solatium
English
Noun
solatium (countable and uncountable, plural solatia)
- (law) A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
2. (figurative)
"But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).
Translations
compensation for emotional harm
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /soːˈlaː.ti.um/, [soːˈɫaː.ti.ʊ̃]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sōlātium | sōlātia |
| Genitive | sōlātiī sōlātī1 |
sōlātiōrum |
| Dative | sōlātiō | sōlātiīs |
| Accusative | sōlātium | sōlātia |
| Ablative | sōlātiō | sōlātiīs |
| Vocative | sōlātium | sōlātia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- solatium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- solatium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- solatium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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