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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *solnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sol(h₂)nós, from *solh₂- (“whole”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole, entire, utter, perfect, complete”) and Sanskrit सर्व (sárva).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sollus (feminine solla, neuter sollum); first/second-declension adjective
- whole, entire, unbroken
- Synonyms: integer, solidus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “sollus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sollus 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)
- sollus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571