Sol
See also: sol and Appendix:Variations of "sol"
English
Proper noun
Sol
- (poetic, science fiction) The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
- (Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
- (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
- A male given name
- 2017 March 1st, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics” in the Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:
- Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.
- 2017 March 1st, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics” in the Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:
Etymology 2
Shortening.
German
Noun
Declension
Noun
Middle English
Noun
Sol (uncountable)
- the Sun.
- 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, Lines 273-276:
- Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe, Mars iren, Mercurie quyksilver we clepe, Saturnus leed, and Juppiter is tyn, And Venus coper, by my fader kyn!
- 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, Lines 273-276:
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin sōl (“sun”), solem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
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