solum

From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊləm/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊləm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʉləm/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐʉləm/

solum (plural solums or sola)

1. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes.
2. The upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.

• Mosul, mulos, omuls

From Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole of the foot”). Related to Latin solea (“sandal, hoof-guard, fettle”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lum/, [ˈsɔ.ɫũ]

solum n (genitive solī); second declension

1. bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
2. floor, pavement
3. ground, earth, land, soil
4. sole (of the foot)
5. (by extension) land, country, region, place

Second declension.

• (bottom): fundus
• (ground): fundus

• assolō
• solea

Adverbial accusative of sōlus (“alone, only”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.lum/, [ˈsoː.ɫũ]

sōlum (not comparable)

1. only, just, barely, merely

• sōlummodo

• Catalan: sol
• Italian: solo
• Spanish: solo

See the etymology of the main entry.

sōlum

1. inflection of sōlus:
   1. neuter nominative singular
   2. masculine accusative singular
   3. neuter accusative singular
   4. neuter vocative singular

• solum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• solum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• solum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)
    
  • (ambiguous) Solo ordained by law that..: Solo lege sanxit, ut or ne
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100)
    
  • (ambiguous) Solon made it a capital offence to..: Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to raze a town to the ground: oppidum solo aequare