Latin

Noun

solium n ‎(genitive solii); second declension

1. seat, chair
2. throne, chair of state, official seat
3. (figuratively) rule, sway, dominion
4. tub, bathtub
5. stone coffin, sarcophagus

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (seat, chair): sella, sedes

Descendants

• Portuguese: sólio
• Welsh: sail

References

• solium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SOLIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “solium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• solium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• solium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin