solor Latin · revision 6019

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *selh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsoː.ɫɔr]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sōlor''' (present infinitive sōlārī, perfect active sōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sōl-]], a verb from a root noun [[ine-pro|*sōlh₂-|t=mercy, comfort]], as Schrijver explains it, though no such noun is attested.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|ἱλάσκομαι|tr=hiláskomai|t=to appease]] and perhaps [[xcl|աղաչեմ|tr=ałačʻem|t=to pray]].^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD suggests an original meaning “to make favourable”, and compares [[got|𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃|tr=sēls|t=good]].^(OLD 2012) [[sōlācium]] “comfort” supposes an adjective *sōlāx.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, whose character comforts the doubtful with his words.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to give comfort to a person, to console, and to relieve or mitigate a misfortune, as the countryman's songs that ease his toil.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short call it poetic and post-Augustan, the classical prose verb being [[cōnsōlor]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gaffiot also gives the sense to compensate.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of comforting with words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|comfort]], [[m|en|console]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To relieve, mitigate (a misfortune).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To compensate.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sōlācium]]

+ * [[sōlāmen]]

+ * [[sōlāmentum]]

+ * [[sōlātor]]

+ * [[cōnsōlor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|solace]]

+ * [[en|console]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}