque honoratissumum, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: animus, abunde pollens potensque, Sall. J. 1, 3: potens pollensque, Liv. 2, 34; Inscr. Grut. 50, 3: genus pollens, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: classis plurimum pollens mari, Vell. 1, 2: mens pollentior, Tert. adv. Psych. 6: pollentissima ingenia, Sol. 2 med.—With abl.: sagittis pollens dea, Naev. ap. Macr. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): equo pollens, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 55: opibus, Lucr. 1, 61: venenis, Val. Fl. 6, 85.—With gen.: vini pollens Liber, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 21 (Fleck. as one word, vinipollens).—With acc.: soror cuncta pollentis viri, Argolica Juno, Sen. Agam. 805.—With inf.: tractare sereno Imperio vulgum pollens, Sil. 14, 80; Luc. 6, 685.—Hence, adv.: pollenter, powerfully (post-class.); comp. pollentius, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 254.