‖ solstitium
(sɒlˈstɪʃ(ɪ)əm)
Pl. solstitia. Also 6 solsticium.
[L. sōlstitium (med.L. also -sticium), f. sōl sun (sol n.1) + ppl. stem of sistĕre to stand still.]
= solstice.
| 1515 A. Barclay Egloges (1570) C v/2 Then shall my songe be dom Like a Nightingale at the solstitium. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. (1568) 98 By that token the Husbandmen know that the Solstitium of Sommer is past. 1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. (1634) 44 The æquinoctia and Solstitia, in which the four quarters of the year..take their beginnings. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. 2 Aaa 6 b/2 Talkes of the Iewish Thalmud, and Cabals, Solstitiums and Equinoctialls. 1884 R. Paton Scott. Ch. x. 102 Christmas took the place of the Pagan Saturnalia and Solstitia. |