solidus

English

A solidus (coin).

Etymology

From Late Latin solidus (“an imperial gold coin, in Medieval Latin applied to various coins, also any piece of money”).

Noun

Wikipedia solidus (plural solidi or soliduses)

1. The line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
2. A forward slash or virgule.
3. A late Roman gold coin (after 3rd Century CE); a bezant.
4. (chemistry, physics) a line, in a phase diagram, below which a given substance is a stable solid and above which solid and liquid are in equilibrium

Translations

Roman gold coin

• Esperanto: solido (eo)
• French: soldius (fr) m

• German: Solidus (de) m

See also

• liquidus
• macron
• vinculum

External links

• solidus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• solidus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dulosis

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Latin

Adjective

solidus m (feminine solida, neuter solidum); first/second declension

1. solid

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	solidus	solida	solidum		solidī	solidae	solida
genitive	solidī	solidae	solidī		solidōrum	solidārum	solidōrum
dative	solidō	solidae	solidō		solidīs	solidīs	solidīs
accusative	solidum	solidam	solidum		solidōs	solidās	solida
ablative	solidō	solidā	solidō		solidīs	solidīs	solidīs
vocative	solide	solida	solidum		solidī	solidae	solida

Descendants

Catalan: sòlid English: solid French: solide Italian: sodo, solido

Portuguese: sólido Romanian: solid Russian: солидный Spanish: sólido

Noun

solidus (genitive solidī); m, second declension

1. (Post-Augustan) a gold coin (aureus)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	solidus	solidī
genitive	solidī	solidōrum
dative	solidō	solidīs
accusative	solidum	solidōs
ablative	solidō	solidīs
vocative	solide	solidī

Descendants

English: solidus, soldo French: sol, sou Italian: soldo, saldo

Portuguese: soldo, sólido Romanian: solid, solz Spanish: sólido, sueldo

References

• solidus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• solid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911