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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. the shortest, Ov. P. 2, 4, 26: “ortus sideris,Just. 13, 7, 10: “circulus,the tropic of Cancer, 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. the south, Sol. 25.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.4
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.5
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.617
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.338
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.26
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.50
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 19.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 49
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.14
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.39
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.17.1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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