polio

First element of polio(myelitis).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊljəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊlioʊ/, /-ljoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ
• Hyphenation: po‧lio

polio (countable and uncountable, plural polios)

1. (uncountable) Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
2. (countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.
   • 1977, United States. Congress. House. Welfare Reform Subcommittee, Administration's Welfare Reform Proposal: Joint Hearings..., page 223:

     They don't need social service workers running back and forth every month or two to see if the polios are playing stickball in the street because they never will.

   • 2008, Cynthia Comacchio, Janet Golden, George Weisz, Healing the World's Children, page 141:

     The “polios” (as they called themselves) in Warm Springs didn't deny the seriousness of their health issues or the impairments to their physiology. But their most critical struggle, they claimed, involved healing sorely wounded spirits.

• DPT

Shortening of poliomyelitis. Perhaps borrowed from English polio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.li.oː/

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• Hyphenation: po‧lio

polio f (uncountable)

1. polio, poliomyelitis [from ca. 1950s]

   Synonyms: kinderverlamming, poliomyelitis

• poliovaccin

From English polio, from German Poliomyelitis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolio/, [ˈpo̞lio̞]
• Rhymes: -olio
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧lio

polio

1. poliomyelitis

• “polio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• lipoo, pooli

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ljo/

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polio f (uncountable)

1. Clipping of poliomyélite. polio, poliomyelitis

• “polio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ljo/
• Rhymes: -ɔljo
• Hyphenation: pò‧lio

From [Teucrium] polium, from Late Latin polium, polion, from Ancient Greek πόλιον (pólion), from πολιός (poliós, “white, grey”).

polio m (uncountable)

1. the plant Teucrium polium (felty germander)

   Synonym: canutola

Clipping of poliomielite.

polio f (invariable)

1. poliomyelitis, polio

• -opoli, piolo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.oː/, [ˈpɔlʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.o/, [ˈpɔːlio]

Of uncertain origin.^[1]

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁- (“to swing”), from the notion of fulling cloth by swinging and beating it. In this case, cognate with Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to swing, shake loose”). See also interpolō.

Another theory derives the word from an unattested adjective *polis, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₂-i, from *pelh₂- (“flat”), taking the word's original meaning as "to make flat and smooth".

poliō (present infinitive polīre, perfect active polīvī or poliī, supine polītum); fourth conjugation

1. to polish, to smooth

Conjugation of poliō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	poliō	polīs	polit	polīmus	polītis	poliunt
	imperfect	poliēbam	poliēbās	poliēbat	poliēbāmus	poliēbātis	poliēbant
	future	poliam	poliēs	poliet	poliēmus	poliētis	polient
	perfect	polīvī, poliī	polīvistī, poliistī	polīvit, poliit	polīvimus, poliimus	polīvistis, poliistis	polīvērunt, polīvēre, poliērunt, poliēre
	pluperfect	polīveram, polieram	polīverās, polierās	polīverat, polierat	polīverāmus, polierāmus	polīverātis, polierātis	polīverant, polierant
	future perfect	polīverō, polierō	polīveris, polieris	polīverit, polierit	polīverimus, polierimus	polīveritis, polieritis	polīverint, polierint
passive	present	polior	polīris, polīre	polītur	polīmur	polīminī	poliuntur
	imperfect	poliēbar	poliēbāris, poliēbāre	poliēbātur	poliēbāmur	poliēbāminī	poliēbantur
	future	poliar	poliēris, poliēre	poliētur	poliēmur	poliēminī	polientur
	perfect	polītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	polītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	polītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	poliam	poliās	poliat	poliāmus	poliātis	poliant
	imperfect	polīrem	polīrēs	polīret	polīrēmus	polīrētis	polīrent
	perfect	polīverim, polierim	polīverīs, polierīs	polīverit, polierit	polīverīmus, polierīmus	polīverītis, polierītis	polīverint, polierint
	pluperfect	polīvissem, poliissem	polīvissēs, poliissēs	polīvisset, poliisset	polīvissēmus, poliissēmus	polīvissētis, poliissētis	polīvissent, poliissent
passive	present	poliar	poliāris, poliāre	poliātur	poliāmur	poliāminī	poliantur
	imperfect	polīrer	polīrēris, polīrēre	polīrētur	polīrēmur	polīrēminī	polīrentur
	perfect	polītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	polītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	polī	—	—	polīte	—
	future	—	polītō	polītō	—	polītōte	poliuntō
passive	present	—	polīre	—	—	polīminī	—
	future	—	polītor	polītor	—	—	poliuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		polīre	polīvisse, poliisse	polītūrum esse	polīrī	polītum esse	polītum īrī
participles		poliēns	—	polītūrus	—	polītus	poliendus, poliundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		poliendī	poliendō	poliendum	poliendō	polītum	polītū

• expolio
• interpolō
• polītus

• “polio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “polio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• polio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• polio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

poliō n

1. dative/ablative singular of polion
2. dative/ablative singular of polium

polio

1. farmer

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ljɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔljɔ
• Syllabification: po‧lio

polio n (indeclinable)

1. (countable) polio, poliovirus (human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis)

   Synonym: poliowirus

2. (uncountable) polio, poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis (acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and sometimes deformity)

   Synonyms: choroba Heinego-Medina, heinemedina, porażenie dziecięce

Indeclinable

or

• polio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

polio (Cyrillic spelling полио)

1. masculine singular active past participle of politi

Clipping of poliomielitis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoljo/ [ˈpo.ljo]
• Rhymes: -oljo
• Syllabification: po‧lio

polio f (plural polios)

1. poliomyelitis

• “polio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from English polio.

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polio (n class, no plural)

1. poliomyelitis

   Synonym: ugonjwa wa kupooza