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Solon
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solon Sólon Solón
English
Etymology
From en grc Σόλων.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsəʊlən/ UK, /ˈsəʊlɒn/
en /ˈsoʊlən/ US, /ˈsoʊˌlɑn/
en əʊlɒn 2
Proper noun
An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
en 1820 w:Percy Bysshe Shelley Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts Now if your Majesty would have our bristlesTo bind your mortar with, or fill our colonsWith rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles,In policy—ask else your royal Solons—You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw,And sties well thatched; besides it is the law!
en 1976 Lilian Hamilton Jeffery Lilian Hamilton Jeffery Kylon and Drakon Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c. New York, N.Y. St. Martin's Press St. Martin’s Press section II (Central and Northern Greece), subsection 7 (Athens and Attica) 86 https://archive.org/details/archaicgreece0000unse/page/86/mode/1up 75-10758 2168157 [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
en city s/Iowa.
en town co/Somerset County s/Maine. TopoZone: Solon, Maine
en town s/New York.
en city co/Cuyahoga County s/Ohio. TopoZone: Solon, Ohio
Derived terms
en Solonian solon
Translations
statesman and lawgiver
Armenian: hy Սոլոն
Old Armenian: xcl Սողոն
Catalan: ca Soló m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 梭倫 Suōlún
Georgian: ka სოლონი
Greek: el Σόλων m, el Σόλωνας m
Ancient Greek: grc Σόλων m
Icelandic: is Sólon m
Italian: it Solone m
Japanese: ja ソロン
Odia: or ସୋଲୋନ
Persian: fa سولون sulun
Polish: pl Solon m
Portuguese: pt Sólon m
Russian: ru Соло́н m
Spanish: es Solón m
References
Anagrams
en lnoos Olson loons snool
Cebuano
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb
Quotations
ceb
Latin
Alternative forms
la Solō
Etymology
la Solōn :bor grc:Σόλων + 1
Pronunciation
Solōn
Proper noun
Solōn<3> m
Solon (legislator of Athens)
Declension
Solōn<3>
Descendants
ca Soló
de Solon 1
it Solone
References
la Individuals
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor grc:Σόλων + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Solon.wav
Proper noun
m-pr
pl law politics en Solon statesman and lawgiver
Declension
<m.pr.sg>
Further reading
pl Individuals