adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
sōlstitiālis
sōlstitiālis (neuter sōlstitiāle)
Classical[soːɫ.stɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[sol.stit.t͡siˈaː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationsolstitial (pertaining to a solstice)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sōlstitiālis | sōlstitiālis | sōlstitiāle |
| genitive | sōlstitiālis | sōlstitiālis | sōlstitiālis |
| dative | sōlstitiālī | sōlstitiālī | sōlstitiālī |
| accusative | sōlstitiālem | sōlstitiālem | sōlstitiāle |
| ablative | sōlstitiālī | sōlstitiālī | sōlstitiālī |
| vocative | sōlstitiālis | sōlstitiālis | sōlstitiāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sōlstitiālēs | sōlstitiālēs | sōlstitiālia |
| genitive | sōlstitiālium | sōlstitiālium | sōlstitiālium |
| dative | sōlstitiālibus | sōlstitiālibus | sōlstitiālibus |
| accusative | sōlstitiālīs sōlstitiālēs | sōlstitiālīs sōlstitiālēs | sōlstitiālia |
| ablative | sōlstitiālibus | sōlstitiālibus | sōlstitiālibus |
| vocative | sōlstitiālēs | sōlstitiālēs | sōlstitiālia |
solstĭtĭālis, e, adj. solstitium.
I. Lit., of or belonging to the summer solstice, solstitial (opp. brumalis):
(sol) Brumales adeat flexus, atque inde revortens Cancri se ut vortat metas ad solstitiales, Lucr. 5, 617: dies, the day on which the sun enters Cancer, the longest day, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: tempus, Ov. F. 6, 790; Vitr. 9, 5: nox, i. e. the shortest, Ov. P. 2, 4, 26: ortus sideris, Just. 13, 7, 10: circulus, the tropic of Cancer, Varr. L. L. 9, § 24 Müll.; Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50.—Called also orbis, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37: exortus, the point where the sun rises at the summer solstice, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333.—II. Transf.
A. Of or belonging to midsummer or summer heat: herba, i. e. a summer plant or one that quickly withers, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36; Aus. Prof. 6, 35; Plin. 26, 5, 14, § 26:
spinae, Col. 2, 17, 1: acini, Plin. 14, 16, 18, § 99: tempus, Liv. 35, 49 Drak.: caput Leonis, Luc. 6, 338: morbus, the midsummer fever, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143.—B. Of or belonging to the sun, solar (for solaris):
annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe, in a solar revolution, Liv. 1, 19, 6; for which, annus, Serv. A. 4, 653: plaga, i. e. the south, Sol. 25.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sōlstitiālis e, adj.
solstitium, of the summer solstice, solstitial : dies, i. e. the longest : nox, i. e. the shortest , O.: orbis, the tropic of Cancer.—Of midsummer, of summer heat : tempus, L.— Of the sun, solar : annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe, in a solar revolution , L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
- Latinsōlstitiālis
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin sōlstitium Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sōlstitiālis From sōlstitium + -ālis.