verbfirst conjugation, deponent
sōlor
sōlor (present infinitive sōlārī, perfect active sōlātus sum)
Classical[ˈsoː.ɫɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.lor]
Meaning
- deponentto comfort, console, solace
- deponentto soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigate
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cōnsōlor, dolōrem leniōsōlor -ārī — in Aeneis, ch. 13
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sōlor | sōlābar | sōlābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | sōlāris sōlāre | sōlābāris sōlābāre | sōlāberis sōlābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sōlātur | sōlābātur | sōlābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | sōlāmur | sōlābāmur | sōlābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | sōlāminī | sōlābāminī | sōlābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | sōlantur | sōlābantur | sōlābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sōler | sōlārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | sōlēris sōlēre | sōlārēris sōlārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sōlētur | sōlārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | sōlēmur | sōlārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | sōlēminī | sōlārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | sōlentur | sōlārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | sōlāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | sōlāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | sōlātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | sōlātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | sōlantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | sōlārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | sōlātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | sōlātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | sōlāns | — |
| perfect participle | sōlātus sōlāta, sōlātā, sōlātae, sōlātam, sōlātārum, sōlātās, sōlāte, sōlātī, sōlātīs, sōlātō, sōlātōrum, sōlātōs | — |
| future participle | sōlātūrus sōlātūra, sōlātūrā, sōlātūrae, sōlātūram, sōlātūrārum, sōlātūrās, sōlātūre, sōlātūrī, sōlātūrīs, sōlātūrō, sōlātūrōrum, sōlātūrōs, sōlātūrum | sōlandus sōlanda, sōlandā, sōlandae, sōlandam, sōlandārum, sōlandās, sōlande, sōlandīs, sōlandōrum, sōlandōs |
gerundsōlandī, sōlandō, sōlandumsupinesōlātum, sōlātū
sōlor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. a.
I. To comfort, console, solace (poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
while consolor is class.): diffidentem verbis solatur suis, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 9: lenire dolentem Solando cupit, Verg. A. 4, 394: quos bonus Aeneas dictis solatur amicis, id. ib. 5, 770; Ov. F. 5, 237: inopem et aegrum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 131; Verg. A. 9, 290; Cat. 38, 5: solantia tollite verba! your words of comfort, Ov. M. 11, 685: solandus cum simul ipse fores, id. Tr. 5, 4, 42: et Caesar quamvis posthabitam deciens sestertii dote solatus est, Tac. A. 2, 86.—II. With inanim. and abstr. objects, to soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigate:
famem concussā quercu, Verg. G. 1, 159: fluviis gravem aestum, Hor. C. 2, 5, 7: laborem cantu, Verg. G. 1, 293: aegrum testudine amorem, id. ib. 4, 464: curas, id. A. 9, 489: metum, id. ib. 12, 110: lacrimas, Ov. F. 2, 821: singulorum fatigatio quamlibet se rudi modulatione solatur, Quint. 1, 10, 16: desiderium fratris amissi aut nepote ejus aut nepte, Plin. Ep. 8, 11, 3: cladem Lugdunensem, Tac. A. 16, 13 fin.: quamvis repulsam propinqua spes soletur, id. ib. 2, 36.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sōlor ātus, ārī, dep.
3 SAL-, to comfort, console, solace : lenire dolentem Solando, V.: inopem et aegrum, H.: solantia tollite verba! your words of comfort , O.— To soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigate : Concussā famem quercu, V.: fluviis aestum, H.: cantu laborem, V.: lacrimas, O.: quamvis repulsam spes soletur, Ta.: (virginem) posthabitam decies sestertii dote, Ta.
Origins
It may be a denominative to a root noun *sōlh₂- (“mercy, comfort”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἱλάσκομαι (hiláskomai, “to appease”) and perhaps Old Armenian աղաչեմ (ałačʻem, “to pray”). The traditional comparison by Pokorny to Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“happy, kind, fortunate”) (whence English silly) does not seem to be supported by later linguists.