Solon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSolon
- 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
editTranslations
editstatesman 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
editCebuano
editProper noun
editSolon
- a surname
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Solon.
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.loːn/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪oːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.lon/, [ˈsɔːlon]
Proper noun
editSolōn m sg (genitive Solōnis); third declension
Declension
editThird-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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSolon m pers
Declension
editDeclension of Solon
Further reading
edit- Solon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- en:Cities in Ohio, USA
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