Pollex

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.

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pollex
pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Pollex
Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero , Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
pollex
pollex icis, m the thumb, C., V., H., O.: clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine, Cs.: utroque laudare ...

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