solum
See also: Solum
English
Etymology
From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- 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
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole of the foot”). Related to Latin solea (“sandal, hoof-guard, fettle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈsɔːlum]
Noun
solum n (genitive solī); second declension
- bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
- floor, pavement
- ground, earth, land, soil
- sole (of the foot)
- (by extension) land, country, region, place
Declension
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 |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adverbial accusative of sōlus (“alone, only”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsoː.lum/, [ˈs̠oːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈsɔːlum]
Adverb
sōlum (not comparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
- inflection of sōlus:
References
- “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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