sollemnis

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /solˈlem.nis/, [sɔlˈlɛm.nɪs]

Etymology 1

Traditionally from sollus (“whole, entire”) + annus (“year”), but the dissimilation within a geminate this requires is bizarre. Szemerényi proposes an old middle participle of soleo but has difficulty accounting for the geminate ll. Nussbaum offers sollus + epulum (“feast, banquet”), taking the latter component to have originally meant "ritual", with dissimilation ll...l > ll...n. [1]

Alternative forms

Adjective

sollemnis (neuter sollemne); third declension

  1. yearly, annually
  2. established, appointed, fixed
  3. common, usual, customary, ordinary, ritual, traditional
  4. religious, solemn, ceremonial; festive
Declension

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sollemnis sollemne sollemnēs sollemnia
Genitive sollemnis sollemnis sollemnium sollemnium
Dative sollemnī sollemnī sollemnibus sollemnibus
Accusative sollemnem sollemne sollemnēs, sollemnīs sollemnia
Ablative sollemnī sollemnī sollemnibus sollemnibus
Vocative sollemnis sollemne sollemnēs sollemnia
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sollemne (“religious or solemn rite, ceremony”).

Noun

sollemnis

  1. genitive singular of sollemne

References
  • sollemnis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sollemnis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sollemnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Nussbaum, Alan J. 1997, "The 'Saussure Effect' in Latin and Italic". In Lubotsky, Alexander, "Sound law and analogy: papers in honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday".
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