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Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈleo/
- Hyphenation: so‧le‧o
Noun
soleo (accusative singular soleon, plural soleoj, accusative plural soleojn)
- sole (flatfish)
Ido
Noun
soleo (plural solei)
- sole (flatfish)
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain.
- Based on semantic similarity to suēscō (“to become used to”) and sodālis (“close companion”), Walde-Hoffmann (1954) and Pokorny (1959) opt for *sodeō, from Proto-Italic *sweðēō, from earlier *sweðējō, from Proto-Indo-European *swé-dʰh₁-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- expanded through the reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”), thus the original sense to "set as one's own", as in the later formed suificō.
- De Vaan (2008) rejects this etymology on the grounds that a following front vowel ē should have blocked the *swe- > so- shift. Instead he derives it from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“place, habitation”), via the iterative *sol-eye- "to occupy habitually, inhabit" or directly from Latin solum (“base, ground; country”) - cf. the similar semantic relationship between habitō and habitus.
Pronunciation
Verb
soleō (present infinitive solēre, perfect active soluī or solitus sum, supine solitum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent, no future, no imperative
- to be accustomed, used to, in the habit of
- Synonyms: assoleō, adsuēscō, assuēfaciō, cōnsuēscō, cōnsuēfaciō
Conjugation
- Unlike most semi-deponent verbs, soleō has no future tense.
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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soleō
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solēs
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solet
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solēmus
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solētis
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solent
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imperfect
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solēbam
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solēbās
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solēbat
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solēbāmus
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solēbātis
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solēbant
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perfect
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soluī, solitus sum
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soluistī, solitus es
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soluit, solitus est
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soluimus, solitī sumus
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soluistis, solitī estis
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soluērunt, soluēre, solitī sunt
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pluperfect
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solueram, solitus eram
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soluerās, solitus erās
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soluerat, solitus erat
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soluerāmus, solitī erāmus
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soluerātis, solitī erātis
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soluerant, solitī erant
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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soleam
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soleās
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soleat
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soleāmus
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soleātis
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soleant
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imperfect
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solērem
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solērēs
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solēret
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solērēmus
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solērētis
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solērent
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perfect
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soluerim, solitus sim
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soluerīs, solitus sīs
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soluerit, solitus sit
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soluerīmus, solitī sīmus
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soluerītis, solitī sītis
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soluerint, solitī sint
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pluperfect
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soluissem, solitus essem
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soluissēs, solitus essēs
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soluisset, solitus esset
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soluissēmus, solitī essēmus
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soluissētis, solitī essētis
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soluissent, solitī essent
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solēre
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—
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solēns
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—
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soluisse, solitum esse
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—
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solitus
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—
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solitūrum fuisse
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—
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—
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—
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solendī
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solendō
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solendum
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solendō
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solitum
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solitū
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “soleō, solum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 571-2
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
- Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938–1954) “soleo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter
Further reading
- “soleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “soleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- soleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the usual subjects taught to boys: doctrinae, quibus aetas puerilis impertiri solet (Nep. Att. 1. 2)
- the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet
- as usually happens: ut solet, ut fieri solet
Spanish
Verb
soleo
- first-person singular present indicative of solear