solstitialis Latin · revision 10081

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [soːɫ.stɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sol.stit.t͡siˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sōlstitiālis''' (neuter sōlstitiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Hyginus has the spelling ''solistitiālis''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sōlstitium|-ālis|t1=solstice]], from [[sōl]] “sun” and [[sistō]] “to stand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the summer solstice, solstitial, the opposite of ''brūmālis'', as of the longest day in Cicero's ''diēs sōlstitiālis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of either solstice, and ''circulus sōlstitiālis'' for a tropic.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero has ''diēs sōlstitiālis''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the summer [[m|en|solstice]], [[m|en|solstitial]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of the winter solstice.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sōlstitium]]

+ * [[sōl]]

+ * [[brūmālis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}