Solea, Cic.A sole of a shooe: a shooe calsed a galage or paten, which hath nothing on the feete but only latchets. Some take it for a pantofle.Rubra solea. Pers. Soleæ ferreæ equis & mulis applicantur. Catul. Sueton. Horses and moyles are shod with yron shooes.Soleæ ligneæ, Cic.Patens.Induere soleas iumcntis, Vide INDVO, Plin.To shooe horses or other beastes. Solea. Colum. An instrument dsed in making oyle. Solea, Genus piscis. Plin A fishe called a sole.Soleárius soleárij, mas. ge. Plaut.A paten maker, a maker of horse shooes.
Soleo, soles, sólitus sum, solêre. Terent.To be wont: to be at. customed.Solitus est versus fundere ex tempore.Cic.He was wont to pronounce verses without meditation vpon the sodayne. Solet, Impersonale. Cic Quum quædam, vt solet, controuersia esser orta. (As the custome was.)
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sŏlĕa, ae, f. [solum]. I. A slipper consisting of a sole fastened on by a strap across the instep, a sandal: omnia ferme id genus, quibus plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur, cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt, soleas dixerunt, nonnumquam voce Graecā crepidulas, Gell. 13, 21, 5 (worn by men in the house only: considered as a mark of effeminacy if worn out of doors): NEIVE QVIS IN POPLICO LVCI PRAETEXTAM NEIVE SOLEAS HABETO, Lex in Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 569; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 128; and v. soleatus: ut vendat soleam dimidiatam, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10; cf. Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 63; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26; Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 40; Ov. A. A. 2, 212; Plin. 34, 6, 14, 31; Pers. 5, 169; Juv. 6, 612; Mart. 14, 65, 1.—These sandals were taken off on reclining at table, and resumed after the meal: deme soleas: cedo, bibam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16: cedo soleas mihi: auferte mensam, id. ib. 2, 4, 12: deponere soleas, Mart. 3, 50, 3: poscere soleas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 77; Sen. Contr. 4, 25 med.: soleas festinare,
to put on in haste
, Sall. H. 1, 105 Dietsch; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 130 sq.—II.Transf., of things of a like shape. A.A kind of fetter: ligneae, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—B.A kind of shoe for animals (not nailed on, like our horseshoes, which were unknown to the ancients, but drawn on and taken off again when not needed), Cat. 17, 26; Col. 6, 12, 2; Veg. 4, 9, 2 and 4; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; Plin. 33, 11, 49, 140.— C.A kind of oil-press, Col. 12, 50, 6.—D.A kind of fish, a sole: Pleuronectes solea, Linn.; Ov. Hal. 124; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 9, 15, 20, 52; 32, 9, 32, 102.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. I., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59.— E.A sill: solea, ut ait Verrius, est non solum ea, quae solo pedis subicitur sed etiam pro materiā robusteā, super quam paries craticius exstruitur, Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.— F.The sole of the foot of animals, Veg. 1, 56, 31.
sōlers@sŏlĕo, ĭtus, 2 (pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, Cato and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. [cf. suesco]. I. In gen., to use, be wont, be accustomed (cf. assuesco). (a). With inf. (so most freq.); act.: qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: ruri crebro esse soleo, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18: nihil ego in occulto agere soleo, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86: hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles, id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex solitus est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263: quā (consuetudine) solitus sum uti, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135: soliti prandere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: (cum Thucydides), id quod optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in exsilium pulsus esset, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.; often solitus eram = solebam, Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.—(b). With inf. pass.: majore operā ibi serviles nuptiae, quam liberales etiam, curari solent, Plaut. Cas. prol. 74: verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet, Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9: unde videri Danaum solitae naves, Verg. A. 2, 462: ad haec illa dici solent, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: permirum mihi videri solet, id. ib. 5, 5, 7: si (domus) alio domino solita est frequentari, id. Off. 1, 39, 139: quod spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti, id. Sen. 3, 7: ut solet fieri, Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7: ut fieri solet, Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.—(g). Without inf.: cave tu idem faxis, alii quod servi solent, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8: me dico ire, quo saturi solent, id. Curc. 2, 3, 83: artior, quam solebat, somnus complexus est, Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6: ita ego soleo, id. Men. 1, 2, 31: sic soleo, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48: eodem pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in collum pallium, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11: credo jam, ut solet, Jurgabit, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54: agedum, ut soles, id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.: ut solitus es, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25: cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, Sall. C. 29, 2: quod prava ambitio solet, id. J. 96, 3: ut solebat, Amm. 16, 11, 15: cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta, Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.—So often with Plautus in the part. pres.: Di. Mala femina es. As. Solens sum: ea est disciplina,
that's my way
, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43: lubens fecero et solens, id. Cas. 5, 1, 14: ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.—II. In partic., to have intercourse with, in mal. part. (rare): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere; Suas pellices esse aiunt, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.—Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a passive sense (which one is used to, or which usually happens), wonted, accustomed, usual, habitual, ordinary (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. consuetus); absol.: solito membra levare toro, Tib. 1, 1, 44: ad solitum rusticus ibit opus, Ov. F. 4, 168: cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant, Tac. H. 4, 60: chori, Prop. 1, 20, 46: locus, Ov. M. 4, 83: torus, Tib. 1, 1, 44: ars, id. 1, 9, 66: artes, Ov. M. 11, 242: virtus, Verg. A. 11, 415: mos, Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165: honores, Tac. A. 3, 5: inertia Germanorum, id. G. 45: exercitationes, Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.—With dat.: armamenta Liburnicis solita, Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll. —Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the customary, what is usual: hostibus gratiam habendam, quod solitum quicquam liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a usual thing in a free state, Liv. 3, 38, 9: proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi!
according to your custom
, Verg. A. 11, 383: ultra solitum, Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.—In plur.: parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi, Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: praeter solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23: si quando aliquid ex solito variaret, Vell. 2, 41, 3: nescio quā praeter solitum dulcedine laeti, Verg. G. 1, 412; so, praeter solitum, Hor. C. 1, 6, 20: supra solitum, Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. with a comparative in the abl. comp. solito: solito formosior Aesone natus,
more than usually handsome
, Ov. M. 7, 84; so, solito uberior, id. ib. 9, 105: blandior, id. A. A. 2, 411: exactior, Suet. Tib. 18: frequentiores, id. ib. 37: velocius, Ov. M. 14, 388: citius, id. F. 5, 547: plus, id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9: magis, id. 25, 7.