solea Latin · revision 7097

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la solum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɔ.ɫe.a]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''solea''' ''f'' (genitive soleae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[solum]] “bottom, sole of the foot, ground”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Festus reports Verrius' remark that it means not only what is put under the sole of the foot but also an oak beam on which a wattled wall is built.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a sandal.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the simplest sandal, a sole fastened with thongs, as in Plautus and Horace's diner asking for his sandals after the meal, and ''soleae ligneae'' wooden shoes were part of the garb of condemned parricides.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Varro uses it of a shoe for a beast of burden, and of the flatfish called the sole.^(OLD 2012) It also meant a foundation timber for a wall, and in Columella part of an olive press.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a shoe, sandal, and also the entrance to a sanctuary, a sill.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''suola'' and ''soglia'' “threshold”, French ''seuil'', Spanish ''suela'' and Portuguese ''solha'' “flounder”.^(Wiktionary) [[en|sole]] “bottom of the foot” came through Old French and Vulgar Latin *sola in the early 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a sandal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the fish and of a shoe for animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace has ''soleās poscere''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|sandal]]; a shoe for a beast of burden.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|sole]], the flatfish.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A foundation timber.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Part of an olive press.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A sill, the entrance to a sanctuary.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bisolis]]

+ * [[solearis]]

+ * [[soleārius]]

+ * [[soleātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[solum]]

+ * [[calceus]]

+ * [[en|sole]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}