Solstitiâlis, & hoc solstitiâlé. pen. prod. Belonging to the time when the sunne is at the furthest. vt Solstitialis circulus. Pli. Solstitialis dies.Cic. Solstitialis orbis. Cic.Tempus Solstitiale.Ouid.The time when dayes are longest in summer, or shortest in winter.Solstitialis herba. Plin. Condurdon herba solstitialis. Solstitialis morbus.Plaut.A sicknesse killing within one day, or a short space.Nox solstitialis.Ouid.Vita solstitialis.A life that continueth but a little time.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
solstĭtĭālis, e, adj. [solstitium]. I.Lit., of or belonging to the summer solstice, solstitial (opp. brumalis): (sol) Brumales adeat flexus, atque inde revortens Cancri se ut vortat metas ad solstitiales, Lucr. 5, 617: dies,
the day on which the sun enters Cancer
,
the longest day
, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: tempus, Ov. F. 6, 790; Vitr. 9, 5: nox, i. e.
, Varr. L. L. 9, 24 Müll.; Plin. 2, 11, 8, 50.—Called also orbis, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37: exortus,
the point where the sun rises at the summer solstice
, Plin. 18, 34, 77, 333.—II.Transf.A.Of or belonging to midsummer or summer heat: herba, i. e. a summer plant or one that quickly withers, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36; Aus. Prof. 6, 35; Plin. 26, 5, 14, 26: spinae, Col. 2, 17, 1: acini, Plin. 14, 16, 18, 99: tempus, Liv. 35, 49 Drak.: caput Leonis, Luc. 6, 338: morbus,
the midsummer fever
, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143.—B.Of or belonging to the sun, solar (for solaris): annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,
in a solar revolution
, Liv. 1, 19, 6; for which, annus, Serv. A. 4, 653: plaga, i. e.