English → Latin
“Sole” in Latin
sōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabitedūnusone, single; aloneūnicusonly, sole, single; unique; uncommonfīliadaughter; any female offspringplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip,soleasandal; sole of a shoelocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; grounds
The English word Sole itself goes back to Latin solea, through *sola.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
Sole
Sole, -es (f.)
sole adj.
solus: unus: unicus (e.g., filius, filia, etc.: illa villa solius tua, you have sole possession of). Vid. ALONE, ONLY.
sole s.
The bottom of a foot, planta: ☞ not solea in this sense. To find no place for the sole of one’s foot, locum, ubi consistat, non reperire.
The bottom of a shoe, solea.
A fish, *pleuronectes platissa (Linn.).
sole v.
*calceis soleas suffigere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for Sole?
- The usual Latin words for “Sole” are sōlus, ūnus, ūnicus; also fīlia, planta, solea. 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.