SOLECISM

In Rhetoric and Grammar (Gr. (toXoiVkt/zo?, said to be derived from the name of a town in Cilicia, whose inhabitants spoke a barbarous Greek), a violation of the omatic rules of grammar or construction in writing or speaking a language. Ouintilian distinguishes solecism from barbarism, the latter word being applied to the erroneous use of single words. SOLENACEANS, Solenacea. (Gr. cwXrjv, a tube.) The name of a family of Dimiary Bivalve Mollusks, of which the razor shell {Solen) is the type; they are distinguished by the great length of the respiratory tubes, whence their name. [s. 1152]