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See also: Solum
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”). Doublet of soil.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊləm/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊləm/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsəʉləm/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsɐʉləm/
- Rhymes: -əʊləm
Noun[edit]
- Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes.
- The upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Italic *solom (“base, sole”), from Proto-Indo-European *solom or *selom (“place, habitation”). Cognate with Lithuanian salà (“island”), Proto-Slavic *selo (“village”) and Proto-Germanic *saliz (“house, dwelling; hall, room”).[1] Related to Latin solea (“sandal, hoof-guard, fettle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
solum n (genitive solī); second declension
- bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
- Synonym: fundus
- floor, pavement
- ground, earth, land, soil
- sole (of the foot)
- (by extension) land, country, region, place
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | solum | sola |
Genitive | solī | solōrum |
Dative | solō | solīs |
Accusative | solum | sola |
Ablative | solō | solīs |
Vocative | solum | sola |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “solum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 572
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverbial accusative of sōlus (“alone, only”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
sōlum (not comparable)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
sōlum
- inflection of sōlus:
References[edit]
- “solum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “solum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- solum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- solum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)
- (ambiguous) Solo ordained by law that..: Solo lege sanxit, ut or ne
- (ambiguous) to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100)
- (ambiguous) Solon made it a capital offence to..: Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)
- (ambiguous) to raze a town to the ground: oppidum solo aequare
- (ambiguous) Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)
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