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soli

soli is a Latin form of solus, meaning “alone, only”. It is the nominative plural masculine adjective or dative singular masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of solum, “(noun) ground, soil, floor; land; (adv., from solus) only, alone”.

Found 376 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.32.4: hoc esse miseriorem et graviorem fortunam Sequanorum quam reliquorum, quod soli ne in occulto quidem queri neque auxilium implorare auderent absentisque Ariovisti crudelitatem,

Vergil, Aeneid 12.661: Soli pro portis Messapus et acer Atinas

Plautus, Curculio 1.2.111: Pol ut praédicas, vindémia haec huic ánui non sat est sóli.

All forms of solus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.