soleō, solēre, solitus sum

Definitions for solēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to be accustomed
English derivatives:
insolent obsolete

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(w. inf.) To be accustomed (to), make it a practice (to). (b) (w. pass. inf.). (c) (w. inf. of impers. vb.).
2
(ellipt. exx. of prec.): (a) (w. inf. supplied from context). (b) (inf. replaced by neut. pron., etc.; si,. w. ita, ut, etc.). (c) (w. cum) to cohabit (with); (app. also w. acc. of person).
3
(expr. mere frequency of action or experience) To be constantly liable or apt (to).
4
(w. neut. pron. as subj.) To be the common practice, the usual case, etc. (= ~ere fieri); (sim. after ut).

Sentences with solēre

Latin to English

Eīs diēbus solitī sumus Athēnīs esse.Compare In those days we were accustomed to be at Athens.

Matrem timidi flere non solere.Compare The mother of a careful man seldom has reason to weep.

Me quoque Musarum studium sub nocte silenti artibus adsuetis sollicitare solet.Compare I am a lover of the Muses and in the silent night I too am haunted by my accustomed task.

Totus negotium non sum dignus vis noster, qui magnus onus sustineo et possum et soleo.Compare The whole affair is not worthy of my strength, who am both able and accustomed to support greater burdens.

Mulier in India plus singuli soleo sum nuptus.Compare In India several women are wont to be married to one man.

Iste senilis stultitia, qui deliratio appello soleo, senex levis sum, non omnis.Compare That folly of old age, which is commonly called dotage, belongs to trifling old men, not to all.

Conjugation table for solēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
soleō solēs solet solēmus solētis solent	solēbam solēbās solēbat solēbāmus solēbātis solēbant

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
soleor solēris solētur solēmur solēminī solentur	solēbar solēbāris / $ēbāre solēbātur solēbāmur solēbāminī solēbantur

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	solēns	solentēs
Gen.	solentis	solentium
Dat.	solentī	solentibus
Acc.	solentem	solentēs
Abl.	solente	solentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	solitūrus	solitūrī
Gen.	solitūrī	solitūrōrum
Dat.	solitūrō	solitūrīs
Acc.	solitūrum	solitūrōs
Abl.	solitūrō	solitūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	solitus	solitī
Gen.	solitī	solitōrum
Dat.	solitō	solitīs
Acc.	solitum	solitōs
Abl.	solitō	solitīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	solendus	solendī
Gen.	solendī	solendōrum
Dat.	solendō	solendīs
Acc.	solendum	solendōs
Abl.	solendō	solendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	solēre	solitum
Gen.	solendī	solitū
Dat.	solendō
Acc.	solendum
Abl.	solendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 264.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1782.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "soleō, solēre, solitus sum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified October 1, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/soleo-solere-solitus-sum.