pollenter

pollenter, Adv. (pollens), mächtig, Compar. pollentius, Claud. de IV. cons. Hon. 254.

pollĕo (polet, pollet:

quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes,

Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. [potis-valeo].

Lit.

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.—

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. —

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.