Σολοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a Punic name, hinted by the spelling Σολόεις (Solóeis) which is said to transliterate the Punic word for "cape." Another Punic name for the settlement was 𐤊𐤐𐤓𐤀 (kprʾ, “village”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /so.lûːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈlus/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈlus/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈlus/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈlus/

Proper noun

Σολοῦς • (Soloûs) m (genitive Σολοῦντος); third declension

Solus, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σολοῦς; τοῦ Σολοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σολοῦς ho Soloûs
Genitive	τοῦ Σολοῦντος toû Soloûntos
Dative	τῷ Σολοῦντῐ tōî Soloûntĭ
Accusative	τὸν Σολοῦντᾰ tòn Soloûntă
Vocative	Σολοῦν Soloûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Solūs

References

Σολοῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Head, Barclay; et al. (1911), "Zeugitana", Historia Numorum (2nd ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 877–882.
Bunbury 1857, p. 1021 cites: Thuc. vi. 2.