solido Latin · revision 4533

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=la solidus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɔ.lɪ.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɔː.li.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''solidō''' (present infinitive solidāre, perfect active solidāvī, supine solidātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|solidus|-ō|t1=solid]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Virgil, in the Georgics, says a threshing floor must be made solid with sticky clay so weeds do not come up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make solid or dense, and Lewis & Short note it is not found before the Augustan age and is mostly passive.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Vitruvius uses it of ramming a site firm, and Tacitus and Pliny the Younger of strengthening.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) In medicine it meant to knit broken bones, and it was also used of joining metal by soldering.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its descendants include [[it|saldare]], [[fr|souder]] and [[es|soldar]] “to weld, solder”.^(Wiktionary) [[en|solder]] is recorded in the early 14th century from Old French ''soudure'', from ''souder'', from this verb.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of building ground.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''solder'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make solid, firm or dense.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To strengthen, [[m|en|consolidate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To knit broken bones; to join by [[m|en|solder]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsolidō]]

+ * [[ēsolidō]]

+ * [[persolido]]

+ * [[praesolidō]]

+ * [[solidamen]]

+ * [[solidamentum]]

+ * [[solidātiō]]

+ * [[solidatrix]]

+ * [[solidescō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[solidus]]

+ * [[en|solder]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}