Soloe
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σόλοι (Sóloi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.loe̯/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪oe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.le/, [ˈsɔːle]
Proper noun
Soloe m sg (genitive Solois); third 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.
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