I.peeled barley, pearl-barley: “homines, qui polentam pinsitant,” Plaut. As. 1, 1, 17; Cato, R. R. 168; Col. 6, 17, 18; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72; 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 8, 37, § 59; Ov. M. 5, 450; Pers. 3, 55; Vulg. Lev. 23, 14.
pŏlenta , ae, f. (collat. form pŏlen-tum , i, n., Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2; so plur.: pŏlenta , ōrum, Macr. S. 7, 15) [perh. from πάλη = pollen],