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solidus

solidus

English

A solidus of Constantine.
A Byzantine solidus.

Noun

solidus (plural solidi or soliduses)

  1. (historical) Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly:
    1. A Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301.
    2. Its successor Byzantine coins, from the eleventh century onward of progressively debased weight and purity.
    3. (obsolete) Synonym of sol or sou: a Carolingian unit of account equivalent to a solidus of silver.
    4. (obsolete) Synonym of soldo: the silver coins of various Italian states.
    5. (obsolete) Synonym of shilling: an English unit of account and, following the Tudor dynasty, silver coin.
  2. (historical) The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine.
  3. (historical) A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound.
  4. (typography) Synonym of slash/⟩, originally (Britain) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
  5. (typography) The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode.
  6. (typography) The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique.
  7. (chemistry, physics) The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.

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References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, "solidus, n.1" and "solidus, n.2"
  • solidus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • solidus at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *solh₂idʰos, suffixed form of root *solh₂- (integrate, whole).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.li.dus/, [ˈsɔ.lɪ.dʊs]

Adjective

solidus m (feminine solida, neuter solidum); first/second declension

  1. solid

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative solidus solida solidum solidī solidae solida
genitive solidī solidae solidī solidōrum solidārum solidōrum
dative solidō solidō solidīs
accusative solidum solidam solidum solidōs solidās solida
ablative solidō solidā solidō solidīs
vocative solide solida solidum solidī solidae solida

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Noun

solidus m (genitive solidī); second declension

  1. (historical) A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301.
  2. (Medieval, historical) A bezant: the solidus's debased Byzantine successors.
  3. (Medieval, historical) A shilling, as a unit of account or silver coin.
    • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
      Libra continet viginti solidos
      The [London] pound contains twenty shillings.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative solidus solidī
genitive solidī solidōrum
dative solidō solidīs
accusative solidum solidōs
ablative solidō solidīs
vocative solide solidī

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