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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1789.sōlus on page 1789
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sōlus alone
sōlus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means alone.
Definitions for sōlus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
alone, only, the only
English derivatives:
sole solitary soliloquy solo desolate sullen
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Having no companion, alone, on one's own. (b) (transf., of things).
- 2
Having no friend or protector, lonely, forsaken, etc.
- 3
(of places) Not frequented, lonely, deserted; (also of darkness).
- 4
Acting, ruling, etc., without a partner or associates, alone; (of rule) sole, exclusive. (b) unaided, single-handed.
- 5
No other (person or thing) besides, alone. (b) (w. emph. numerals, esp. unus). (c) only one, a single.
Sentences with sōlus
Latin to English
Hic vir sōlus mē dē vitiīs huius tyrannī monēre poterat.Compare This man alone was able to warn me about the faults of this tyrant.
Hominī multam pecūniam cupientī pauca dōna sōla dabat.Compare To a man desiring much money he used to give only a few gifts.
Haec cupimus ut vītam pulchriōrem agāmus; nam pecūnia sōla et imperium possunt hominēs dūrōs facere, ut fēlicēs nōn sint.Compare These things we desire so that we may live a finer life; for money alone and power can make men harsh, so that they are not happy.
Uxore profecta, vir relictus est solus.Compare When his wife departed, the man was left alone.
Frumentum non solum a tantus multitudo iumentum atque homo consumo, sed etiam annus tempus atque imber procumbo.Compare The corn was not only being consumed by so great a number of beasts of burden and of men, but had also been laid by the season of the year and by violent rains.
Unus invenio suasor lex Varro, locus non humilis solum, sed etiam sordidus, ortus.Compare The only person found to advocate the law was Varro, a man sprung not merely from a humble, but even from a mean position.
Hic non solum proximus rex dissimilis, sed ferox etiam quam Romulus sum.Compare He was not only unlike the last king, but was more warlike even than Romulus.
L. Sulla solus res publica rego, orbisque terra guberno.Compare Lucius Sulla by himself ruled the republic, and governed the whole world.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 58.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1789.
- 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.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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Delatte, Louis, 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.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sōlus, sōla, sōlum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/solus-sola-solum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 58.sōlus, sōla, sōlum on page 58
