Pollux Definition

pŏləks
noun
The immortal twin of Castor.
Webster's New World
A giant, orange, variable star, actually the brightest star in the constellation Gemini although it is considered the twin of Castor: magnitude, 1.16
Webster's New World

(mineralogy) A variety of petalite always found with castor.

Wiktionary
One of the Dioscuri.
American Heritage
pronoun

(astronomy) A star in the constellation Gemini; beta (β) Geminorum.

Wiktionary

(Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri, son of Tyndarus and Leda, brother of Castor.

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Origin of Pollux

  • Named from Greek mythology; see etymology at castor (“a mineral").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin Pollūx from Greek Poludeukēs

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pollux Sentence Examples

  • This is the system of the "Babylonian" talent, by Herodotus = 70 minae Euboic, by Pollux = 70 minae Attic, by Aelian = 72 minae Attic, and, therefore, about 470,000 grains.

  • For many centuries Egypt was famous as a wheat raiser; it was a cargo of wheat from Alexandria which St Paul helped to jettison on one of his shipwrecks, as was also, in all probability, that of the "ship of Alexandria whose sign was Castor and Pollux," named in the same narrative.

  • After studying at Leipzig, he went to Amsterdam, where he edited Homer and the Onomasticon of Julius Pollux for Wetzstein the publisher.

  • When the final work included extensive praise for the twin gods Castor and Pollux, Scopas complained.

  • Her worship was early transferred to Rome, localized by the Lacus Juturnae near the temple of Vesta, at which Castor and Pollux, after announcing the victory of lake Regillus, were said to have washed the sweat from their horses.

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