solamen Latin · revision 10082

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=ine-pro *selh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [soːˈɫaː.mɛn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [soˈlaː.men]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sōlāmen''' ''n'' (genitive sōlāminis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sōlor|-men|t1=to console]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨sōlor⟩ as a denominative of a root noun ⟨*sōl-⟩, [[ine-pro|*sōlh₂-|t=mercy, comfort]], cognate with [[grc|ἱλάσκομαι|tr=hiláskomai|t=to appease]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Virgil, ''sōlāmen malī'' “a comfort in misfortune”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a source of comfort, relief, solace, consolation, as in Virgil, and Lewis & Short call it poetic for the classical [[sōlācium]]; an inscription uses it, probably, of a supply of grain sent to relieve a shortage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means comfort, relief, consolation.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for medical treatment, help, aid.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|comfort]], [[m|en|solace]], consolation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A relief supply (of grain).^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Help, aid; medical treatment.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sōlor]]

+ * [[sōlācium]]

+ * [[cōnsōlor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Niermeyer records an unrelated Medieval Latin ''sōlāmen'', from ''solum'', for ground, a site.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}