sōl
From Proto-Italic *s(u)wōl, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂ṓl (*suh₂ól-s) ~ *suh₂l-és m (“the sun”), rebuilt s-stem from *súh₂el ~ *suh₂éns n (whence Sanskritस्वर् (svar, “the sun”)), leveled from *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *suh₂éns (from *sh₂wéns via laryngeal metathesis).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Italic *saul through an irregular change conditioned by -l, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ul.[2]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /soːl/, [s̠oːɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sol/, [sɔl]
sōl m (genitive sōlis); third declension
- (astronomy, often capitalized) the Sun
- (astronomy) a sun
- (alchemy, chemistry) gold
- (figurative, in the plural) days, period of one's life [ quotations ▼]
- (mythology) See Sōl.
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sōl | sōlēs |
| Genitive | sōlis | sōlum |
| Dative | sōlī | sōlibus |
| Accusative | sōlem | sōlēs |
| Ablative | sōle | sōlibus |
| Vocative | sōl | sōlēs |