solificatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sōl (“sun, Sun; gold”) + -ficō (“-ify”) + -tiō (“-tion”). Compare sōlificus.
Noun
[edit]sōlificātiō f (genitive sōlificātiōnis); third declension
- (alchemy) the making of gold
- c. 1653-1656, George Starkey, translated by William R. Newman, Lawrence M. Principe, Alchemical Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence, University of Chicago Press, published 2004, page 204:
- Nota quoque, quod ☿ ex 🜵 non fit sine sequestratione 🜍is Combustibilis Copiosi, Ergo & hoc ad Solificationem & Lunificationem sequestrari convenit.
- Note also that mercury is not made from regulus without the separation of copious combustible sulfur; therefore, it is fitting for solifaction and lunifaction for this sulfur to be removed.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sōlificātiō | sōlificātiōnēs |
| genitive | sōlificātiōnis | sōlificātiōnum |
| dative | sōlificātiōnī | sōlificātiōnibus |
| accusative | sōlificātiōnem | sōlificātiōnēs |
| ablative | sōlificātiōne | sōlificātiōnibus |
| vocative | sōlificātiō | sōlificātiōnēs |