dies Solis

Latin

Days of the week

Previous:	diēs Sabbatī
Next:	diēs Lūnae

Etymology

From diēs (“day”) and sōlis, genitive of sōl (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.eːs ˈsoː.lis/, [ˈd̪ieːs̠ ˈs̠oːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.es ˈso.lis/, [ˈd̪iːes ˈsɔːlis]

Proper noun

diēs Sōlis f (genitive diēī Sōlis); fifth declension

1. Sunday

   Synonym: diēs Dominicus (Christian)

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	diēs Sōlis	diēs Sōlis
genitive	diēī Sōlis	diērum Sōlis
dative	diēī Sōlis	diēbus Sōlis
accusative	diem Sōlis	diēs Sōlis
ablative	diē Sōlis	diēbus Sōlis
vocative	diēs Sōlis	diēs Sōlis

Coordinate terms

• diēs hebdomadis
• diēs Dominicus
• diēs Lūnae, fēria secunda
• diēs Mārtis, fēria tertia
• diēs Mercuriī, fēria quārta
• diēs Iovis, fēria quīnta
• diēs Veneris, fēria sexta
• diēs Sāturnī, diēs Sabbatī, sabbatum

Descendants

• → Breton: disul
• → Cornish: de Sul, dy'Sul (partial calque)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *sunnōn dag (calque) (see there for further descendants)
• → Welsh: dydd Sul (partial calque)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “domĭnicus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 129