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|lshtext=<b>sŏlĕa</b>: ae, f. [[solum]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[slipper]] consisting of a [[sole]] fastened on by a [[strap]] [[across]] the instep, a [[sandal]]: omnia [[ferme]] id [[genus]], quibus plantarum [[calces]] [[tantum]] infimae teguntur, [[cetera]] [[prope]] nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt, soleas dixerunt, [[nonnumquam]] voce Graecā crepidulas, Gell. 13, 21, 5 ([[worn]] by men in the [[house]] [[only]]: considered as a [[mark]] of [[effeminacy]] if [[worn]] [[out]] of doors): NEIVE QVIS IN POPLICO LVCI PRAETEXTAM NEIVE SOLEAS HABETO, Lex in Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 569; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 128; and v. [[soleatus]]: ut vendat soleam dimidiatam, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10; cf. Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 63; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26; Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 40; Ov. A. A. 2, 212; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31; Pers. 5, 169; Juv. 6, 612; Mart. 14, 65, 1.—These sandals were taken [[off]] on reclining at [[table]], and resumed [[after]] the [[meal]]: deme soleas: [[cedo]], bibam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16: [[cedo]] soleas mihi: auferte mensam, id. ib. 2, 4, 12: deponere soleas, Mart. 3, 50, 3: poscere soleas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 77; Sen. Contr. 4, 25 med.: soleas festinare, to [[put]] on in [[haste]], Sall. H. 1, 105 Dietsch; cf. Becker, [[Gallus]], 3, p. 130 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things of a [[like]] [[shape]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[kind]] of [[fetter]]: ligneae, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of [[shoe]] for animals (not nailed on, [[like]] [[our]] horseshoes, [[which]] were [[unknown]] to the ancients, [[but]] [[drawn]] on and taken [[off]] [[again]] [[when]] not needed), Cat. 17, 26; Col. 6, 12, 2; Veg. 4, 9, 2 and 4; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140.— *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[kind]] of [[oil]]-[[press]], Col. 12, 50, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[kind]] of [[fish]], a [[sole]]: Pleuronectes [[solea]], Linn.; Ov. Hal. 124; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 32, § 102.—In a [[lusus]] verbb. [[with]] signif. I., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A sill: [[solea]], ut ait [[Verrius]], est non [[solum]] ea, quae [[solo]] [[pedis]] subicitur sed [[etiam]] pro materiā robusteā, [[super]] [[quam]] [[paries]] [[craticius]] exstruitur, Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> The [[sole]] of the [[foot]] of animals, Veg. 1, 56, 31.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sŏlĕa</b>,¹² æ, f. ([[solum]]),<br /><b>1</b> sandale : Gell. 13, 21, 5 ; soleas poscere Hor. S. 2, 8, 77, demander ses sandales [le repas [[fini]], cf. Pl. Truc. 363 ; 367 ; Sen. Ben. 3, 27, 2<br /><b>2</b> entraves : Cic. Inv. 2, 149<br /><b>3</b> garniture du sabot [d’une bête de somme] : soleæ mularum argenteæ Suet. [[Nero]] 30, les sabots des mules ayant une garniture d’argent, mules chaussées d’argent, cf. Catul. 17, 26 ; Col. Rust. 6, 12, 2 ; Plin. 33, 140<br /><b>4</b> pressoir : Col. Rust. 12, 52, 6<br /><b>5</b> sole [poisson] : Plin. 9, 52<br /><b>6</b> sorte de plancher : Fest. 301 ; P. Fest. 300<br /><b>7</b> sole, sabot des animaux] : Veg. Mul. 1, 56, 31.
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