Latin edit

Etymology edit

From solitas (solitude, loneliness), from solus (alone); solitas +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sōlitārius (feminine sōlitāria, neuter sōlitārium, comparative magis sōlitārius, superlative maximē sōlitārius); first/second-declension adjective

  1. solitary
  2. lonely, lonesome

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sōlitārius sōlitāria sōlitārium sōlitāriī sōlitāriae sōlitāria
Genitive sōlitāriī sōlitāriae sōlitāriī sōlitāriōrum sōlitāriārum sōlitāriōrum
Dative sōlitāriō sōlitāriō sōlitāriīs
Accusative sōlitārium sōlitāriam sōlitārium sōlitāriōs sōlitāriās sōlitāria
Ablative sōlitāriō sōlitāriā sōlitāriō sōlitāriīs
Vocative sōlitārie sōlitāria sōlitārium sōlitāriī sōlitāriae sōlitāria

Descendants edit

References edit

  • solitarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solitarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solitarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • solitarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to live a lonely life: vitam solitariam agere