solor

solor

See also: Solør

Latin

Etymology

It may be a denominative to a root noun *sōlh₂- (mercy, comfort),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἱλάσκομαι (hiláskomai, to appease) and perhaps Old Armenian աղաչեմ (ałačʻem, to pray).[2] The traditional comparison by Pokorny to Proto-Germanic *sēliz (happy, kind, fortunate) (whence English silly) does not seem to be supported by later linguists.[3]

Pronunciation

Verb

sōlor (present infinitive sōlārī, perfect active sōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to comfort, console, solace
  2. to soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 126
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sōlor, -ārī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 572
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “?selh₂-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 236

Further reading

  • solor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈso.lor/

Noun

solor m (nominative plural soloras)

  1. alternative form of salor