Soloe
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σόλοι (Sóloi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔ.ɫoe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.le]
Proper noun
Soloe m pl (genitive Solōrum); second declension
- alternative form of Solī
- c. 45 CE, Pomponius Mela, De Choreographia 1.71.3:
- Deinde urbs est olim a Rhodiis Argivisque, post piratis Pompeio adsignante possessa, nunc Pompeiopolis tunc Soloe.
- Next is a city once occupied by the Rhodians and Argives, and later occupied by pirates when Pompey allotted it to them; now called Pompeiopolis, then called Soloe.
- Deinde urbs est olim a Rhodiis Argivisque, post piratis Pompeio adsignante possessa, nunc Pompeiopolis tunc Soloe.
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, plural only.