solum

English

Etymology

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

Noun

solum (plural sola)

1. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes.

Anagrams

• omuls

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Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈso.lum/

Noun

solum (genitive solī); n, second declension

1. The lowest part of something; bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed.
2. The floor or pavement of a room.
3. Ground, earth, land, soil.
4. The sole of the foot.
5. (by extension) Land, country, region, place.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	solum	sola
genitive	solī	solōrum
dative	solō	solīs
accusative	solum	sola
ablative	solō	solīs
vocative	solum	sola

Synonyms

• (bottom): fundus
• (ground): fundus

Derived terms

• assolō
• solārium
• solea

Descendants

English: solum French: sol Italian: suolo

Portuguese: solo Romanian: sol Spanish: suelo

Etymology 2

From sōlus (“alone, only”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsoː.lum/

Adverb

sōlum (not comparable)

1. only, just, barely, merely

Derived terms

• sōlummodo

Related terms

sōlicanus sōliloquium sōlitāneus sōlitārius

sōlitās sōlitātim sōlitūdo sōlus

Descendants

• Italian: solo
• Spanish: solo

References

• solum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879