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|lshtext=<b>sōlum</b>: adv., v. 1. [[solus]]<br /><b>I</b> fin.<br /><b>sŏlum</b>: i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [[root]] sar-, to [[guard]], [[make]] [[whole]]; Sanscr. Sarva, [[entire]]; cf.: [[solea]], [[solidus]], [[sollus]],<br /><b>I</b> the lowest [[part]] of a [[thing]], the [[bottom]], [[ground]], [[base]], [[foundation]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[floor]] or pavement of a [[room]]; the [[bottom]] of a [[ditch]] or [[trench]]; the [[foundation]] of a [[building]] or the [[ground]], [[site]], on [[which]] it stands, etc.; [[ground]], [[earth]], [[land]], [[soil]]; the [[sole]] of the [[foot]] or of a [[shoe]], etc.: [[aurata]] tecta in villis et sola marmorea, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49: (templi) Marmoreum [[solum]], Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16: ut ejus (fossae) [[solum]] [[tantundem]] pateret, [[quantum]] [[summa]] labra distabant, Caes. B. G. 7, 72: imum stagni, Ov. M. 4, 298: maris, Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a [[river]]-[[bed]]: [[puro]] [[solo]] excipitur, Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.: ubi mollius [[solum]] reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur, id. 8, 9, 7: [[trabes]] in [[solo]] collocantur, Caes. B. C. 7, 23: [[super]] pilas lapide quadrato [[solum]] [[stratum]] est, Curt. 5, 1, 33: tecta ([[porticus]]) [[solo]] jungens, Lucr. 4, 430: [[solo]] aequata omnia, Liv. 24, 47 fin.: [[clivus]] [[Publicius]] ad [[solum]] [[exustus]] est, id. 30, 26, 5: urbem ad [[solum]] diruere, Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17: [[solo]] exaequare, Flor. 1, 13, 4: [[solo]] aequare, Vell. 2, 4, 2: aedificia cuncta [[solo]] [[cohaerentia]], Amm. 22, 11, 6: ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT, Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: [[domo]] pignori [[data]] et [[area]] ejus tenebitur: est [[enim]] [[pars]] ejus; et [[contra]] jus soli sequitur [[aedificium]], Dig. 13, 7, 21: [[solum]] proscindere terrae, Lucr. 5, 1295; so, terrae, id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.—Plur.: recente terrae sola [[sanguine]] maculans, Cat. 63, 7: sola dura, id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445: sibi [[praeter]] agri [[solum]] [[nihil]] esse reliqui, Caes. B. G. 1, 11: [[solum]] [[exile]] et macrum, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67: incultum et derelictum, id. Brut. 4, 16: densum, siccum, macrum, etc., Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.: duratae [[solo]] nives, Hor. C. 3, 24, 39: putre, Verg. G. 2, 204: cruentum, Ov. M. 4, 134: foecundum, id. ib. 7, 417: pulvereum, id. ib. 7, 113: [[triste]], id. ib. 8, 789: [[vivax]], id. ib. 1, 420: pingue, Verg. G. 1, 64: praepingue, id. A. 3, 698: [[mite]], Hor. C. 1, 18, 2: exiguum, Tib. 1, 1, 22: cultum, id. 1, 1, 2: nudum, Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17: [[viride]], Verg. A. 6, 192: [[presso]] exercere [[solum]] sub vomere, id. G. 2, 356: [[solo]] inmobilis haeret, id. A. 7, 250: ingreditur [[solo]], id. ib. 4, 177: [[solo]] recubans, id. ib. 3, 392: reptans [[solo]], Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.—Plur.: saturare fimo pingui sola, Verg. G. 1, 80: [[ardent]] sola terrae, Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. [[infra]]: [[solum]] hominis [[exitium]] herbae, the [[sole]] of the [[foot]], Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.: mihi calciamentum solorum (est) [[callum]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90: loca nullius [[ante]] Trita [[solo]], Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2: ([[canes]]) unguibus duris, [[solo]] nec ut corneo nec [[nimium]] [[duro]], Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui [[auro]] soccis habeat suppactum [[solum]], the [[sole]] of a [[shoe]], Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98; of a [[dog]]: [[solum]] corneum, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: cereale [[solum]] pomis agrestibus augent, [[their]] [[wheaten]] [[board]], Verg. A. 7, 111: vastis tremit ictibus aerea [[puppis]], Subtrahiturque [[solum]], i. e. the [[sea]] under the [[vessel]], id. ib. 5, 199: omne ponti, Val. Fl. 4, 712: astra tenent caeleste [[solum]], i. e. the [[vault]] of [[heaven]], Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat [[inane]] [[solum]], i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or [[quod]] in [[solum]] venit, [[whatever]] falls to the [[ground]], i. e. [[whatever]] [[comes]] [[uppermost]] or occurs to the [[mind]], = [[quod]] in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. [[bucca]]): convivio [[delector]]: ibi [[loquor]], [[quod]] in [[solum]] ut dicitur, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soil, i. e. [[land]], [[country]], [[region]], [[place]] (cf.: [[terra]], [[tellus]], [[humus]]): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.): [[solum]], in quo tu [[ortus]] et procreatus, Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf. patriae, id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49: pro [[solo]], in quo nati essent, id. 5, 30, 1: patrium, id. 21, 53: natale, i. e. [[native]] [[country]], [[natal]] [[soil]], Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.: in gremio regni solique [[genitalis]], Amm. 17, 12, 21: [[Miletus]], genitale [[solum]], Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.—Plur.: vos, mutae regiones, [[imploro]], et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc., Cic. Balb. 5, 13: sola Romana, [[Capitol]]. Max. 13: [[vile]] [[solum]] Sparte est, Ov. M. 15, 428: Romani [[numen]] utrumque soli, id. F. 3, 292: maxima Fundani [[gloria]] soli, id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, [[solum]] vertere, to [[leave]] one's [[country]] ([[generally]] said of [[going]] [[into]] [[exile]]): qui volunt poenam [[aliquam]] subterfugere, eo [[solum]] vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant, Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.: [[neque]] exsilii causā [[solum]] vertisse diceretur, id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so, [[solum]] civitatis mutatione vertere, Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this [[sense]]: [[solum]] mutare: exsules sunt, [[etiam]] si [[solum]] non mutarint, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.: quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant, id. Dom. 30, 78.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In jurid. lang.: res soli, [[land]], and all [[that]] stands [[upon]] it, [[real]] [[estate]] (opp. res mobiles, [[personal]] or movable [[property]]): omnes res, [[sive]] mobiles sint, [[sive]] soli, Dig. 13, 3, 1; so, res soli, ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32: tertia [[pars]] de agris, terris, arbustis, [[satis]] quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae [[solo]] continentur, Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4: ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in [[solo]] collocarent, [[lay]] [[out]] in [[land]], Suet. Tib. 48: in [[solo]] [[proprio]], Vop. Flor. 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[base]], [[basis]], [[foundation]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. [[throne]], Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit [[imperium]] [[simul]] et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.): [[solum]] [[quidem]] et [[quasi]] [[fundamentum]] oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam, Cic. Brut. 74, 258: [[solum]] quoddam [[atque]] [[fundamentum]], id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: [[solo]] aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled [[with]] the [[ground]], i. e. to be [[utterly]] abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so, ad [[solum]] dirutum, Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.

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