solatium

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Etymology

From Latin solatium.

Pronunciation

Noun

solatium (countable and uncountable, plural solatia)

  1. (law) A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
  2. (figurative) Intangible or emotional compensation.
    • "But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sōlātium n (genitive sōlātiī or sōlātī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of sōlācium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sōlātium sōlātia
genitive sōlātiī
sōlātī1 		sōlātiōrum
dative sōlātiō sōlātiīs
accusative sōlātium sōlātia
ablative sōlātiō sōlātiīs
vocative sōlātium sōlātia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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