solitarius

Latin

Etymology

From solitas (“solitude, loneliness”), from solus (“alone”); solitas +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /soː.liˈtaː.ri.us/, [s̠oːlʲɪˈt̪äːriʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.liˈta.ri.us/, [soliˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

sōlitārius (feminine sōlitāria, neuter sōlitārium, comparative magis sōlitārius, superlative maximē sōlitārius); first/second-declension adjective

solitary
lonely, lonesome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	sōlitārius	sōlitāria	sōlitārium	sōlitāriī	sōlitāriae	sōlitāria
Genitive	sōlitāriī	sōlitāriae	sōlitāriī	sōlitāriōrum	sōlitāriārum	sōlitāriōrum
Dative	sōlitāriō	sōlitāriae	sōlitāriō	sōlitāriīs
Accusative	sōlitārium	sōlitāriam	sōlitārium	sōlitāriōs	sōlitāriās	sōlitāria
Ablative	sōlitāriō	sōlitāriā	sōlitāriō	sōlitāriīs
Vocative	sōlitārie	sōlitāria	sōlitārium	sōlitāriī	sōlitāriae	sōlitāria

Descendants

→ Asturian: solitariu
Catalan: solter
→ Catalan: solitari
Galician: solteiro
→ Galician: solitario
→ Italian: solitario
→ Middle English:
- English: solitary
→ Old French: solitaire
- French: solitaire
  - → English: solitaire
  - → Romanian: solitar
Portuguese: solteiro
→ Portuguese: solitário
Spanish: soltero
→ Spanish: solitario

References

“solitarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“solitarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
solitarius 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)
solitarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to live a lonely life: vitam solitariam agere

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