πόλος
πόλος,
ὁ,(
πέλω, πέλομαι, πολέω)
A). piuot on which anything turns, axis:
1). axis of the celestial sphere, γῆν ἰλλομένην τὴν περὶ τὸν διὰ παντὸς πόλον τεταμένον Pl. Ti. 40c .
2). pole of this axis,
ὁ ἄνω, ὁ κάτω π., Arist. Cael. 285b9 , cf.
Mete. 362a33 ;
π. φανερός, ἀφανής, Id. Cael. 285b21 ;
π. ἀρκτικός, ἀνταρκτικός, Id. Mu. 392a2 ;
π. βόρειος, νότιος, Hipparch. 1.4.1 ,
1.8.14 , cf.
Gem. 16.11 ,
Cleom. 1.4 ,
Ptol. Alm. 2.6 ;
π. τοῦ ὁρίζοντος the zenith, Euc. Phaen. p.18 M.;
λόξωσις τοῦ π. inclination of the
pole (of the zodiac),
Ocell. 2.23 .
3). celestial sphere, vault of heauen, sky, A. Pr. 429 (lyr.),
E. Fr. 839.11 (anap.);
ἄστρων π. Id. Or. 1685 (anap.), cf. eund.
Eleg. 2 ;
τὸ τοῦ π. τοῦ παντὸς ἡμισφαίριον Alex. 261.7 ;
ὀρνίθων π. Ar. Av. 179 ;
ψυχὴ δ’ αἰθέριον κατέχει π. Epigr.Gr. 225 (Ephesus);
ἀπ’ ἀντολίης πόλον ἥλατο χρύσεα κύκλα ἠελίου AP 14.139 (
Metrod.).
b). ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν π. in the same latitude, Gal. 17(1).16 .
5). crown of the head, Hsch.;
the whole head, Poll. 2.99 .
III). pole passing through the axle-tree of a carriage, as a shock-absorber,
D.S. 18.27 .
IV). concave sun-dial (called
πόλος from being shaped like the vault of heaven), on which the shadow was cast by the
γνώμων, Hdt. 2.109 ,
Ar. Fr. 163 : fem. in
Luc. Lex. 4 .
2). διακόσμησις τοῦ π. organization of the calendar, OGI 56.46 (Canopus, iii B. C.).
VI). Archit., dowel, IG 22.1675.4 , al.
VII). crescent-shaped projection on a machine for reducing dislocations, Philistion ap.
Orib. 49.4.37 .
VIII). windlass, capstan, BGU 544.24 (pl., ii A. D.).
ShortDef
a pivot, hinge, axis
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πόλος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">πέλω, πέλομαι, πολέω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">piuot</span> on which anything turns, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">axis</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">axis of the celestial sphere,</span> <span class="quote greek">γῆν ἰλλομένην τὴν περὶ τὸν διὰ παντὸς πόλον τεταμένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:40c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:40c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 40c </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pole</span> of this axis, <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ἄνω, ὁ κάτω π.,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:285b:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:285b.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cael.</span> 285b9 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362a:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362a.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 362a33 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. φανερός, ἀφανής,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:285b:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:285b.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cael.</span> 285b21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἀρκτικός, ἀνταρκτικός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:392a:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:392a.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 392a2 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. βόρειος, νότιος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:4:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.4.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:8:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:8:14/canonical-url/"> 1.8.14 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:16:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:16.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gem.</span> 16.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleom.</span> 1.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alm.</span> 2.6 </span>; <span class="quote greek">π. τοῦ ὁρίζοντος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the zenith,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg012:p.18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg012:p.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phaen.</span> p.18 </a> M.; <span class="foreign greek">λόξωσις τοῦ π.</span> inclination of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pole</span> (of the zodiac), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1545.tlg001:2:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1545.tlg001:2.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ocell.</span> 2.23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pole-star,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0222.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0222.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eratosth.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.</span> 2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">celestial sphere, vault of heauen, sky,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 429 </a> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 839.11 </span> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">ἄστρων π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1685" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1685/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1685 </a> (anap.), cf. eund.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eleg.</span> 2 </span>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ τοῦ π. τοῦ παντὸς ἡμισφαίριον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:261:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:261.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 261.7 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὀρνίθων π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 179 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψυχὴ δ’ αἰθέριον κατέχει π.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 225 </span> (Ephesus); <span class="quote greek">ἀπ’ ἀντολίης πόλον ἥλατο χρύσεα κύκλα ἠελίου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 14.139 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Metrod.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν π.</span> in the same <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">latitude,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 17(1).16 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orbit of a star,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc1:986c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc1:986c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epin.</span> 986c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crown of the head,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the whole head,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.99 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">centre</span> of the circular threshing-floor, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:18:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:18.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 18.8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pole passing through the axle-tree</span> of a carriage, as a shock-absorber, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:18:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:18.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 18.27 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">concave sun-dial</span> (called <span class="foreign greek">πόλος</span> from being shaped like the vault of heaven), on which the shadow was cast by the <span class="foreign greek">γνώμων,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.109 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 163 </a>: fem. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lex.</span> 4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">διακόσμησις τοῦ π.</span> organization of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">calendar</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 56.46 </span> (Canopus, iii B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">head-dress,</span> worn by goddesses, e.g. Aphrodite, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:10:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:10:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 2.10.5 </a>; Tyche, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:30:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:30:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.30.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> Archit., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dowel,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 22.1675.4 </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crescent-shaped projection</span> on a machine for reducing dislocations, Philistion ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 49.4.37 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VIII).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">windlass, capstan</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 544.24 </span> (pl., ii A. D.).</div> </div><br><br>'}