Definitions
the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
Word origin
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Used in a sentence
“D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die.”
“This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.”
“The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Currency of Peru”3 letters
02“Sun in Roman myth”3 letters
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