sole Copy link Outline I. The bottom of the foot;1. planta2. vestīgium3. sŏlumII. The bottom of a shoe1. sŏlum2. sŏlea (= a sandal), Plaut.III. A fish • sole: I. The bottom of the foot; 1. planta: Virg.: Plin. 2. vestīgium: such as stand with the s.s of their feet directly opposed to ours, whom you call the Antipodes, qui adversis vestigiis stant contra nostra vestigia, quos ἀντίποδας vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: cf. candida permulcens liquidis v. lymphis, Cat. 62 (64), 162: and Virg. Aen. 5, 560, v. primi alba pedis (of a horse). 3. sŏlum: the s. of man is the destruction of grass, s. hominis exitium herbae, Varr. R. R. 1, 47, fin.: the hard skin of my s.s serves as a shoe, mihi calceamentum solorum callum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90: spots never yet trodden by s. of man, loca nullius ante trita solo, Lucr. 1, 927. Phr.: to be unable to find a place for the s. of one's foot, locum, ubi consistat, reperire non posse, Cic. Quint. 1, 5: from the crown of the head to the s. of the foot, ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum, id. Rosc. C. 7, 20. II. The bottom of a shoe: 1. sŏlum: a s. fastened to the shoes with gold (i. e. with golden nails), auro soccis suppactum s., Mart. 9, 74, 2. 2. sŏlea (= a sandal), Plaut.: Mart.: Hor. III. A fish: sŏlea, Ov. Hal. 123: Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52. *Pleuronectes solea, Linn.