sollistimus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sollistĭmus (sōlist-), a, um, adj. [old sup. form of sollus = salvus; v. Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 313 sq.],

most perfect , only in the expression tripudium sollistimum, in augural lang.; the most favorable omen , when the chickens ate so greedily that the corn fell from their bills to the ground , Fest. p. 298 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 28; 2, 34, 72; Liv. 10, 40; cf. Becker, Antiq. II. pt. 3, p. 79; and Lange, Antiq. I. p. 257.

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