sŏlĭum (noun N) : from the root sol, kindr. with sed, sedeo
* A seat.
* Most usu. of gods, kings, or other distinguished personages.
* Lit., a seat, chair of state, throne (cf.: thronus, tribunal): regali in solio sedens,Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: domus regia et in domo regale solium,Liv. 1, 47, 4; cf.: solio rex infit ab alto,Verg. A. 11, 301: solio tum Juppiter aureo Surgit,id. ib. 10, 116; so, Jovis,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 34; Suet. Calig. 57: divinum,Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12: deorum solia,id. Har. Resp. 27, 57: regale (Jovis),Ov. F. 6, 353: sedens in solio consulantibus respondere (of solicitors),Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 10; id. de Or. 2, 33, 143: sedet Sollemni solio,Ov. M. 14, 262: acernum,Verg. A. 8, 178: eburnum, i. e. sella curulis,Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 199; id. VI. Cons Hon. 588.
* A tub, esp. for bathing, Lucr. 6, 800; Cato, R. R. 10, 4; Cels. 1, 3; 1, 4; 7, 26, 5; Liv. 44, 6; Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; Suet. Aug. 82 fin.; Pall. 1, 40, 3; 1, 41, 1.—For other purposes, Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 28.
* A stone coffin for persons of distinction, a sarcophagus: solium Porphyretici marmoris,Suet. Ner. 50; cf. Curt. 10, 10, 9; Flor. 4, 11 fin.; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 343 al.