solium

Latin

Etymology

Believed to be an alteration of Old Latin *sodium, from Proto-Indo-European *sodyom (compare Old Irish suide (“seat”)), from *sed-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.li.um/, [ˈsɔ.li.ũ]

Noun

solium n (genitive solii); second declension

  1. seat, chair
  2. throne, chair of state, official seat
  3. (figuratively) rule, sway, dominion
  4. tub, bathtub
  5. stone coffin, sarcophagus

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative solium solia
Genitive soliī soliōrum
Dative soliō soliīs
Accusative solium solia
Ablative soliō soliīs
Vocative solium solia

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Descendants

References
  • solium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • solium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • solium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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