sollemnis

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /solˈlem.nis/, [sɔlˈlɛm.nɪs]

Etymology 1

Traditionally from sollus (“whole, entire”) + annus (“year”), but the dissimilation within a geminate this requires is bizarre. Szemerényi proposes an old middle participle of soleo but has difficulty accounting for the geminate ll. Nussbaum offers sollus + epulum (“feast, banquet”), taking the latter component to have originally meant "ritual", with dissimilation ll...l > ll...n. [1]

Alternative forms

Adjective

sollemnis (neuter sollemne); third declension

  1. yearly, annually
  2. established, appointed, fixed
  3. common, usual, customary, ordinary, ritual, traditional
  4. religious, solemn, ceremonial; festive
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative sollemnis sollemne sollemnēs sollemnia
genitive sollemnis sollemnium
dative sollemnī sollemnibus
accusative sollemnem sollemne sollemnēs, sollemnīs sollemnia
ablative sollemnī sollemnibus
vocative sollemnis sollemne sollemnēs sollemnia
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sollemne (“religious or solemn rite, ceremony”).

Noun

sollemnis

  1. genitive singular of sollemne

References

  • sollemnis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sollemnis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sollemnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Alan J. 1997, "The 'Saussure Effect' in Latin and Italic". In Lubotsky, Alexander, "Sound law and analogy: papers in honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday".
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