noun · neutersecond declension
solium
solium n (genitive soliī or solī)
Classical[ˈsɔ.li.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.li.um]
Meaning
- neuterseat, chair
- neuterthrone, chair of state, official seat
Saepe aliquis soliō, quod tū, Sāturne, tenēbās,
Often some deity, from amid the common class, dared to sit in the throne which you, Saturn, were occupying.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.19–20 - figurativelyneuterrule, sway, dominion
- neutertub, bathtub
- neuterstone coffin, sarcophagus
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sella rēgiasolium -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 22
sēdēs alta rēgissolium -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 19
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | solium | solia |
| genitive | soliī solī | soliōrum |
| dative | soliō | soliīs |
| accusative | solium | solia |
| ablative | soliō | soliīs |
| vocative | solium | solia |
sŏlĭum, ii, n. from the root sol, kindr. with sed, sedeo,
I. a seat.
I. Most usu. of gods, kings, or other distinguished personages.
A. Lit., a seat, chair of state, throne (cf.:
thronus, tribunal): regali in solio sedens, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: domus regia et in domo regale solium, Liv. 1, 47, 4; cf.: solio rex infit ab alto, Verg. A. 11, 301: solio tum Juppiter aureo Surgit, id. ib. 10, 116; so, Jovis, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 34; Suet. Calig. 57: divinum, Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12: deorum solia, id. Har. Resp. 27, 57: regale (Jovis), Ov. F. 6, 353: sedens in solio consulantibus respondere (of solicitors), Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 10; id. de Or. 2, 33, 143: sedet Sollemni solio, Ov. M. 14, 262: acernum, Verg. A. 8, 178: eburnum, i. e. sella curulis, Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 199; id. VI. Cons Hon. 588.—B. Meton. like our throne, for rule, sway, dominion (mostly poet.):
pristina majestas soliorum et sceptra superba, Lucr. 5, 1137; cf.: solio sceptroque potitur, Ov. H. 14, 113; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 309; 6, 742; Hor. C. 2, 2, 17: solio avorum aliquem depellere, Luc. 4, 690; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 213: Demetrium in paterno solio locaturi, Liv. 39, 53, 4: Pacorum avito Arsacidarum solio depulsuri, Tac. H. 1, 40: paternum solium per vim, per arma capere, Lact. 1, 10, 10.—II. A tub, esp. for bathing, Lucr. 6, 800; Cato, R. R. 10, 4; Cels. 1, 3; 1, 4; 7, 26, 5; Liv. 44, 6; Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; Suet. Aug. 82 fin.; Pall. 1, 40, 3; 1, 41, 1.—For other purposes, Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 28.—
III. A stone coffin for persons of distinction, a sarcophagus:
solium Porphyretici marmoris, Suet. Ner. 50; cf. Curt. 10, 10, 9; Flor. 4, 11 fin.; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 343 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
solium ī, n
SED-, a seat, official seat, chair of state, chair, throne : regali in solio sedens: solio rex infit ab alto, V.: Iovis, H.: deorum solia: sedet Sublimi solio, O.: acernum, V.—Fig., a throne, rule, sway, dominion : solio potitur, O.: Demetrium in paterno solio locaturi, L.— A tub, bathing-tub : (rex) cum exsiluisset e solio, etc., L. — A stone coffin, sarcophagus : corpus regis iacebat in solio, Cu.
Origins
Believed to be an alteration of Old Latin *sodium, from Proto-Italic *sodjom, from Proto-Indo-European *sodyom (compare Old Irish suide (“seat”)), from *sed-.
Descendants
- Italiansoglio
- Portuguesesólio
- Spanishsolio
- Siciliansogghiu
- Ancient Greekσόλιον