solox

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂oh₃kʷs (“appearing whole”), from *solh₂o- (“whole”) + *h₃kʷ- (“having the appearance of”). Compare to semantically similar aequilavium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.loːks/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪oːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.loks/, [ˈsɔːloks]

Adjective

solōx (genitive solōcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (of raw wool) of a coarse staple (short fiber), coarse, harsh, bristly

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	solōx			solōcēs	solōcia
genitive	solōcis			solōcium
dative	solōcī			solōcibus
accusative	solōcem	solōx		solōcēs	solōcia
ablative	solōcī			solōcibus
vocative	solōx			solōcēs	solōcia

Noun

solōx f (genitive solōcis); third declension

1. a dress of coarse woolen material

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	solōx	solōcēs
genitive	solōcis	solōcum
dative	solōcī	solōcibus
accusative	solōcem	solōcēs
ablative	solōce	solōcibus
vocative	solōx	solōcēs

References

• “solox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solox 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)
• solox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.