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Pollux in a sentence
Pollux meaning
- One of the Dioscuri, son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor.
- A star in the constellation Gemini; beta (β) Geminorum.
Synonyms of Pollux
Using Pollux
- The main meaning on this page is: One of the Dioscuri, son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor. | A star in the constellation Gemini; beta (β) Geminorum.
- Useful related words include: star.
- In the example corpus, pollux often appears in combinations such as: and pollux, pollux is, pollux of.
Context around Pollux
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pollux
- In this selection, "pollux" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, battle, ensemble, mad and representing stand out and add context to how "pollux" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and pollux is usually and castor and pollux. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pollux" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pollux
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another famous constellation is Gemini, the twins, denoted by the bright stars Castor and Pollux. (15 words)
Scan to the west to find the two head stars, Castor and Pollux, of Constellation Gemini. (16 words)
When Castor was fatally wounded in battle, Pollux, mad with grief, beseeched his father Zeus to save him. (18 words)
And Pollux is usually Roman yeah but also just -- And I think that in the movie we always -- there is reference to our reference to our reference all over the place you know just because I like that sort of thing. (41 words)
Maratta even persuaded her not to sell an antique marble, Castor and Pollux ensemble, but, due to a number of hereditary successions, it eventually ended up among the possessions of King Philip V of Spain. (35 words)
Pollux, 9.112 It is possible that the teams held hands when pulling, which would have increased difficulty, since handgrips are more difficult to sustain than a grip of a rope. (31 words)
Example sentences (14)
Castor and Pollux of Gemini may be an example of this: Pollux is brighter than Castor, but the latter rises earlier and was assigned alpha.
And Pollux is usually Roman yeah but also just -- And I think that in the movie we always -- there is reference to our reference to our reference all over the place you know just because I like that sort of thing.
Maratta even persuaded her not to sell an antique marble, Castor and Pollux ensemble, but, due to a number of hereditary successions, it eventually ended up among the possessions of King Philip V of Spain.
Scan to the west to find the two head stars, Castor and Pollux, of Constellation Gemini.
When Castor was fatally wounded in battle, Pollux, mad with grief, beseeched his father Zeus to save him.
It is assessed that at least three of the missiles were launched towards commercial vessel MT Pollux, a Panamanian-flagged, Denmark-owned, Panamanian-registered vessel.
In Coetzee’s novel, this history is buried just below the surface, in the racially charged exchanges between Lurie and Pollux.
Another famous constellation is Gemini, the twins, denoted by the bright stars Castor and Pollux.
Pollux, 9.112 It is possible that the teams held hands when pulling, which would have increased difficulty, since handgrips are more difficult to sustain than a grip of a rope.
Pollux (i. x. 104) mentions a game called episkyros (ἐπίσκυρος), which has often been looked on as the origin of football.
Student and lawyer The temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome Pliny's father took him to Rome to be educated in lawmaking.
The absolute magnitude of the Sun is 4.83, and at a distance of 1.834 parsecs, it would be a first-magnitude star, as Pollux is from the Earth.
The Kalapalo people of Mato Grosso state in Brazil called Procyon and Canopus Kofongo "Duck", with Castor and Pollux representing his hands.
The two stars have a variety of meanings: the two rendezvous attempts, Castor and Pollux in Gemini or the two crew members.
Common combinations with pollux
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and pollux 9×
- pollux is 3×
- pollux of 2×
- pollux in 2×