Solon
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Solon
- An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- Now if your Majesty would have our bristles
To bind your mortar with, or fill our colons
With rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles,
In policy—ask else your royal Solons—
You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw,
And sties well thatched; besides it is the law!
- A city in Iowa.
- A town in Maine.
- A town in New York.
- A city in Ohio.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
statesman and lawgiver
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References edit
- ^ “Solon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “Solon”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Solon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Proper noun edit
Solon
- a surname
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Solon.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.loːn/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪oːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.lon/, [ˈsɔːlon]
Proper noun edit
Solōn m sg (genitive Solōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Solōn |
Genitive | Solōnis |
Dative | Solōnī |
Accusative | Solōnem |
Ablative | Solōne |
Vocative | Solōn |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Solone
References edit
- “Solon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Solon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Solon m pers
Declension edit
Declension of Solon
Further reading edit
- Solon in Polish dictionaries at PWN