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solstitialis

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [soːɫ.stɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sol.stit.t͡siˈaː.lis][1]

Forms

sōlstitiālis (neuter sōlstitiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective[1] Hyginus has the spelling solistitiālis.[2]

Etymology

It is from Latin sōlstitium (“solstice”) + -ālis, from sōl “sun” and sistō “to stand”.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Plautus.[3] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant of the summer solstice, solstitial, the opposite of brūmālis, as of the longest day in Cicero's diēs sōlstitiālis.[2][4][5]

British Medieval Latin used it of either solstice, and circulus sōlstitiālis for a tropic.[6]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.[3]
  • 81–43 BC – Cicero has diēs sōlstitiālis.[5][3]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Of the summer solstice, solstitial.[2][4]
  2. (Medieval Latin) Of the winter solstice.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  4. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  6. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press