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he said the Latin for thumb was pollex; not that the word thumb came from pollex - in this case we opted for the O.H.G.N.D.Fris. þuma (or sumptin)
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thanks, tsu, for the clarification. damned language got in my way of understanding....
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Latin pollex, pollicis, so pollic(o)- would be the combining form. Index means basically pointer (or he who points). Cf. judex 'judge' for law-giver.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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In what list of words did I recently see one for the distance between thumb and forefinger?
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No luck yet, but you all are certainly informative. Thanks. p.
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No luck yet, but you all are certainly informative. Thanks. p.
here's some more stuff mostly unrelated to your question:
-although pollex is sometimes applied to the big toe as well as the thumb, the distinctive term for that is hallux.
-pollex is also defined (by W3) as a unit of length equal to one inch -- used formerly in descriptions of invertebrate animals
-although these terms are used mostly in Anat. contexts, here's an actual literary usage of pollex:
She clutched her bag between index and pollex. - Anthony Burgess, MF
-pollical - Of or pertaining to the pollex or thumb
(pollically indexed?)
-pollicate - [Zool.] having thumbs
and, of course, desuperpollicate.
-in case you were wondering, pollicitate is completely unrelated, meaning the action of promising (fr. L. pollicitari, to promise)
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pollicitari, to promise Police? Politician?
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in case you were wondering, pollicitate is completely unrelated, meaning the action of promising (fr. L. pollicitari, to promise)
With our election looming it does feel like our poiticians are thumbing their noses at us.
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