solum

See also: Solum

English

Etymology

From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊləm/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊləm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʉləm/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐʉləm/

Noun

solum (plural solums or sola)

1. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes.
2. The upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.

Anagrams

• Mosul, mulos, omuls

---

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole of the foot”). Related to Latin solea (“sandal, hoof-guard, fettle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈsɔːlum]

Noun

solum n (genitive solī); second declension

1. bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
2. floor, pavement
3. ground, earth, land, soil
4. sole (of the foot)
5. (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

• (bottom): fundus
• (ground): fundus

Derived terms

• assolō
• solea

Descendants

• Basque: zoru
• Catalan: sòl
• English: solum
• French: sol, seuil
• Galician: soio, sollo, solo

• Italian: suolo
• Portuguese: solo, solho, soalho (via *solaculum)
• Romanian: sol
• Sicilian: solu
• Spanish: suelo

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of sōlus (“alone, only”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.lum/, [ˈs̠oːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈsɔːlum]

Adverb

sōlum (not comparable)

1. only, just, barely, merely

Derived terms

• sōlummodo

Related terms

• sōlicanus
• sōliloquium
• sōlitāneus
• sōlitārius
• sōlitās
• sōlitātim
• sōlitūdo
• sōlus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: sol
• Italian: solo
• Spanish: solo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

1. inflection of sōlus:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. masculine accusative singular

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