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“sun” in Latin
sōlthe Sun; a sun; goldcircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution (going around)īnsōlōto insolate, to expose to the sunaprīcorto bask in the sun, sunbathe
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sun s.
sol (sol, dux et princeps et moderator luminum, Cic., Somn., Sc., 4, 10; sol astrorum obtinet principatum; sol conficit conversionem annuam quinque diebus et sexaginta et trecentis, quarta fere diei parte addita, Cic., N.D., 2, 19, 49). The sun enters Cancer, sol introitum facit in Cancrum (Col., 11, 1, 49); is in Capricorn, consistit in Capricorno: from sunrise to sunset, ab orto usque ad occidentem solem: the course of the sun, solis cursus or circuitus; solis lustratio (Cic., N.D., 1, 31, § 7, ed: Orell.); solis anfractus reditusque (Cic., Rep., 6, 12: ☞ solis orbis = “disk of the sun,” Plin., 2, 3, 21). The light or rays of the sun, sol; solis radii: grapes ripen in the sun, uvae a sole mitescunt: to be in or to have the sun, solem accipere; sole uti; soli expositum esse (of places): to put anything in the sun (sunshine), in solem proferre (Plin.); in sole ponere aliquid (Col.); soli or solibus exponere (to lay in the sun expose to the sun): to dry anything in the sun, aliquid in sole assiccare (general term); in sole pandere (to spread abroad in the sun in order to dry): to be dried in the sun, in sole siccari: to bask in the sun, apricari: to walk in the sun (sunshine), in sole ambulare: the villa has plenty of sun, villa plurimum solis accipit: the room is very warm in winter, because it has a great deal of sun, cubiculum hieme tepidissimum est, quia plurimo sole perfunditur (Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 24): a room has the sun on all sides, cubiculum ambitum solis fenestris omnibus sequitur: a room has the sun all day long, cubiculum toto die solem accipit; cubiculum totius diei solem fenestris amplissimis recipit: a room has the morning and the evening sun, sol in cubiculo nascitur conditurque: a room has plenty of sun, cubiculum plurimo sole perfunditur: cubiculum plurimus sol implet et circumit: without sun (= shady), opacus: the path of the sun, orbita solis (Quint.), or, from context, simply orbis; linea ecliptica qua sol cursum agit circum terram (Serv. ad Verg., Aen., 10, 216): spot on the sun, quasi macula solis (after Cic. Somn. Scip., 6): sunrise, solis ortus (Cic., Caes.); sol oriens, ortus (Liv.); lucis ortus, exortus (Curt.); also simply ortus (Cic.): at, after sunrise, sole oriente; sole orto; luce orta: about sunrise, sub or circa ortum; sub exortu lucis; appetente jam luce (Tac.): sunset, solis occasus; sol occidens (Cic.): he came a little before sunset, paulo ante quam sol occideret, venit (Liv.): sunshine, solis fulgor, candor, nitor; sol: we had some gleams of sunshine today, sol hodie subinde e nubibus emicabat: an eclipse of the sun, solis defectio, defectus, obscuratio (☞ Avoid eclipsis solis, Plin.; deliquium solis, late): a stroke of the sun, ictus solis; also, simply soles (Plin.); morbus solstitialis; sideratio (as a disease): a sundial, horologium solarium; or simply solarium (modern); solarium descriptum (opposed to solarium ex aqua, Cic., N.D., 2, 34, 87; Ernesti uses *solarium lineare): to be a worshipper of the sun, *solem pro deo venerari: in their religion they are chiefly worshippers of the sun, in superstitionibus atque cura deorum praecipua soli veneratio est (after Justinus, 41, 3, 6).
sun v.
in sole ponere (to put out in the sun): insolare (to expose to the light or heat of the sun). To sun one’s self, apricari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sun?
- The usual Latin words for “sun” are sōl, circuitus, īnsōlō; also aprīcor. 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.