solar

SOLAR

solaris: solarius: or by genitive solis. A solar eclipse solis defectus or defectio; sol deficiens [Vid: ECLIPSE]. The solar year annus qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe (Liv. 1 19 extr.): annus solstitialis (Serv. Verg. Aen. 4 653). The ancient Romans reckoned a lunar year the latter a solar Romani veteres ad lunae cursum et sequentes ad solis anni tempora digesserunt.

solar (adj.):

I. Belonging to the sun:

1. sōlāris, e: s. light, s. lumen, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 37: s. arc, s. arcus, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, init.: s. orbit, s. circulus, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86: s. plant (= sunflower, heliotropium), s. herba, Cels. 5, 27, § 5, med.

2. sōlis, gen. of sol (with a subs.): s. eclipse, solis defectio, Cic.: Sen.: s. defectus, Virg.: s. obscuratio, Cic.: Plin.: a total s. eclipse, perfecta s. defectio, Sen. N. Q. 1, 12, 2 (in this sense also, sol deficiens, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73): v. ECLIPSE: s. spots, quasi maculae solis (after Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20).

II. Measured by the progress of the sun:

1. sōlāris, e: the s. circle, i. e. the Ecliptic, s. circulus, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86: the s. month, mensis solaris.

2. solstĭtiālis: the s. year, annus s., Serv. ad Virg. Aen. 4, 653. Phr.: the ancient Romans reckoned a lunar year, their successors a s., Romani veteres ad lunae cursum et sequentes ad solis anni tempora digesserunt (Georg.): s. system, *ordo stellarum errantium (Georg.): *systema solare (Kr.).