Solidus Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
  • 1.3 See also
  • 1.4 External links
  • 1.5 Anagrams
• 2 Latin
  • 2.1 Adjective
    • 2.1.1 Inflection
  • 2.2 Noun
    • 2.2.1 Inflection
  • 2.3 References

English

Etymology

From Late Latin solidus (“an imperial gold coin, in Medieval Latin applied to various coins, also any piece of money”).

Noun

Wikipedia solidus (plural solidi)

1. The line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
2. A forward slash or virgule.
3. A late Roman gold coin (after 3rd Century CE); a bezant.
4. (chemistry, physics) a line, in a phase diagram, below which a given substance is a stable solid.

See also

• liquidus
• macron
• vinculum

External links

• solidus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• solidus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dulosis

Latin

Adjective

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

1. solid

Inflection

Noun

solidus (genitive solidi); m, second declension

1. a gold coin (aurus)

Inflection

References

• solidus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• solid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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