solum

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *solom (“base, sole”), from Proto-Indo-European *solom or *selom (“place, habitation”). Cognate with Lithuanian salà (“island”), Proto-Slavic *selo (“village”) and Proto-Germanic *saliz (“house, dwelling; hall, room”). Related to Latin solea (“sandal, hoof-guard, fettle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

solum n (genitive solī); second declension

  1. bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
    Synonym: fundus
  2. floor, pavement
  3. ground, earth, land, soil
    Synonyms: terra, tellūs, humus
  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
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Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “solum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 572

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

sōlum (not comparable)

  1. only, just, barely, merely
    Synonyms: tantum, modo
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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sōlum

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

Old English

Noun

solum

  1. dative plural of sol (“mud”)
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