posten-o: post, a place to guard; beat (of a policeman, etc.); honor- -o: (fig.) post of hono(u)r; -izar: to post, station (uli, ulu, su) (cf. facionar); Ex.: Stacar en posteno. Gardar posteno. Livar, desertar posteno. ? DeFIRS
postern-o: (fort.) postern; small gate under a rampart. — DEFIS
postig-o: small casement in a door or window; blind (of a carriage). Def.: (Mikra) parto (ordinare, vitro-plako) di la fenestro o pordo qua esas apertebla. — S
postilion-o: postilion. — DEFIRS
postpozicion-o: postposition, a word or particle placed after or at the end of a word.
postul-ar: (tr.) to demand, exact, require (ulo, de ulu); -o, -em-eso: demand, requirement, exigency; -ajo: what is demanded, claimed; -ema: exacting. V.exp.: vid. demandar. ? FL
postulat-o: (philos.) postulate. —
postum-a: posthumous; -o: p. child; -ajo: p. work. — DEFIS
postur-ar: (intr., lit. and fig.) to assume an attitude, to pose (as for a statue, a picture); to sit (for one’s picture); -o: posture, attitude, pose; -o koaktata: constrained attitude; -o di la guvernerio: attitude of the government. — DEFIS
pot-o: pot, kettle, jug: earthenware or metal vessel used for cooking or merely holding something; -edo: potful; -if-eyo: a pottery; -if-isto: potter; lakto- -o: milk jug or can; floro- -o: flower p.; -o fera: iron p.; terakota -o: earthen p. — EFS
potas-o: potash. — DEFIRS
potenc-o: (math.) power; sis potenco quara: six to the fourth power (64). Def.: Produkto qua rezultas de multiplikado di nombro per su. — DeFIR
potencial-a, -o: (all senses) potential, possible. ? DEFIS
potent-a: powerful, potent, mighty; -(ul)o: potentate; -eso: potency, might (cf. povo, fort-eso, autoritato). — DEFIS
«pound»: (pl. -i) pound (sterling). — E
pov-ar: (tr., intr.) to be able (to do), can (do), could, have the power to; -o: power, ability, force, means, might; (polit.) a power, powerful country. Ex.: Ni facas to quon ni povas. Me ne povis venar hiere. Me povabus manjar ol, ma me ne hungris. La povo di la mento. V. exp.: vid. darfar. ? FIS
povr-a: poor, needy; -o, -ulo, -ino: poor person (cf. indij-anto); -eso: poverty; -ajo: a sorry thing (cf. meskin-ajo); -igar: to impoverish; la mente povri: the poor in mind (in spirit). Ant.: richa. ? EFIS
poz-ar: (tr., lit and fig.) to place, set, lay (down), ground (cf. depozar); -eso: position (cf. situ-eso); -ar kom principo: to state, lay down a principle; super- -o: imposition: laying on. — FIS
pozicion-o: (milit., or strategical) position.
pozitiv-a: (math., elec., philos., gram.) positive; -em-ulo: a person of positive ideas; practical, matter-of-fact person; -ismo: (philos.) positivism; -ista, -isto: positivist. Ant.: negativa. — DEFIRS
pozolan-o: pozzolana, a mortar made from volcanic ashes. — DeFIS
pragmat-o: (philos.) matter-of-fact, reality; «fait accompli»; -ala: pragmaticaclass="underline" dealing with practical values or consequences; -ismo: pragmatism; -isto: pragmatist. — DEFIRS
pragmatik-o*: (hist.) pragmatic sanction.
praktik-ar: (tr.) to practice, put into practice, exercise; to observe (a rule, etc.); -ala: pertaining to practice or action, practical (matter); -ema: pratical, experienced (person); -ebla: practicable, feasible, possible; (of roads) passable; -isto: practitioner; -anta: practising. Ex.: On praktikas la medicino, l’agro-kultivado. Esas necesa praktikar longatempe, ante ke on povas divenar habila. Praktikebla ideo, voyo. — DEFIS
pralin-o: praline, burnt almond. — DeF
pram-o: (nav.) pram(e): flat-bottomed boat used in the Baltic. Def.: Speco di navo (barko) kun plata fundo, nur un ponto, kun segli e remili; IV-462.
prat-o: meadow. — FIS
pre-aranj-ar: (tr.) to prearange, to provide (for or against).
pre-av-ino: great grandmother; -av-ulo: great grandfather.
prebend-o: prebend, stipend granted to a prebendary; -iero: prebendary. — DEFIS
prec-o: (lit. and fig.) price, charge; (fig.) expense; kusto-preco: cost price; -oza: costly, expensive, valuable, precious (in money value); -oza lapido: precious stone; -oz-eso: preciousness; -oz-ajo: a precious thing; fabrik- -o: cost of making, manufacturing cost; kozo super omna -o: a priceless thing; pro irga -o: at any price; (fig.) cost what it will. — DEFIS
preced-ar: (tr.) to have, to take precedence of, to go before in rank, importance, etc.; (cf. pre-irar); -o: precedence: right or fact of precedency, priority; -anto: one who has or takes precedence; predecessor (in office); (pl.) predecessors, forefathers; -anta: antecedant, (cf. antea, antecedento). Def.: Esir en plaso, ofico nemediate avan; -e: pasar avan altru segun lego, regulo; VI-418. Ex.: Grava aferi precedas la neimportanta. — EFIS
precedent-o: a precedent, authoritative case, example or instance. — DEFIS
precept-o: precept, authoritative rule of action. — EFIS
preceptor-o: preceptor, tutor, instructor. — DEFIS
precesion-o: (astron.) precession (of the equinoxes). — DEFIS
precipis-o: precipice; (fig.) calamity. — EFIS
precipit-ar: (tr., pr. and fig.) to precipitate, cause to fall, hurry along, throw down, hurl headlong, dash down, plunge; (chem.) to throw to the bottom of a vessel; -ar su: to rush (upon); -ajo: (chem.) precipitate. Ex.: Il precipitis su ek la fenestro. Precipitar naciono en milito. — DEFIS