Pollio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pollio.

Proper noun

Pollio (plural Pollios)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pollio is the 41657^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 522 individuals. Pollio is most common among White (93.87%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pollio”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pollio m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Latin

Etymology

Non-urban form of *Paulliō, from Paullus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːl.li.oː/, [ˈpoːlːʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.li.o/, [ˈpɔlːio]

Proper noun

Pōlliō m sg (genitive Pōlliōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Asinius Pollio, a Roman poet

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pōlliō
genitive	Pōlliōnis
dative	Pōlliōnī
accusative	Pōlliōnem
ablative	Pōlliōne
vocative	Pōlliō

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Πωλλίων (Pōllíōn)

References

• “Pollio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pollio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.