(a+long+time)

for a long while, a long while ago, some time ago

D, d (n. indecl., sometimes f. sc. littera), the flat dental mute, corresponding in character and sound to the English d and the Greek D, was the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, and was called de: Ter. Maur. p. 2385 P., Auson. Idyll. 12, de Litt. Monos. 14. But at the end of a syllable, or after another consonant, its sound was sharpened, so that the grammarians often discuss the question whether d or t should be written, especially in conjunctions and prepositions. Illa quoque servata est a multis differentia, ut ad cum esset praepositio, d litteram, cum autem conjunctio, t acciperet (Quint. 1, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 4, 16). Hence we may infer that some disputed this distinction, and that the sounds of ad and at must at least have been very similar (cf. also Terent. Scaur. p. 2250, Vel. Long. p. 2230 sq., Cassiod. p. 2287, 2291). Thus also aput, it, quit, quot, aliut, set, haut are found for apud, id, quid, quod, aliud, sed, haud. It would appear from the remarks of these authors that the last two words in particular, having a proclitic character, while they distinctly retained the d sound before an initial vowel in the following word, were pronounced before a consonant almost as set, haut (Mar. Vict. p. 2462 P., Vel. Long. l. l. v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.). The use of t for d in the middle of a word, as Alexenter for Alexander, atnato for adnato, is very rare (cf. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 486 sq.). On the other hand, the use of d for t, which sometimes appears in MSS. and inscrr., as ed, capud, essed, inquid (all of which occur in the Cod. palimps. of Cic. Rep.), adque, quodannis, sicud, etc., fecid, reliquid, etc. (all in inscriptions after the Augustan period), is to be ascribed to a later phonetic softening (cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.).

As an initial, the letter d, in pure Latin words, suffers only a vowel after it; the single consonantal compound dr being found only in borrowed words, such as drama, Drusus, Druidae, etc., and in the two onomatopees drenso and drindio. Accordingly, the d of the initial dv, from du, was rejected, and the remaining v either retained unaltered (as in v iginti for du iginti; cf. triginta) or changed into b (as in b ellum, b is, b onus, for du ellum, du is, du onus; v. those words and the letter B). So too in and after the 4th century A.D., di before vowels was pronounced like j (cf. J ovis for Dj ovis, and J anus for Di anus); and hence, as the Greek di ( di) passed into dz, i. e. z (as in z a for d ia, and z eta for di aeta), we sometimes find the same name written in two or three ways, as Diabolenus, Jabolenus, Zabolenus; Jadera, Diadora, Zara. In many Greek words, however, which originally began with a y sound, d was prefixed by an instinctive effort to avoid a disagreeable utterance, just as in English the initial j has regularly assumed the sound of dj: thus Gr. zugon, i. e. diugon = L. jugum; and in such cases the d sound has been prefixed in Greek, not lost in Latin and other languages (v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 608 sq.).b. As a medial, d before most consonants undergoes assimilation; v. ad, no. II.; assum, init., and cf. iccirco, quippiam, quicquam, for idcirco, quidpiam, quidquam; and in contractions like cette from cedite, pelluviae from pediluviae, sella from sedela. In contractions, however, the d is sometimes dropped and a compensation effected by lengthening the preceding vowel, as scāla for scand-la. D before endings which begin with s was suppressed, as pes from ped-s, lapis from lapid-s, frons from frond-s, rasi from radsi, risi from rid-si, lusi from lud-si, clausi from claud-si; but in the second and third roots of cedo, and in the third roots of some other verbs, d is assimilated, as cessi, cessum, fossum, etc. D is also omitted before s in composition when another consonant follows the s, as ascendo, aspicio, asto, astringo, and so also before the nasal gn in agnatus, agnitus, and agnosco, from gnatus, etc.: but in other combinations it is assimilated, as assentio, acclamo, accresco; affligo, affrico; agglomero, aggrego; applico, approbo, etc. In tentum, from tendo, d is dropped to avoid the combination ndt or ntt, since euphony forbids a consonant to be doubled after another.g. Final d stood only in ad, apud, sed, and in the neuter pronouns quid, quod, illud, istud, and aliud, anciently alid. Otherwise, the ending d was considered barbarous, Prisc. p. 686 P.

The letter d represents regularly an original Indo-Germanic d, in Greek d, but which in German becomes z, in Gothic t, and in Anglo-Saxon t: cf. Gr. hêdomai, Sanscr. svad, Germ. süss, Angl.-Sax. svēte (sweet), with Lat. suadeo; domare with Gr. damaô, Germ. zähmen, Eng. tame; domus with demô, timber, O. H. Germ. zimber; duo with duô, zwei, two. But it is also interchanged with other sounds, and thus sometimes represents—

An original t: mendax from mentior; quadraginta, quadra, etc., from quatuor.—

An original r: ar and ad; apur or apor and apud; meridies and medidies, audio and auris; cf. arbiter, from ad-beto; arcesso for ad-cesso.—

An original l: adeps, Gr. aleipha; dacrima and lacrima, dingua and lingua; cf. on the contrary, olere for odere, consilium and considere, Ulixes from Odusseus (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 223).—

An original s: Claudius, from the Sabine Clausus, medius and misos; and, on the contrary, rosa and rhodon. —

A Greek th: fides, pistis; gaudere, gêtheô; vad-i-monium (from va-d-s, vadis), aethlon.

In the oldest period of the language d was the ending of the ablat. sing. and of the adverbs which were originally ablatives (cf. Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excur. I.; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. Prol. 10): pu CNANDO, MARID, DICTATORED, IN ALTOD MARID, NAVALED PRAEDAD on the Col. Rostr.; DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD (thrice) IN OQVOLTOD, IN POPLICOD, IN PREIVATOD, IN COVENTIONID, and the adverbs SVPRAD SCRIPTVM EST (thrice), EXSTRAD QVAM SEI, and even EXSTRAD VRBEM, in S. C. de Bacch. So intra-d, ultra-d, citra-d, contra-d, infra-d, supra-d; contro-d, intro-d, etc.; and probably interea-d, postea-d. Here too belongs, no doubt, the adverb FACILVMED, found in the last-mentioned inscription. But this use of the d became antiquated during the 3d century B.C., and is not found at all in any inscription after 186 B. C. Plautus seems to have used or omitted it at will (Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excurs. p. 18: Corss. Ausspr. 1, 197; 2, 1008).

D final was also anciently found—

In the accus. sing. of the personal pronouns med, ted, sed: INTER SED CONIOVRASE and INTER SED DEDISE, for inter se conjuravisse and inter se dedisse, in the S. C. de Bacch. This usage was retained, at least as a license of verse, when the next word began with a vowel, even in the time of Plautus. But in the classic period this d no longer appears. —

In the imperative mood;

as estod,

Fest. p. 230. The Oscan language retained this ending (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 206).—

In the preposition se-, originally identical with the conjunction sed (it is retained in the compound seditio); also in red-, prod-, antid-, postid-, etc. ( redire, prodire, etc.); and in these words, too, it is a remnant of the ancient characteristic of the ablative (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 200 sq.; Roby, Lat. Gr. 1, 49).

As an abbreviation, D usually stands for the praenomen Decimus; also for Deus, Divus, Dominus, Decurio, etc.; over epitaphs, D. M. = Diis Manibus; over temple inscriptions, D. O. M. = Deo Optimo Maxumo; in the titles of the later emperors, D. N. = Dominus Noster, and DD. NN. = Domini Nostri. Before dates of letters, D signified dabam, and also dies; hence, a. d. = ante diem; in offerings to the gods, D. D. = dono or donum dedit; D. D. D. = dat, dicat, dedicat, etc. Cf. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 457 sq.

D, d (n. indecl., sometimes f. sc. littera), the flat dental mute, corresponding in character and sound to the English d and the Greek D, was the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, and was called de: Ter. Maur. p. 2385 P., Auson. Idyll. 12, de Litt. Monos. 14. But at the end of a syllable, or after another consonant, its sound was sharpened, so that the grammarians often discuss the question whether d or t should be written, especially in conjunctions and prepositions. Illa quoque servata est a multis differentia, ut ad cum esset praepositio, d litteram, cum autem conjunctio, t acciperet (Quint. 1, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 4, 16). Hence we may infer that some disputed this distinction, and that the sounds of ad and at must at least have been very similar (cf. also Terent. Scaur. p. 2250, Vel. Long. p. 2230 sq., Cassiod. p. 2287, 2291). Thus also aput, it, quit, quot, aliut, set, haut are found for apud, id, quid, quod, aliud, sed, haud. It would appear from the remarks of these authors that the last two words in particular, having a proclitic character, while they distinctly retained the d sound before an initial vowel in the following word, were pronounced before a consonant almost as set, haut (Mar. Vict. p. 2462 P., Vel. Long. l. l. v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.). The use of t for d in the middle of a word, as Alexenter for Alexander, atnato for adnato, is very rare (cf. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 486 sq.). On the other hand, the use of d for t, which sometimes appears in MSS. and inscrr., as ed, capud, essed, inquid (all of which occur in the Cod. palimps. of Cic. Rep.), adque, quodannis, sicud, etc., fecid, reliquid, etc. (all in inscriptions after the Augustan period), is to be ascribed to a later phonetic softening (cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.).

As an initial, the letter d, in pure Latin words, suffers only a vowel after it; the single consonantal compound dr being found only in borrowed words, such as drama, Drusus, Druidae, etc., and in the two onomatopees drenso and drindio. Accordingly, the d of the initial dv, from du, was rejected, and the remaining v either retained unaltered (as in v iginti for du iginti; cf. triginta) or changed into b (as in b ellum, b is, b onus, for du ellum, du is, du onus; v. those words and the letter B). So too in and after the 4th century A.D., di before vowels was pronounced like j (cf. J ovis for Dj ovis, and J anus for Di anus); and hence, as the Greek di ( di) passed into dz, i. e. z (as in z a for d ia, and z eta for di aeta), we sometimes find the same name written in two or three ways, as Diabolenus, Jabolenus, Zabolenus; Jadera, Diadora, Zara. In many Greek words, however, which originally began with a y sound, d was prefixed by an instinctive effort to avoid a disagreeable utterance, just as in English the initial j has regularly assumed the sound of dj: thus Gr. zugon, i. e. diugon = L. jugum; and in such cases the d sound has been prefixed in Greek, not lost in Latin and other languages (v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 608 sq.).b. As a medial, d before most consonants undergoes assimilation; v. ad, no. II.; assum, init., and cf. iccirco, quippiam, quicquam, for idcirco, quidpiam, quidquam; and in contractions like cette from cedite, pelluviae from pediluviae, sella from sedela. In contractions, however, the d is sometimes dropped and a compensation effected by lengthening the preceding vowel, as scāla for scand-la. D before endings which begin with s was suppressed, as pes from ped-s, lapis from lapid-s, frons from frond-s, rasi from radsi, risi from rid-si, lusi from lud-si, clausi from claud-si; but in the second and third roots of cedo, and in the third roots of some other verbs, d is assimilated, as cessi, cessum, fossum, etc. D is also omitted before s in composition when another consonant follows the s, as ascendo, aspicio, asto, astringo, and so also before the nasal gn in agnatus, agnitus, and agnosco, from gnatus, etc.: but in other combinations it is assimilated, as assentio, acclamo, accresco; affligo, affrico; agglomero, aggrego; applico, approbo, etc. In tentum, from tendo, d is dropped to avoid the combination ndt or ntt, since euphony forbids a consonant to be doubled after another.g. Final d stood only in ad, apud, sed, and in the neuter pronouns quid, quod, illud, istud, and aliud, anciently alid. Otherwise, the ending d was considered barbarous, Prisc. p. 686 P.

The letter d represents regularly an original Indo-Germanic d, in Greek d, but which in German becomes z, in Gothic t, and in Anglo-Saxon t: cf. Gr. hêdomai, Sanscr. svad, Germ. süss, Angl.-Sax. svēte (sweet), with Lat. suadeo; domare with Gr. damaô, Germ. zähmen, Eng. tame; domus with demô, timber, O. H. Germ. zimber; duo with duô, zwei, two. But it is also interchanged with other sounds, and thus sometimes represents—

An original t: mendax from mentior; quadraginta, quadra, etc., from quatuor.—

An original r: ar and ad; apur or apor and apud; meridies and medidies, audio and auris; cf. arbiter, from ad-beto; arcesso for ad-cesso.—

An original l: adeps, Gr. aleipha; dacrima and lacrima, dingua and lingua; cf. on the contrary, olere for odere, consilium and considere, Ulixes from Odusseus (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 223).—

An original s: Claudius, from the Sabine Clausus, medius and misos; and, on the contrary, rosa and rhodon. —

A Greek th: fides, pistis; gaudere, gêtheô; vad-i-monium (from va-d-s, vadis), aethlon.

In the oldest period of the language d was the ending of the ablat. sing. and of the adverbs which were originally ablatives (cf. Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excur. I.; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. Prol. 10): pu CNANDO, MARID, DICTATORED, IN ALTOD MARID, NAVALED PRAEDAD on the Col. Rostr.; DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD (thrice) IN OQVOLTOD, IN POPLICOD, IN PREIVATOD, IN COVENTIONID, and the adverbs SVPRAD SCRIPTVM EST (thrice), EXSTRAD QVAM SEI, and even EXSTRAD VRBEM, in S. C. de Bacch. So intra-d, ultra-d, citra-d, contra-d, infra-d, supra-d; contro-d, intro-d, etc.; and probably interea-d, postea-d. Here too belongs, no doubt, the adverb FACILVMED, found in the last-mentioned inscription. But this use of the d became antiquated during the 3d century B.C., and is not found at all in any inscription after 186 B. C. Plautus seems to have used or omitted it at will (Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excurs. p. 18: Corss. Ausspr. 1, 197; 2, 1008).

D final was also anciently found—

In the accus. sing. of the personal pronouns med, ted, sed: INTER SED CONIOVRASE and INTER SED DEDISE, for inter se conjuravisse and inter se dedisse, in the S. C. de Bacch. This usage was retained, at least as a license of verse, when the next word began with a vowel, even in the time of Plautus. But in the classic period this d no longer appears. —

In the imperative mood;

as estod,

Fest. p. 230. The Oscan language retained this ending (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 206).—

In the preposition se-, originally identical with the conjunction sed (it is retained in the compound seditio); also in red-, prod-, antid-, postid-, etc. ( redire, prodire, etc.); and in these words, too, it is a remnant of the ancient characteristic of the ablative (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 200 sq.; Roby, Lat. Gr. 1, 49).

As an abbreviation, D usually stands for the praenomen Decimus; also for Deus, Divus, Dominus, Decurio, etc.; over epitaphs, D. M. = Diis Manibus; over temple inscriptions, D. O. M. = Deo Optimo Maxumo; in the titles of the later emperors, D. N. = Dominus Noster, and DD. NN. = Domini Nostri. Before dates of letters, D signified dabam, and also dies; hence, a. d. = ante diem; in offerings to the gods, D. D. = dono or donum dedit; D. D. D. = dat, dicat, dedicat, etc. Cf. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 457 sq.

sōl, sōlis, m. [Sanscr. svar, shine; cf. Gr. Seirios, seir, selas, Helenê; and Lat. serenus].

Sing., the sun, as a heavenly body.

In gen.:

tempora duorum generum sunt, unum annale, quod sol circuitu suo finit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 27:

solis cursus lunaeque meatus,

Lucr. 5, 77:

annum ad cursum solis accommodavit,

Suet. Caes. 40:

liquidi fons luminis aetherius sol,

Lucr. 5, 282:

quid potest esse sole majus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82:

illud dubium esse nulli potest quin arcus imago solis sit,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 11.—

Esp.

Sol oriens or solis ortus, the east, as a quarter of the heavens:

spectant in septemtrionem et orientem solem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 5, 13; 7, 69; cf.:

a sole exoriente supra Maeotis paludes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 5, 17, 49: si illud signum solis ortum conspiceret,

id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

facem stellae ab ortu solis ad occidentem porrigi visam,

Liv. 29, 14, 3:

ab ortu solis flare venti,

id. 25, 27, 6.—

Sol occidens or solis occasus, the west:

alterum (litus) vergit ad solem occidentem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

laborant ut spectent sua triclinaria ad solem occidentem,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13 fin.:

spectat inter occasum solis et septemtriones,

north-west, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

quae (pars insulae) est propius solis occasum,

id. ib. 4, 28.—Cf. poet.:

sub sole cadente,

Manil. 4, 791.—In phrases, sol is often omitted by ellipsis: unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus;

quo demergitur occidens vel occasus,

Mel. 1, 1 init.; v. orior, ortus, occĭdo.—

Sol oriens or sol (solis) ortus= sunrise; sol occidens or solis (sol) occasus = sunset:

qui solem nec occidentem umquam viderint, nec orientem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

sole orto Gracchus copias educit,

Liv. 24, 15, 1:

prius orto Sole,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113:

certi solis lunaeque et ortus et occasus sunt,

Liv. 44, 37, 7:

numquam ab orto sole ad occidentem... a curiā abscessit,

id. 27, 50, 4:

ut, equis insidentes, solis ortu cursum in quemdam locum dirigerent,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 2 ext.:

solis occasu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50; Liv. 24, 17, 7:

ad (sub) solis occasum,

towards sunset, Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 2, 11:

in occasum declivi sole,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203.— Poet.:

surgente a sole,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29.—For sol occasus, v. occidere, and Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 87 (ante solem occasum); id. ib. 5, 7, 35 (ad solem occasum); cf.:

ab exortu ad occasum perstare contuentis solem,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22.—

To designate a clime, country, etc., as eastern or southern (post-Aug.):

ille Liberi currus triumphantem usque ad Thebas a solis ortu vehat,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 4:

terminos civitatis nostrae cum sole metimur,

id. Ot. Sap. 4 (31), 1. it tamen ultra oceanum solemque, id. Ep. 94, 63:

sub alio sole,

in another clime, Manil. 4, 171; cf.:

ut sua orientis occidentisque terminis finiat (sc. solis),

Sen. Ep. 92, 32.—

Trop., of a great good or a great man:

sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

solem e mundo tollere videntur qui, etc.,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

P. Africanus, sol alter (with sole geminato),

id. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 24:

neque mundum posse duobus solibus regi, neque orbem, etc.,

Just. 11, 12.—

Prov.:

et sceleratis sol oritur,

Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1; cf.:

qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 45: nondum omnium dierum sol occidit (Germ. Es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend) = there are more days yet to come, sc. when the tables may be turned, Liv. 39, 26, 9.—

The poets reckon time in many ways by the movement, etc., of the sun:

bis me sol adiit gelidae post frigora brumae,

two years, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 1:

donec sol annuus omnes conficeret metas,

within a year, Stat. Achill. 1, 455; cf. Nemes. Cyn. 122:

octavo lumine solis,

on the eighth day, Lucr. 6, 1195:

sol septimus,

Juv. 15, 44:

cum sol Herculei terga leonis adit,

in midsummer, Ov. A. A. 1, 68: O sol Pulcher, O laudande (= dies;

sc. Augusti reditus),

Hor. C. 4, 2, 46; cf. id. S. 1, 9, 72:

supremo sole,

at noon, id. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

sub medium solem,

Manil. 4, 651; cf. id. 4, 593:

sol abit,

it is growing late, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 32; cf.:

a primo ad ultimum solem,

all day long, Amm. 14, 6, 10.—

Transf., the sun, sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun:

ager soli ostentus,

exposed to the sun, Cato, R. R. 6:

sarmenta imponito quae frigus defendant et solem,

id. ib. 48 (49):

uvas ponite in sole biduum,

id. ib. 112 (113):

sol semper hic est a mani ad vesperum,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 80:

quin exta inspicere in sole etiam vivo licet,

id. Aul. 3, 6, 29:

nec res posse in sole videri, ni, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 292:

nunc quidem paululum a sole,

out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92:

cum in sole ambulem,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 60:

apricatio in illo Lucretino tuo sole,

id. Att. 7, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 6, 1:

iter in calescente sole factum erat,

Liv. 44, 36 init.:

torrente meridiano sole,

id. 44, 38:

ex vehementi sole,

id. 28, 15, 11:

urente assiduo sole,

id. 44, 33 fin.:

ut veniens dextrum latus aspiciat sol,

light of the morning sun, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

reformidant insuetum lumina solem,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 49; cf.:

nam et solem lumina aegra formidant,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:

adversi solis ab ictu,

sunstroke, Ov. M. 3, 183:

altera (spelunca) solem non recipit,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6:

sole correptis,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

pisces, quos sole torreant,

id. 7, 2, 2, § 30:

siccatur in sole,

id. 19, 1, 3, § 16:

in agmine (Caesar) anteibat capite detecto, seu sol seu imber esset,

Suet. Caes. 57:

patiens pulveris atque solis,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 4.— And trop.: in solem ac pulverem procedere, or producere, into heat and dust, i. e. into practical life (opp. umbra eruditorum), Cic. Brut. 9, 37; id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—In a similar sense:

cedat stilus gladio, umbra soli,

Cic. Mur. 14, 30.—Prov.:

clarior quam solis radii,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2:

sole ipso est clarius,

Arn. 1, n. 47; cf.

the class. luce clarius, and: cum id solis luce videatur clarius,

Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6.

Suns, images of the sun (class.):

neque pauci neque leves sunt qui se duo soles vidisse dicant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

Albae duos soles visos ferebant,

Liv. 28, 11, 3:

et rursus plures soles simul cernuntur,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

quid eas vocem? imagines solis? Historici soles vocant, et binos ternosque adparuisse memoriae tradunt,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 11, 2.—

Poet. = days (v. I. C.):

nec tamen illis solibus ulla comparebat avis,

Lucr. 6, 1219:

saepe ego longos Cantando puerum memini me condere soles,

to spend the long summer days in singing, Verg. E. 9, 52:

tres soles... Erramus,

id. A. 3, 203; cf. Sil. 3, 554:

Bajani soles,

the sunny days of Bajœ, Mart. 6, 43, 5:

O soles!

id. 10, 51, 6: soles fulsere quondam tibi candidi, Cat. 8, 3, 8:

soles occidere et redire possunt,

id. 5, 4:

longis solibus,

Stat. Th. 5, 460:

solibus arctis,

short winter days, id. S. 1, 3, 88.—So, to describe certain seasons:

solibus hibernis... gratior,

than the sun in winter, Ov. M. 13, 793:

si numeres anno soles et nubila toto,

the sunny and cloudy days, id. Tr. 5, 8, 31.—

Light or heat of the sun ( poet. and in postAug. prose; cf.

D. supra): pars terrai perusta solibus assiduis,

Lucr. 5, 253; cf. Ov. H. 5, 112:

pluviis et solibus icta,

Lucr. 6, 1101:

quae carent ventis et solibus,

i. e. are buried, Hor. Epod. 16, 13; 2, 41:

et soles melius nitent,

id. C. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

ex imbri soles Prospicere... poteris,

Verg. G. 1, 393:

inque novos soles audent se gramina tuto Credere,

id. ib. 2, 332;

similarly,

Ov. F. 4, 404; Stat. Th. 1, 363; 4, 421; 4, 831:

tum blandi soles,

Ov. F. 1, 157:

frigore soles juvant,

id. R. Am. 405; so Mart. 10, 42:

Romulus et frater... Solibus et campo corpora nuda dabant,

Ov. F. 2, 366:

aequora semper solibus orba tument,

id. P. 1, 3, 54:

solibus rupta glacies,

Juv. 4, 43:

geminā pereunt caligine soles,

Stat. Th. 5, 154:

aestivos quo decipis aere soles?

id. S. 4, 4, 19:

tacent exhausti solibus amnes,

id. Th. 3, 2, 59; 4, 56; Mart. 10, 12, 7; 8, 14, 4; 14, 28; Ov. M. 1, 435:

cura soles assiduo quaerendi,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

perpeti soles,

id. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

evitatis solibus,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 186:

(sal) siccatur aestivis solibus,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 73:

merguntur in aquam solibus tepefactam,

id. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

nec campi minus soles accipiunt,

id. 17, 4, 3, § 29:

sarculatio novos soles admittit,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 184; cf. id. 12, 5, 11, § 23; 12, 7, 14, § 26:

aurea pellebant tepidos umbracula soles,

Ov. F. 2, 311:

dum patula defendimus arbore soles,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 70.—Very rarely of the sun's revolution, without reference to light or heat:

quae via soles praecipitet,

Stat. Th. 6, 362.—In class. prose sometimes solis ardores, with the force of the poet. soles:

et nimios solis defendit ardores,

Cic. Sen. 15, 53; cf.:

propter nimios solis ardores,

Sen. Ep. 90, 17.

Sol, the Sun-god.

Lit.

The ancient Italian deity Sol, represented as driving the four-horse sun-chariot from east to west; later identified with the Greek Helios, and hence often called Titan or Phœbus by the poets:

signi dic quid est? Cum quadrigis Sol exoriens,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

Sol... aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,

Lucr. 5, 402:

rapax vis Solis equorum,

id. 5, 402:

quod magni filia Solis eram,

Ov. R. Am. 276; id. M. 14, 346:

Solis currus,

id. P. 4, 6, 48:

secundum (invocabis) Solem et Lunam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.:

grates tibi ago, summe Sol,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

Sol Phaëthonti filio facturum se esse dixit quidquid optasset,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

Quid? illum filium Solis nonne patris ipsius luce indignum putas?

id. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:

qui Solem aurigando aequiperare existimaretur,

Suet. Ner. 53:

Solis colossus Rhodi,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; 34, 8, 19, § 63.—Comic.:

credo edepol equidem dormire Solem atque adpotum probe,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 129.—

The Phœnician sun-god Heliogabalus (Elagabal), whose worship was introduced by the later emperors (Aurelianus, Heliogabalus):

ad templum Heliogabali tetendit... et Romae Soli templum posuit,

Vop. Aur. 25; cf. id. ib. 4; 14; 35; 39; Lampr. Heliog. 1; 3; afterwards called Sol Invictus, whose birthday, acc. to the Calendar. Const., was celebrated December 25th; cf. Julian. Or. 4, p. 156.—

Of the sun-worship of other nations:

(Germani) deorum numero ducunt Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.:

rex regum, frater Solis et Lunae,

of the king of Persia, Amm. 17, 5, 3.—

The sun-god as emblem of omniscience:

non potuit reperire, si ipsi Soli quaerundas dares, lepidiores ad hanc rem quam ego dabo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206:

meliorem neque tu reperis, neque Sol videt,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

at vigiles mundi... Sol et Luna,

Lucr. 5, 1435:

si hoc uno quicquam Sol vidisset iniquius,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:

O Solem ipsum beatissimum, qui antequam se abderet fugientem vidit Antonium,

id. Phil. 14, 10, 27:

Solem consule, qui late facta diurna videt,

Ov. F. 4, 582:

quis Solem fallere possit?

id. A. A. 2, 573; cf. Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Sen. Herc. Fur. 595.—Hence represented as betrayer of conspiracies: propiusque honos [p. 1718] Boli, qui occulta conjurationis retexisset, Tac. A. 15, 74;

to him was commended the detection of murderers, in inscriptions over the slain: SOL, TIBI COMMENDO QVI MANVS INTVLIT EI,

Inscr. Orell. 4791:

SOL, TV INDICES EIVS MORTEM,

ib. 4792.—

Poet., to describe the times of the day: solverat flagrantes Sol pronus equos, = it was night, Stat. Th. 3, 408: Sol operum medius summo librabat Olympo Lucentes, ceu staret, equos, = it was mid-day, id. ib. 5, 85.

In gen., solis as an appellation.

DIES SOLIS, Sunday (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 508.—

Solis gemma, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—

Solis insula, off the coast of Gedrosia, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86; 6, 23, 26, § 97.—

Solis fons, in Marmorica, Curt. 4, 7, 22; Mela, 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.—

Solis promunturium, in Africa, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9.—

Solis oppidum, a town in Ægina, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.