solitus Latin · revision 30867

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''solitus''' (feminine solita, neuter solitum); first and second declension^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[m|la|soleō|t=to be accustomed]] used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) The origin of the verb is disputed: de Vaan rejects a derivation from the root of [[m|la|suēscō|t=to become used to]] and reports the proposal of a [[ine-pro|*sol-éye-|t=to be accustomed]] cognate with [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=saljan]], perhaps also with [[m|la|solum|t=ground]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Virgil, ''Aeneid'': ''Ō sī solitae quicquam virtūtis adesset!'', “if only something of our usual courage were here!”^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is usual, accustomed or normal.^(OLD 2012) The neuter ''solitum'' is what is customary, and ''praeter'', ''super'' or ''ultrā solitum'' is beyond what is usual, as Virgil's rooks happier than usual.^(OLD 2012) With a comparative ''solitō'' is “than usual”.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “usual, customary”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of “usual” courage and in ''praeter solitum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus of what is customary.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|usual|alt=Usual]], [[m|en|accustomed]], normal.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(neuter as noun)'' What is customary, ''praeter solitum'', beyond the usual, ''solitō'' (with a comparative), than usual.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[soleō]]

+ * [[īnsolēns]]

+ * [[obsolētus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}