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pŏlus , i, m., = πόλος.
I. Lit., the end of an axis, a pole (poet. and postAug.): “terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti,Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64: “polus glacialis,the north pole, id. M. 2, 173; “or, gelidus,id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15: “polus australis,id. M. 2, 131; “or, austrinus,the south pole, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.—
II. Transf.
A. The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin.
B. The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622: “immensi parva figura poli,Ov. F. 6, 278.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.173
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.131
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.75
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.586
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.63
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.56
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.622
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.3
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.7
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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