At Soli on the wide plains of Jaederen in South-western Norway, not far from the modern city of Stavanger, lived Erling, the son of Skjalg.
The lord of Soli never was an ideal subject; but after his nephew Asbjoern slew one of King Olaf's servants in the royal presence during the Easter festivities, a quarrel broke out that had fatal consequences.
This was more than the lord of Solihad ever controlled before.
Later the Earls found it advisable to make peace with the Soli family and gave Erling Skjalgsson a magnificent fief in the South-west.
Soli Deo honor et gloria=--To God alone be 15 honour and glory.
There is a motto at Bonneville in Switzerland, as I have been told: "Soli Soli Soli.
This is clearly shown by the terms of the peace with Antiochus, and still more decidedly by the peremptory refusal of the senate to guarantee to the town of Soli in Cilicia the freedom which the Rhodians requested for it.
In Soli Alexander offered sacrifice to Asclepius,[232] conducting a procession of the entire army, celebrating a torch race, and superintending a gymnastic and musical contest.
From Soli and Mallus also came three, and from Lycia ten; from Macedonia also a ship with fifty oars, in which sailed Proteas, son of Andronicus.
Emesa is a compound of Ham-Es: the natives are said by Festus Avienus to have been devoted to the Sun: [632]Denique flammicomo devoti pectora Soli Vitam agitant.
From hence the priests of the Sun were called Soli and Solimi in Cilicia, Selli in Epirus, Salii at Rome, all originally priests of fire.
In the field is a cross widened at the extremities, and the surrounding legend is a significant one, Soli Invicto Comiti.
Upon one medal or coin of Constantine we see the significant legend Soli Invicto Aeterno Aug.
Above Soli in the interior is Limenia a city, then follows the promontory of Crommyon.
Artemidorus says, that from thence to Soli is a voyage in a straight line of 500 stadia.
Its boundaries between Soli and Elæussa are the river Lamus,[249] and a village of the same name.
The flat or plain country extends from Soli and Tarsus as far as Issus, and the parts above, where the Cappadocians are situated on the northern side of the Taurus.
Then the sea-coast near the Bay of Issus, beginning fromSoli and Tarsus, spreads out into plains.
The satrap Tiribazus employed the mints at Issus, at Soli and Mallus; the satrap Pharnabazus established his mints in various cities in Cilicia, particularly at Nagidus; Datamus also issued coinage in Cilicia.
The chief mint of Cilicia was at Tarsus, but money was also coined at Soli and at Mallus.
At thesoli of the Agnus Dei he writes Aengstlich, denoting great agitation or anxiety.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soli" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
