solitarius

solitarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soː.liˈtaː.ri.us/, [s̠oːlʲɪˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.liˈta.ri.us/, [soliˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

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

1. solitary
2. lonely, lonesome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sōlitārius	sōlitāria	sōlitārium		sōlitāriī	sōlitāriae	sōlitāria
Genitive	sōlitāriī	sōlitāriae	sōlitāriī		sōlitāriōrum	sōlitāriārum	sōlitāriōrum
Dative	sōlitāriō		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