solstitium

Latin

Etymology

From sōl + sistō + -ium, perfect passive participle of stō.

Noun

sōlstitium n (genitive sōlstitiī); second declension

  1. summer solstice
  2. summer (hottest part of the year)
  3. solstice

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sōlstitium sōlstitia
Genitive sōlstitiī
sōlstitī1
sōlstitiōrum
Dative sōlstitiō sōlstitiīs
Accusative sōlstitium sōlstitia
Ablative sōlstitiō sōlstitiīs
Vocative sōlstitium sōlstitia

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

Descendants

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