A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

solens,-entis (part.B): to be accustomed, being in the habit of, being used to, to be wont (to), tending to [> L. soleo,-itum, 2. inf. solere, perfect active solui or solitus sum, to be used (to), be wont (to), be accustomed (to), + inf.]; “(with neut pron. as subject) to be the common practice, the usual case” (Glare)]; cf. insolens,-entis (part.B), unusual, unaccustomed; unfamiliar, unused to, bizarre, not in use.

solebant: third-person plural imperfect active indicative: they were accustomed to.

solent: third-person plural present active indicate: they are accustomed to;

- [thyme] non minoris etiam usus est ad conciliandam odoris gratiam iis vasis quibus conditae uvae asservari solent (Ray), no less also is its use for uniting the agreeableness of odor with those vessels [i.e. containers] in which it is customary for preserved grapes to be stored up.

solet: third-person singular present active indicative [he/she] it is accustomed (to); + infinitive;

- licet autem tenerrima fit, diu tamen locis natalibus perstare solet (Dill.), it is possible however very delicate it may be, it may yet persist a long time in its birthplace [i.e. point of origin].

- silique unicapularis in duas valvas dehiscere solet, & semina complecti reniformia (Tourne.), the unicapsular silique is accustomed to dehisce into two valves, and surround the reniform seeds.

- semiuncialem magnitudinem non multum superat haec elegans species caule crassiore destituta, nervis mediis lateralibus fibris parum crassioribus, in innumera filamenta tenuissima, varie invicem intexta, abeuntibus, paene instar mundi muliebris, quem Lace Angli, Kanten & Spitzen Germani vocare solent (Dill.), this elegant species does not exceed more magnitude than one half inch, lacking a thicker stem, with the middle, lateral nerves somewhat thicker than [the fibers], transforming into innumerable very delicate filaments, variously interlaced, [back and forth, this way and that], almost like a [woman’s ornament of dress] which the English are accustomed to call Lace, the Germans Kanten [lace-trim] and Spitzen (lace].

- [fungi] praeter fimum vaccinum etc., quem copiose vere humido colere solet, solo etiam pingui stercoroso hortensi vel sylvatico, rarius truncis putridissimis (S&A), in addition to cow dung etc., which it is wont copiously to inhabit, also rich manured garden or woodland [i.e. native] soil, more rarely on the most rotten trunks.

- [fungi] vulgaris occurrit in sylvis abietinis (nec aliis) umbrosis muscosis, ubi ad radices praesertim Pinorum Abietis ac piceae, quarum ramulis dejectis emortuis inhaerere solet (S&A), common, it lives in shaded, mossy fir-forests (not other ones), where on the roots especially of Pines, Abies and picea, it is accustomed to adhering to fallen, dead branchlets.

adsolet: also assolet: ‘ut adsolet,’ as usual [> L. assoleo (adsoleo), assolere 2., to be accustomed or wont (to do, to happen, etc.; only in the 3d person sing. and plur. and impersonal): hence the expression: ut adsolet, as is wont to happen, as is customary, as usual (Lewis & Short)].