English → Latin
“solar” in Latin
sōlorto comfort, console, solace; to soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigatesōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabiteddēfectiōdefection, desertion; rebellion, revolt (of a city); failing, failure, deficiency, want, disappearance, decline
The English word solar itself goes back to Latin sōl, through sōlāris.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
solar
solaris: solarius: or by genitive, solis. A solar eclipse, solis defectus or defectio; sol deficiens [Vid: ECLIPSE]. The solar year, annus qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe (Liv., 1, 19, extr.): annus solstitialis (Serv., Virg. Aen., 4, 653). The ancient Romans reckoned a lunar year, the latter a solar, Romani veteres ad lunae cursum, et sequentes ad solis anni tempora digesserunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for solar?
- The usual Latin words for “solar” are sōlor, sōlus, dēfectiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.