POL 
SOL 
SOM 
•f Also, to alleviate, mitigate, soothe, ease, 
relieve, make tolerable, or to endeavor to 
alleviate, &c. ' Virg. amorem sgrum 
testudine, li. e. the sorrows of love with a 
lyre. Plin. Ep. desiderium fratris ne- 
pote. Virg. famem concussa quercu, 
h. e. to satiate, satisfy, assuage with 
acorns. Id. laborem cantu. Ovid, la- 
crimas alicujus. Virg. me turn. Id. 
Fessos opibus solatur, h. e. refreshes. 
S5L5X (unc.), ocis, adj. thick, strong in 
3 threads. Titinn. lana. Lucil. pecus, 
li e. oves erassa lana vestitre. Also, as 
a substantive. Tertull. Solocem, sc. 
lanam. — Hence, figur. Symmach. Can¬ 
tilena elaborata filo soloci. 
BoLPuGX. See Solipuga. Lucan. 
S6LS£Q.CJnJM (sol & sequor), ii, n. the 
3 sunflower, tumsol, girasole. A pul. 
6oL.ST1TIa.LIS (solstitium), e, adj. of 
or pertaining to the summer-solstice, sol¬ 
stitial, rpoTTiKby. Cic. dies, h. e. the 
day on which the sun enters Cancer, and 
summer begins, consequently the longest 
day. So, also, Ovid, tempos. Plin. 
exortus, or, Justin, ortus solis, li. e. 
that part of the heavens where the sun rises 
at the solstice. So, also, Plin. occa- 
sus. Cic. orbis, or, Varr. circulus, h. e. 
the tropic of Cancer. Ovid,, nox, h. e. 
the night at this time; the shortest night. 
Plant, morbus, h. e. perhaps, a disease 
common at this time. -IT Also, that 
happens about the summer-solstice. Liv. 
Solstitial! tempore, h. c. in the middle of 
summer. Plant, and Plin. herba, h. e. 
a summer-plant. Plin. acini. Colum. 
spina.-IT Also, pertaining to the sol¬ 
stice or to the sun. Liv. annus, h. e. a 
solar year. 
SoLSTITTUM (sol & sisto), ii, n. the 
solstice, yXiov rpoirf]. Colum. brumale, 
h. e. the winter-solstice, when the sun is in 
Capricomus. Id. arstivum, h. e. the sum¬ 
mer-solstice, when the sun enters Cancer. 
But the Romans commonly called only 
the summer-solstice solstitium, and the 
winter-solstice they called brurna. Cic. 
and Plin. -IT Also, the summer. Virg. 
and Ilorat. — Hence, the heat of the sum¬ 
mer. Virg. Solstitium pecori defen- 
dite. 
SOLOBTLTS (solvo), e, adj. which may be 
3 unloosed or dissolved, soluble, A vat/io;. 
Ammian. —— IT Also, loosening, relaxing. 
Ccel. Jlnrel. 
SOLUM (unc.), i, n. the lowest part of any 
thing, which we call the ground, basis, 
foundation, bottom., ncSov, eSaflos. Cics. 
fosste. Liv. Clivus ad solum extistus est, 
h. e-. to the ground. — Hence, figur. Cic. 
oratoris, h. e. basis _IT Particularly, 
the floor, as, of a room. Cic. -IT Al¬ 
so, the ground on which a house stands 
or has stood. Pandect. -IT Also, the 
sole of the foot. Cic. and Varr. - 
IT Also, the sole of a shoe or slipper. 
Plant. - IT Also, the soil, ground, 
whether it is cultivated or not. Cic. 
inacrum, h. e. poor. Colum. pingue, 
h. e. rich. Ovid. Ponere membra solo, 
h. e. on the ground, to lie down. Virg. 
Viridi solo, It. e. terra. Lucret. Solum 
terr®, h. e. ground, earth. So, also, 
Cffis. Agri sotTTTrr.—ffefice, the proverb, 
Cic. Quodcunque in solum venit, h. e. 
whatever comes uppermost. So, also. Id. 
Quod in solum, sc. venit. Liv. Solo 
tequare, h. e. to level with the ground. 
Figur. Liv. dictaturam, li. e. to abolish 
forever. Plin. Ep. and Pandect. Res 
soli, or res quae solo continentur, h. e. 
nil that stands upon or in the ground, as, 
houses, land, trees, &c. So, also, Solum, 
ground, land and every thing belonging to 
it, all immovable property, fixtures, real es¬ 
tate. Suet. Collocare in solo, h.e. to lend on 
landed property. — Also, soil, land, coun- 
tr y- Cic. Solum patri®, h. e. the soil of 
one’s native country. Id. Sola terrarum. 
Hence, Id. Solum vertere, h. e. to leave 
his country ; particularly, to go into ban¬ 
ishment. So, also, Id. mature.- 
TT Also, that upon which any thing rests, 
lies or is. Virg. Cereale, h. e. an under¬ 
crust. Id. Subtrahiturque solum, sc. 
navi, h. e. sea. So, also, Val. Flacc. 
ponti. Ovid. Astra tenent cceieste so- 
lum, h. c. ccelum. 
adv. only, alone, p6vov. See 
bolus, a, um. 
S6L0MM8D5 (solum & modo), adv. 
only, yuvov. Plin. 
SOLuNTxNuS. See Solus , untis. 
SoLV5 (unc.), is, solvi, solutum, a. 3. to 
loose, loosen, unloose, untie, unbind, dis¬ 
engage, Xvo>, diaAvo). Tcrent. aliquem. 
Horat. equum. Virg. funem. Horat. 
nodum. Propert. corollas de fronte. 
Ovid, comas casside. Liv. navem, 
and Coes, naves, or, Ovid, ratem, or 
simply, Cic. Solvere, h. e. to sail away, 
set sail, put to sea, properly, to loosen the 
ship from the shore. So, also, Propert. 
classem. So, also, Cws. Solvere a terra. 
Id. exportu. Id. Navis solvit , h.e. sets 
sail. -IT Also, to solve, explain, un¬ 
ravel. Quintil. ffinigmata. Cic. capti- 
osa.-TT Also, of dying, and death, 
to dissolve. Senec. aliquem, A. e. to kill. 
So, also, Propert. vitam alicui. Ovid. 
Solvi, h. e. to die. So, also. Id. morte. 
-IT Also, to dissolve into its parks, to 
melt, destroy, break up, break in pieces. 
Lactant. Rigor auri solvitur ®stu. Ta¬ 
cit. pontem, h. e. to break or cut down. 
Cels, alvum, or, Colum. ventrem, h. e. to 
relax,loosen. — Hence, Solvi inaliquid, or 
Se solvere in aliquid; as, Lucan. Tellus 
se solvit in amnem. Id. Solvi in arenas. 
Figur. Propert. Solvi in otia. — Solvi, 
to putrefy. Virg. Solvuntur viscera. 
-IT Ilorat. Solvere versum, h. e. to 
deprive of metre, turn into prose. - 
IT Also, to open. Ovid. os. Senec. 
linguam, h. e. to spealc. Colum. venam. 
Cic. epistolam.-IT Also, to drive 
away, dispel, break up. Plin. Ep. noctem. 
Virg. pudorem. Cels, ebrietatem.- 
IT Also, to weaken, relax, debilitate, ener¬ 
vate, enfeeble, make languid, as, by sleep, 
death, laughing, voluptuousness. &c. 
Ovid. Homines solverat alta quies. 
Virg. Solvuntur frigore membra, sc. 
for fear of death. Id. corpus in Ve- 
nerem.- IT Also, to make cheerful, 
make laugh. Martial, aliquem.- 
IT Also, to violate, break. Liv. morem 
tradituin. Ovid, jejunia, h. e. to break 
one’s fast, to eat. -IT Also, to sepa¬ 
rate, part. Propert. acies. Virg. ag- 
mina. - IT Also, to pay. Cic. pecu- 
niam alicui. Id. nihil. Sallust, ®s 
alienum. Also, ab aliquo, when the 
person is pointed out by whom payment 
is made ; as, Cic. ab Egnatio. Also, 
without an accusat. Cic. pro vectura, 
li. e. for carriage. Id. Non solvendo 
esse, h. e. not to be able to pay, to be in¬ 
solvent. So, also, Liv. Solvendo ®re ( for 
a?ri) alieno non esse. — Hence, Solutus, 
a, um, paid. Cic. floe, quod debeo, peto 
a te, utante provideas, planeque expedi- 
as et solutum relinquas. —Solutum, pay¬ 
ment. Hence, Senec. and Pandect. In so¬ 
lutum accipere, h. e. to receive in payment, 
or, to receive on. account. — Hence, figur., 
Sallust. Solvere pcenas, h. e. to suffer 
punishment. — Also, to atone for. Ovid. 
injuriam poenis. — Also, to return, re¬ 
quite, recompense, compensate, make up 
for. Tcrent. Neque tu verbis solves 
unquam, quod mihi re male feceris. 
Call, in Cic. Ep. benefieia. — Terent. 
fidem, h. e. to keep his word. Plane, in 
Cic. Ep. and Ovid. Fides soluta est, 
h. e. a promise is fulfilled or no longer 
binding. — Figur. to pay, give, perform 
or do what one owes. Cic. patri® quod 
debes. Id. justa paterno funeri. Id. 
vota.-IT Also, to despatch. Plant. 
militem.——IT Also, to free, release, 
exempt. Cic. civitatem religione. Id. 
aliquem Iegibus, li. e. to exempt, excuse, 
free, release. P'irg. corde metum, for 
cor metu, h. e. to free or banish, dis¬ 
miss. Also, without an ablat. Ilorat. 
animum, h. e. to free from care, to cheer. 
Virg. Nec Rutulos solvo, h. e. I do not 
acquit them, do not except them. - 
IT Catull. Soluit, for solvit. So, also, 
Tibull. Soluisse. 
SoLOS (unc.), a, um, adj. gen. soITus, 
dat. soil, alone, only, unaccompanied, po- 
vos- Cic. Solum regnar e, h. e. to belting 
alone, without a colleague. — Also, fur 
solum, only, merely. Cic. Solos novem 
menses. - IT Also, alone, without 
friends, relations, &c. Terent. Sola 
sum.-IT Also, alone, without protec¬ 
tion, without friends. Terent. Andr. - 
IT Also, lonely, solitary, desert, retired, 
unfrequented. Terent. locus. Cic. lo 
ca.-IT Unus is sometimes, redun 
dantly, joined with it. Cic. Uno ilia 
solo antistite. — Cato. Soli, for solius. 
Terent. Sol®, for soli.-IT The accusat. 
solum is sometimes used adverbially; 
only, alone. Cic. Hence, Cws. Non solum 
— sed etiam. Mopos. Non solum, sed et. 
SOLOS (EuAoTis), untis, f. a town of Sicily. 
Soluntini. its inhabitants. Cic. 
SOLuTe (solutus), adv. loosely. Hence, 
freely, without restraint, at liberty, XcXv- 
pevojs. Cic. moveri. -IT Aiso, re¬ 
missly, carelessly, heedlessly, negligently. 
Cic. dicere. Senec. Solutius.-IT Al¬ 
so, without difficulty, easily, freely, fluent¬ 
ly^ Cic. dicere. Tacit. Solutius. 
SOLuTILlS (solutus), e,adj. that is easily 
2 loosed, or undone, soluble, Xvoipos. Suet. 
SOLOTIM, same as Solute. Tertull. 3 
SOLuTIO (solvo), onis, f. a loosing, un¬ 
loosing, dissolution, Xvai;. Cic. liomi- 
nis.-IT Also, a solution, explanation. 
Ocll. - IT Also, weakness, looseness. 
Cels, stomachi. - TT Also, payment. 
Cic. rerum creditarum. Id. Solutior.e 
impedita.-if Cic. lingu®, h. c. readi¬ 
ness of speech. 
SOLuTOR (solvo), oris, m. a looser .— 
3 Hence, apayer. Tertull. -TT Also, an 
opener. Augustin. 
SOLOTOS, a, um, particip. from solvo.- 
IT Adj. unbound. Cic. oratio , h.e. prose, 
Xoyof, or, unharmonious, notrhyth- 
mical. Quintil. Soluta componere, h. e. 
to render harmonious that which is unhar¬ 
monious. -TT Also, loose. Colum. ter¬ 
ra. Plin. Solutior.-TT Also, cheer¬ 
ful, merry. Horat. Facere aliquem so¬ 
lutum. - TT Also, free, unrestrained. 
Cic. motus. Id. voluntas. — Hence, 
free from any thing, without having re¬ 
ceived any presents, without obligations, 
unprejudiced, unbiased, impartial. Cic. 
Veniebant soluti ad causas, h. e. not 
under any obligations, independent. Id. 
pr®dia, h. c. free from encumbrances or 
debts. — Also, free from any thing, with 
a grn.it. following. Horat. operum. — 
Also, free, in one’s own power. Cic. Si 
essent omnia mihi solutissima, h. e. if I 
were at perfect freedom. — Also, without 
difficulties, easy. Cic. Ratio solutior. — 
Also, that can do any thing easily, to 
whom any thing is not difficult. Cic. So- 
lutissimus in dicendo ,h.e.fluent, copious. 
- TT Also, unrestrained, immoderate, 
unbounded., excessive, extravagant, licen¬ 
tious. Virg. risus. Cic. pr®tura. Id. 
Homo solutus in gestu. Id. Lenitas so¬ 
lutior, h. e. too great, excessive, immode¬ 
rate, &c. - TT Also, weak. Scribon. 
Larg. stomaclius. 
SOLyAIX, orum, n. Jerusalem. 3 Martial. 
SOLyMOS (Solyma), a, um, adj. of or bc- 
3 longing to Jerusalem, Jewish. Juvenal. 
— feolymi, a people of or bordering upon 
Lycia, from whom, according to some, the 
Jews were descended, and called their city 
Hierosolyma. Tacit. Hist. 5, 2. 
SoMNIaLTS (somnium), e, adj. like a 
3 dream, dreamt. Fulg. figmentum. 
SoAINl aT 6R (somnio), oris, m. a dream- 
2 er, one who has faith in dreams. Senec. 
SoMNTCOLoSe (somniculosus), adverb, 
3 sleepily, drowsily. Plant. 
S5MNTC0L5S0S (as if from somniculus, 
dimin. of somnus), a, um, adj. sleepy, 
drowsy, droiiish, sluggish, slothful , dream¬ 
ing, dozy, vnvcbdqg, virvcoriKbs. Colum. 
villicus. Cic. senectus. - TT Also, 
making sleepy and sluggish, causing sleep, 
numbness or torpidity, opiate, narcotic, 
China ap. Cell, aspis. 
SoMNlFifR, or So MNIFEROS (somnus & 
2 fero), era, erum, adj. bringing on or caus¬ 
ing sleep, somniferous, soporiferous, vrreo- 
<fi6po$. Ovid, virga.-TT Also, causing 
torpidity, deadly. Ovul. venenum. 
SoMNIFICOS (somnus & facio), a, um, 
2 adj. causing sleep, somniferous, vnuiori- 
k 6$. Ovid. -TI Also, causing torpidi¬ 
ty or numbness, narcotic. Plin. 
S5MNT5 (somnium), as, avi, aturn, n. I. 
to dream, fancy in one’s sleep, see in a 
dream, dveipcorTu). Cic. de aliquo. 
Also, with an accusat. and infinit. fol¬ 
lowing. Cic. Somniasse se, ovum pen- 
dere ex fascia lecti sui. Also, with an 
accusat. Cic. ovum, h. e. of an egg. 
Id. Id, quod somniarimus. evadere, 
