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81 ballerina
f.1) балерина, танцовщицаè una brava ballerina — a) она хорошая балерина; b) (balla bene) она хорошо танцует
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82 ярус
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83 линия
1) ( черта) linea ж.провести линию — tirare [tracciare] una linea
2) ( расположение в один ряд) linea ж.••3) спорт. linea ж.4) ( путь сообщения) linea ж., percorso м.5) ( производственная) impianto м., linea ж.автоматическая линия — impianto automatico, linea automatica
6) ( передачи) linea ж., conduttura ж.7) ( граница) linea ж., limite м.8) (направление, образ действий) linea ж., orientamento м., piano м.9) ( родственная) linea ж.* * *ж.1) lineaпрямая ли́ния — linea retta
пунктирная ли́ния — linea punteggiata
штриховая ли́ния — linea tratteggiata
провести ли́нию — tracciare / tirare una linea
лицевая ли́ния спорт. — linea di fondo
боковая ли́ния спорт. — linea laterale
2) linea, tracciato m, livello mбереговая ли́ния — linea costiera / litoranea
ли́ния горизонта — linea d'orizzonte
3) воен. lineaли́ния укреплений — la linea delle fortificazioni
передовая ли́ния — linea del fronte; linea avanzata
4) ( путь сообщения) linea; stradaжелезнодорожная ли́ния, ли́ния железной дороги — linea ferroviaria; strada ferrata уст.
однопутная / двухпутная ли́ния спец. — linea a semplice / doppio binario
ширококолейная / узкоколейная ли́ния спец. — linea a scartamento normale / ridotto
автобусная ли́ния спец. — autolinea
троллейбусная ли́ния спец. — linea filoviaria, filovia
трамвайная ли́ния спец. — linea tranviaria, tranvia
5) спец.ли́ния связи — linea di collegamento / comunicazione
телефонная / телеграфная ли́ния — linea telefonica / telegrafica
электрическая ли́ния — linea elettrica
разделительная (дорожная) ли́ния — linea spartitraffico
радиорелейная ли́ния — ponte m radio
поточная ли́ния — linea a catena, catena di produzione
воздушная / авиа ли́ния — linea aerea
6) перен. (направление, образ действий) linea (di condotta), tendenza; ambito m; competenzaли́ния развития — linea di sviluppo
ли́ния поведения — linea di condotta
вести / гнуть свою ли́нию разг. — fare di testa propria; tirare diritto; portare avanti una propria linea
7)идти по ли́нии наименьшего сопротивления — scegliere la via più facile
контроль проводится по ли́нии министерства — il controllo viene svolto dal ministero
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84 убраться
1) ( произвести уборку) fare le pulizie2) ( уйти) andarsene, filare via* * *1) разг. ( уйти) ritirarsi / levarsi da un luogo, andarseneубра́ться подобру-поздорову — riportar sane le spalle
убирайся вон! — fuori ( di qui)!; vattene!, fila!; via di qua!
2) разг. с + Т ( окончить работу) finire vt, sbrigarsela; portare a termine un lavoroубра́ться с сенокосом — terminare la fienagione
3) разг. ( привести в порядок) mettere in ordine, riordinare vtубра́ться в комнате — avere sbrigato tutti i lavori <di casa / domestici>
4) уст. ( нарядиться) ravviarsi, acconciarsi* * *vgener. filarsela, squagliarsela, togliersi dattorno -
85 disporre
1. v/t arrange( stabilire) order2. v/i ( decidere) make arrangementsabbiamo già disposto diversamente we've made other arrangementsdisporre di qualcosa have something (at one's disposal)* * *disporre v.tr.1 to arrange, to dispose, to set* out, to place in order, to put* in place: disporre i fiori in un vaso, to arrange flowers in a vase; disporre i libri sugli scaffali, to arrange books on shelves; disporre la merce in vetrina, to display goods in the window; disporre in ordine alfabetico, to arrange (o to set out) in alphabetical order2 ( preparare) to prepare, to dispose, to make* all the arrangements: disporre la mente allo studio, to prepare one's mind for study (o to set one's mind to study); disporre ogni cosa per la partenza, to prepare (o to arrange) things for departure; tutto è stato disposto per il tuo arrivo, all the arrangements have been made for your arrival3 ( deliberare) to order; (dir.) to provide, to enjoin: come disposto dai regolamenti, as provided by the regulations; dispose che noi ci stabilissimo qui, he ordered us to settle here; la legge dispone che..., the law provides that...; i regolamenti dispongono che si paghi subito, the regulations enjoin that payment should be made immediately // l'uomo propone e Dio dispone, (prov.) man proposes, God disposes◆ v. intr.1 to dispose, to have (s.o., sthg.) at one's disposal; ( di merci) to have in stock: disponete pure di me, you may consider me at your disposal; non crederai di poter disporre di me quando vuoi?, you don't think that I'm going to be at your beck and call, do you?; dispone di tre automobili, he has three cars at his disposal; i nostri studenti dispongono di due biblioteche, our students have two libraries at their disposal; dispone di molti articoli, he has plenty of articles in stock; usò tutti i mezzi di cui disponeva, he used every available means (o all the means at his disposal); disporre dei propri beni, to dispose of one's property; disporre dei propri beni in favore di qlcu., to make over one's property to s.o.; poco prima di morire ha disposto dei suoi beni, just before dying he made testamentary disposition of his property; disporre della propria vita, to dispose of one's own life; disporre della stampa, to command the press; disporre di grossi capitali, to have large amounts of money at one's disposal; dispongo di una discreta somma per quel progetto, I have a reasonable sum available for the project◘ disporsi v.rifl.1 ( collocarsi) to arrange oneself, to place oneself: si disposero su due file parallele, they arranged themselves in two parallel rows2 ( prepararsi) to prepare (for sthg., to do); to get* ready (for sthg., to do): disporre ad andare a dormire, to prepare to go to sleep; disporre all'azione, alla lotta, to prepare for action, for the struggle; disporre a partire, to get ready to start.* * *1. [dis'porre]vb irreg vt2) (ordinare) to orderla legge dispone che... — the law lays down that...
1) (decidere) to decideabbiamo disposto diversamente — we have decided otherwise, we have made other arrangements
2)disporre di — to have, have at one's disposal
lo stadio dispone di 50.000 posti — the stadium holds 50,000 people
3. vr (disporsi)1) (posizione) to put o.s., place o.s., arrange o.s.2) (prepararsi)disporsi a fare qc — to prepare o.s. o get ready to do sth
* * *[dis'porre] 1.verbo transitivo1) (collocare) to lay*, to place [ oggetti]; to arrange, to set* out [cibo, fiori, sedie]; to dispose, to arrange [ mobili]2) (stabilire)3) (preparare) to prepare, to arrange2.1) (avere)disporre di — to have [spazio, tempo]
disporre di mezzi — to be well set up colloq.
2) (servirsi)3.verbo pronominale disporsi1) (prepararsi)2) (collocarsi)* * *disporre/dis'porre/ [73]1 (collocare) to lay*, to place [ oggetti]; to arrange, to set* out [cibo, fiori, sedie]; to dispose, to arrange [ mobili]2 (stabilire) disporre che to decide that3 (preparare) to prepare, to arrange(aus. avere)1 (avere) disporre di to have [spazio, tempo]; disporre di mezzi to be well set up colloq.; le macchine di cui disponiamo the machines we have at our disposal2 (servirsi) disporre di to useIII disporsi verbo pronominale1 (prepararsi) - rsi a fare to be about to do -
86 seccare
1. v/t dryfig annoy2. v/i seccarsi dryfig get annoyed* * *seccare v.tr.1 to dry (up); (frutta ecc., per conservarla) to desiccate, to dry; ( prosciugare) to dry up: il vento aveva seccato il terreno, the wind had dried (up) the ground; seccare fichi, to desiccate (o to dry) figs2 ( irritare) to annoy, to irritate; ( disturbare) to bother, to trouble; ( annoiare) to bore, to weary: non seccarmi con le tue domande sciocche, don't bother me with your silly questions; mi hai seccato con le tue lamentele!, you've got on my nerves with your complaints!◆ v. intr. to dry (up): mettere i funghi a seccare al sole, to put mushrooms to dry in the sun; lava la macchia prima che secchi, wash out the stain before it dries.◘ seccarsi v.intr.pron.1 ( diventar secco) to dry (up): il pozzo si è seccato, the well has dried up; le piante di rosa si sono seccate, the rose bushes have withered; se parlo tanto mi si secca la gola, if I talk too much my throat gets dry; ma non ti si secca mai la lingua?, (iron.) don't you ever stop talking?2 ( sentir noia) to get* bored (with s.o., sthg., doing), to grow* tired (of s.o., sthg., at doing); ( irritarsi) to get* irritated (with s.o., at sthg., at doing), to get* annoyed (with s.o., at sthg., at doing): mi sono seccato per quello che mi ha detto, I got angry at what he said to me; mi sono seccato di aspettare, I'm fed up with waiting.* * *[sek'kare]1. vt2) (infastidire) to annoy, bother2. vi3. vip (seccarsi)2) (infastidirsi) to become annoyed, grow annoyed, get annoyed* * *[sek'kare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (inaridire) to scorch, to dry out [terreno, prato]; to wither, to wizen [ pianta]; [ sole] to bake, to dry out [ pelle]; [ vento] to dry [ pelle]2) (essiccare) to desiccate, to dry [fiori, frutta]; to cure, to dry [pesce, carne]3) (prosciugare) to dry up (anche fig.)4) colloq. (dare fastidio) to annoy, to bother, to irk2.smettila di seccarmi! — stop bothering o annoying me!
verbo intransitivo (aus. essere) [erba, prato, pianta, fiore] to wither, to wizen; [ fango] to harden, to bake; [ pelle] to get* dry; [torrente, lago, pozzo] to dry up3.far seccare funghi, fiori — to dry mushrooms, flowers
verbo pronominale seccarsi1) [erba, prato, fiore] to wither, to wizen; [ fango] to harden, to bake; [ ferita] to dry; [pelle, labbra] to get* dry2) (prosciugarsi) to dry up (anche fig.)3) fig. (innervosirsi) to get* annoyed* * *seccare/sek'kare/ [1]1 (inaridire) to scorch, to dry out [terreno, prato]; to wither, to wizen [ pianta]; [ sole] to bake, to dry out [ pelle]; [ vento] to dry [ pelle]2 (essiccare) to desiccate, to dry [fiori, frutta]; to cure, to dry [pesce, carne]3 (prosciugare) to dry up (anche fig.)4 colloq. (dare fastidio) to annoy, to bother, to irk; smettila di seccarmi! stop bothering o annoying me! quanto mi secca questa situazione! this situation is really annoying! ti secca se non vado? do you mind if I don't go? mi seccherebbe perdere lo spettacolo I wouldn't like to miss the show(aus. essere) [erba, prato, pianta, fiore] to wither, to wizen; [ fango] to harden, to bake; [ pelle] to get* dry; [torrente, lago, pozzo] to dry up; far seccare funghi, fiori to dry mushrooms, flowersIII seccarsi verbo pronominale1 [erba, prato, fiore] to wither, to wizen; [ fango] to harden, to bake; [ ferita] to dry; [pelle, labbra] to get* dry2 (prosciugarsi) to dry up (anche fig.)3 fig. (innervosirsi) to get* annoyed. -
87 ♦ beat
♦ beat /bi:t/A n. [cu]1 rumore ritmico; battito; colpi (pl.) ritmati; ( di tamburo) rullo; the beat of the waves on the rocks, il rumore delle onde che si frangono sugli scogli2 (fisiol.) battito; pulsazione3 (mus.) tempo (di battuta); ritmo: three beats to the bar, tre tempi per battuta; a strong beat, un ritmo energico; to follow the beat, andare a tempo; to be off the beat, essere fuori tempo; to be on the beat, andare a tempo5 attimo (di pausa, esitazione, ecc.)6 (fis.) battimento7 zona, quartiere (assegnato a un poliziotto di ronda, a una sentinella); ( per estens.) turno di pattuglia, di ronda, di servizio: to be on the beat, essere di pattuglia, di ronda; essere in servizio8 (spec. di giornalista, rappresentante, prostituta, ecc.) zona, area, distretto ( da coprire nel proprio lavoro); giro9 (fam.) ambito di interesse; sfera di attività; competenza: That's off my beat, non me ne intendo; non è affar mio10 (giorn.) colpo; scoop11 (naut.) bordata; bordo12 esponente della «beat generation»; beatnik; beatB a.3 (letter. USA) beat: a beat poet, un poeta beat; beat literature, letteratura beat; the beat generation, la «beat generation»; gli scrittori e poeti beat♦ (to) beat /bi:t/A v. t.1 battere; picchiare; percuotere: He beats his children, picchia i figli; to beat a drum, battere un tamburo; to beat a carpet, battere un tappeto; to beat sb. to death, picchiare a morte q.; to beat into submission, indurre con le botte all'obbedienza2 battere; martellare: to beat gold, battere l'oro; to beat st. into a thin sheet, battere qc. fino a ridurlo a una lamina4 ( cucina) sbattere; mescolare; montare ( panna): to beat an egg, sbattere un uovo; Beat a half a pint of cream into the mixture, incorporare al composto mezza pinta di panna5 battere; vincere; sconfiggere: He beat me at chess, mi ha battuto a scacchi; to beat the competition, battere la concorrenza; They fought bravely but were beaten, hanno combattuto valorosamente ma sono stati sconfitti7 (fam.) essere migliore di; superare; battere: You can't beat that hotel for comfort, quell'albergo è insuperabile per il comfort; (fam.) You can't beat a good film, non c'è niente di meglio di (o niente batte) un buon film8 ( slang USA) evitare; scampare a: to beat the chair, evitare la sedia elettrica; to beat the rap, evitare una condanna; evitare una punizione; cavarsela9 (fam.) lasciare perplesso; sconcertare: It beats me how he can be so stupid, non finisco di stupirmi della sua stupidità; (It) beats me!, non capisco proprio!; non lo so!10 arrivare prima di; essere più svelto di; precedere; evitare (precedendo); battere: I wanted to buy that painting, but I was beaten to it, volevo comprare quel quadro ma mi hanno preceduto; We left early to beat the traffic, siamo partiti presto per evitare il traffico12 (fam. USA) defraudare: I was beaten out of my inheritance, sono stato defraudato della mia ereditàB v. i.1 battere; picchiare; pulsare: The rain was beating on the roof, la pioggia batteva sul tetto; Her heart beat fast, le batteva forte il cuore; to make sb. 's heart beat faster, far battere più forte il cuore a q.; accelerare i battiti del cuore di q.● (fam.) to beat about (o around) the bush, menare il can per l'aia; girare attorno a una questione; fare tanti giri di parole; tergiversare □ to beat the air, pestare l'acqua nel mortaio □ to beat sb. at his own game, battere q. con le sue stesse armi (o al suo stesso gioco) □ ( slang USA) to beat the band, a più non posso; a tutto spiano; da pazzi □ to beat sb. black and blue, pestare q.; far nero di botte q. □ to beat one's breast, battersi il petto (fig.) □ (fam. USA) to beat the bushes (for st.), cercare (qc.) dappertutto (o in lungo e in largo) □ to beat the clock, finire entro il tempo stabilito; farcela in tempo □ ( slang USA) to beat one's gums, parlare a vanvera; sbattere la lingua □ (fam.) to beat the hell (o the living daylights) out of sb., riempire q. di botte; dare un fracco di botte a q.; ( slang) = to beat sb. hollow, battere q. alla grande; suonarle a q.; stracciare q. □ to beat st. into sb., far entrare (o cacciare) a forza qc. (nozioni, concetti, ecc.) in testa a q. □ (fam.) to beat the pants off sb. = to beat sb. hollow ► sopra □ to beat a path, aprire un sentiero, un passaggio □ to beat a path to sb. 's door, arrivare a frotte da q. (per ottenere qc.); fare la coda davanti alla porta di q. □ to beat a (hasty) retreat, battere in ritirata □ (volg.) to beat sb. shitless, massacrare q. di botte □ (mus.) to beat time, battere (o marcare) il tempo □ (mil.) to beat to arms, suonare a raccolta □ ( slang) Beat it!, fila via!; sparisci!; smamma! □ That beats everything (o all)!, questa le batte tutte!; questo è il colmo! □ ( slang) Can you beat that?, questa è grossa!; è il colmo!; è roba da matti! □ (prov.) If you can't beat them, join them, se non puoi batterli, unisciti a loro. -
88 ♦ nose
♦ nose /nəʊz/n.1 (anat.) naso; ( di animale) muso: aquiline (o Roman) nose, naso aquilino; hooked nose, un naso a becco (o aquilino); He has a small nose, ha il naso piccolo; to blow one's nose, soffiarsi il naso; blocked nose, naso intasato; naso chiuso; He wiped his nose with a tissue, si è pulito il naso con un fazzoletto; to have a runny nose, avere il naso che cola; ( anche fig.) to hold one's nose, turarsi il naso; to pick one's nose, mettersi le dita nel naso5 (mecc.) becco, beccuccio; sporgenza; canna, cannuccia; tubo: the nose of a retort, la cannuccia di una storta; the nose of a pair of bellows, il tubo di un mantice, di un soffietto9 (geogr.) sperone di roccia● (zool.) nose-ape ( Nasalis Larvatus), nasica; scimmia dalla proboscide □ nose-breathing, respirazione col naso □ nose-bridge, ponte ( degli occhiali) □ ( slang, scherz.) nose burner, pipa corta □ ( slang) nose-candy, cocaina, coca ( da inalare) □ nose-clip, morsetto; stringinaso □ nose cone, (autom.) musetto ( di vettura da corsa); (aeron., miss.) ogiva: re-entry nose cone, ogiva per il rientro ( di un razzo) □ nose dive, (aeron.) picchiata; (fig.) calo brusco, caduta in verticale, crollo, tonfo ( di prezzi, ecc.) □ (farm.) nose drops, gocce per il naso; gocce nasali □ (mil., miss.) nose fuse, spoletta anteriore □ (aeron., naut.) nose-heavy, appruato □ ( slang) nose job, operazione di plastica del naso; plastica al naso: to have a nose job, farsi rifare il naso □ (mecc.) nose key, controchiavetta □ (aeron.) nose landing gear, carrello anteriore □ (zool.) nose-monkey = nose-ape ► sopra □ nose pad, nasello ( degli occhiali); placchetta □ ( slang) nose-rag, fazzoletto (da naso) □ nose-ring, anello portato al naso ( come ornamento); nasiera ( per buoi, tori, ecc.) □ nose to nose, faccia a faccia □ ( di automobili, ecc.) nose to tail, in fila serrata; con i paraurti a contatto o quasi □ ( slang) nose-warmer = nose burner ► sopra □ (aeron.) nose-wheel, ruota del carrello anteriore □ ( slang) nose-wiper = nose-rag ► sopra □ as plain as the nose on your face, chiaro come la luce del sole; lampante; evidente; ovvio □ (fig.) to bite (o to snap) sb. 's nose off, dare una rispostaccia a q.; rispondere per le rime (o in malo modo) a q. □ ( sport e fig.) by a nose, di misura; con uno strettissimo margine (di vantaggio) □ to count noses, contare i presenti □ (fig.) to cut off one's nose to spite one's face, castrarsi per far dispetto alla moglie □ (fig.) to follow one's nose, andare sempre dritto; seguire il proprio naso □ (fig.) to get a bloody nose, subire una grossa sconfitta (o una batosta) □ (fam. ingl.) to get up sb. 's nose, mandare q. su tutte le furie; fare incavolare q. (fam.) □ (fig.) to have one's nose in the air, avere la puzza sotto il naso; essere tronfio (o altezzoso, arrogante) □ to have one's nose in a book, essere immerso nella lettura di un libro □ (fig. fam.) to keep one's nose clean, tenersi fuori dei guai; rigare diritto □ (fig. fam.) to keep one's nose to the grindstone, lavorare sodo (o come un mulo); darci sotto (fam.) □ (fam.) to lead sb. by the nose, menare q. per il naso □ (fam.) to look down one's nose at sb., guardare q. dall'alto in basso □ (fam.) on the nose, al naso; all'odorato; (fam.) all'ora esatta, puntualmente, in punto □ (fam.) to pay through the nose, pagare un occhio della testa □ (fam.) to poke (o to stick) one's nose into st., ficcare il naso in qc. □ (fam.) to put sb. 's nose out of joint, indispettire, offendere, far rimanere male q. □ (fig. fam.) to rub sb. 's nose in it, rinfacciare (o far pesare) qc. a q.; sbattere qc. in faccia a q. □ to see no further than ( the end of) one's nose, non vedere più in là del proprio naso □ to speak through one's nose, parlare nel naso □ (fam.) to turn up one's nose at sb. [st.], arricciare il naso davanti a q. [qc.] □ under sb.'s ( very) nose, (proprio) sotto il naso di q. □ (ipp. e fig.) to win by a nose, vincere di stretta misura.(to) nose /nəʊz/v. t. e i.1 ( anche to nose out) annusare; fiutare; odorare; annasare (lett. o dial.): The cat nosed out a mouse, il gatto ha fiutato un topo; I always nose treachery, subodoro sempre l'inganno; He's very good at nosing a bargain, è bravissimo a fiutare un affare3 farsi largo, farsi strada ( col muso); avanzare superando: The ship nosed the first big swell, la nave avanzò superando la prima grossa ondata● ( di cane o gatto) to nose the door open, aprire la porta col naso □ to nose one's way, farsi strada, procedere: Our craft nosed its way slowly through the fog, la nostra imbarcazione procedeva lentamente nella nebbia. -
89 pull
I [pʊl]1) (tug) strattone m., tiro m.2) (attraction) forza f.; fig. forza f. di attrazione, attrattiva f.4) colloq. (swig) sorso m., sorsata f.5) colloq. (on cigarette etc.) tiro m., boccata f.7) (snag) (in sweater) maglia f. tirataII 1. [pʊl]1) (tug) tirare [chain, curtain, hair, tail, rope]to pull a sweater over one's head — (put on) infilare un maglione (dalla testa); (take off) sfilarsi un maglione (dalla testa)
2) (tug, move) (towards oneself) tirare ( towards verso); (by dragging) trascinare ( along lungo); (to show sth.) tirare (per il braccio) [ person]4) (remove, extract) estrarre [ tooth]to pull sth. off — [child, cat] tirare qcs. giù da [shelf, table]
to pull sth. out of — tirare qcs. fuori da [pocket, drawer]
5) colloq. (brandish) tirare fuori, estrarre [gun, knife]to pull a gun on sb. — puntare un'arma contro qcn
8) (steer, guide)11) colloq. (attract) attirare, richiamare [audience, girls]12) (make)2.1) (tug) tirare (at, on su)to pull at sb.'s sleeve — tirare qcn. per la manica
2) (resist restraint) [dog, horse] tirare (at, on su)3) (move)to pull ahead of sb. — [athlete, rally driver] staccare qcn.; [ company] distanziare [ competitor]
4) (smoke)to pull at — dare un tiro a [ cigarette]
6) (row) remare•- pull in- pull off- pull out- pull up••pull the other one (it's got bells on)! — colloq. chi credi di prendere in giro!
* * *[pul] 1. verb1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) tirare; togliere2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) tirare (una boccata)3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) remare4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) dirigersi2. noun1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) tirata, tiro2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) attrazione3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) influenza•- pull down
- pull a face / faces at
- pull a face / faces
- pull a gun on
- pull off
- pull on
- pull oneself together
- pull through
- pull up
- pull one's weight
- pull someone's leg* * *pull /pʊl/n.1 tirata ( anche fig.); tiro; strappo; strattone: I gave a pull at the rope, diedi uno strattone alla corda; It was a long pull from the valley up here, è stata una bella tirata dalla valle fin quassù4 (naut.) colpo di remo; remata; vogata6 (tipogr.) prima bozza7 sorso; sorsata: He took a long pull at his tankard of beer, bevve una lunga sorsata dal suo boccale di birra8 [u] (mecc.) capacità di traino9 [u] (fig.) autorità; ascendente; influsso; influenza; peso, entratura (fig.): That cardinal has a strong pull with the Pope, quel cardinale ha molta influenza presso il Papa10 [u] forza d'attrazione (per es., della luna sulla terra); (fig.) attrazione pubblicitaria; capacità di attrarre il pubblico; fascino; richiamo: (market.) pull strategy, strategia dell'attrazione; an actor [a play] with great box-office pull, un attore che richiama molto pubblico [un dramma di cassetta]15 (equit.) tirata di redini● ( baseball) pull hitting, battuta a sorpresa □ ( slang) to be on the pull, essere in caccia; cercare di rimorchiare (ragazzi o ragazze).♦ (to) pull /pʊl/A v. t.1 tirare; trarre; trascinare; tirare a sé; strattonare: Don't pull my hair, non tirarmi i capelli; to pull the trigger, tirare il grilletto; (ferr.) to pull the cord, tirare l'allarme; to pull a heavy weight, trascinare un grosso peso; ( sport) to pull an opponent's shirt, strattonare un avversario per la maglia2 estrarre; tirare fuori; cavare; togliere: I had two teeth pulled, mi sono fatto togliere due denti; He pulled a gun on me, ha tirato fuori una pistola e me l'ha puntata contro3 cogliere; strappare5 attirare ( la clientela, spettatori, ecc.); assicurarsi (l'appoggio di q.); ottenere ( consensi, voti, ecc.): to pull a crowd, attirare folle di spettatori7 (tipogr.) tirare; stampare: to pull a copy [a proof], tirare una copia [una bozza]9 (fam., spec. USA) fare, commettere ( un reato, ecc.): to pull a robbery, fare una rapina; to pull a job, fare un colpo (in banca, ecc.)16 (fig. fam.) rimorchiare (una ragazza, un ragazzo)B v. i.2 lasciarsi tirare; muoversi; spostarsi, aprirsi ( quando si tira): This drawer won't pull out, questo cassetto non vuole aprirsi6 (naut.) remare; vogare8 (fig. fam.) rimorchiare● ( USA) to pull camp, levare il campo (o le tende) □ to pull clear, sgombrare; togliersi di mezzo; ( sport: autom.) portarsi a bordo pista ( dopo un guasto, ecc.); ( ciclismo, ecc.) andare in fuga; staccare tutti □ to pull a face, fare la faccia lunga; fare una boccaccia (o una smorfia) □ to pull faces, far boccacce; fare smorfie □ to pull a fast one on sb., giocare un brutto tiro a q.; mettere q. nel sacco (fig.) □ (fig. fam.) to pull sb. 's leg, prendere in giro q.; prendere q. per i fondelli (fam.) □ (med.) to pull a muscle, farsi uno strappo muscolare □ (naut.) to pull oars, remare; vogare; avere un certo numero di vogatori □ (pop. USA) to pull the plug on sb. [st.], farla finita con q. [qc.] □ to pull one's punches, ( boxe) non affondare, trattenere i colpi; (fig.) risparmiare colpi, non infierire □ ( slang USA) to pull rank, far pesare la propria autorità; farla cascare dall'alto (fig.) □ to pull a sad face, fare la faccia triste; assumere un'aria rattristata □ ( di veicolo, dei freni, ecc.) to pull to one side, tirare da una parte; tendere ad andare da un lato □ to pull to pieces, fare a pezzi, rompere, spezzare; (fig.) criticare aspramente, stroncare □ to pull one's weight, mettercela tutta; fare la propria parte ( di lavoro) □ (fig.) to pull strings for sb., usare la propria influenza a favore di q. □ (fig.) to pull the strings, tirare le fila; manovrare □ ( slang USA) to pull a stunt, fare un numero (fig.); avere un'alzata d'ingegno □ (med.) pulled muscle, strappo muscolare.* * *I [pʊl]1) (tug) strattone m., tiro m.2) (attraction) forza f.; fig. forza f. di attrazione, attrattiva f.4) colloq. (swig) sorso m., sorsata f.5) colloq. (on cigarette etc.) tiro m., boccata f.7) (snag) (in sweater) maglia f. tirataII 1. [pʊl]1) (tug) tirare [chain, curtain, hair, tail, rope]to pull a sweater over one's head — (put on) infilare un maglione (dalla testa); (take off) sfilarsi un maglione (dalla testa)
2) (tug, move) (towards oneself) tirare ( towards verso); (by dragging) trascinare ( along lungo); (to show sth.) tirare (per il braccio) [ person]4) (remove, extract) estrarre [ tooth]to pull sth. off — [child, cat] tirare qcs. giù da [shelf, table]
to pull sth. out of — tirare qcs. fuori da [pocket, drawer]
5) colloq. (brandish) tirare fuori, estrarre [gun, knife]to pull a gun on sb. — puntare un'arma contro qcn
8) (steer, guide)11) colloq. (attract) attirare, richiamare [audience, girls]12) (make)2.1) (tug) tirare (at, on su)to pull at sb.'s sleeve — tirare qcn. per la manica
2) (resist restraint) [dog, horse] tirare (at, on su)3) (move)to pull ahead of sb. — [athlete, rally driver] staccare qcn.; [ company] distanziare [ competitor]
4) (smoke)to pull at — dare un tiro a [ cigarette]
6) (row) remare•- pull in- pull off- pull out- pull up••pull the other one (it's got bells on)! — colloq. chi credi di prendere in giro!
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90 beat *****
[biːt] beat vb: pt beaten pp1. n1) colpo, (of drum: single beat) colpo, (repeated beating) rullo, (of heart) battito, (Mus: rhythm) ritmo, (quaver, crotchet) battuta2) (of policeman) giro d'ispezione (a piedi), rondaon the beat — in giro d'ispezione, di ronda
3) Phys battimento2. vt1) (hit) battere, picchiare, (person: as punishment) picchiare, (with stick) bastonare, (carpet) battere, sbattere, (drum) suonareto beat time Mus — battere il tempo
beat it! fam — fila!, aria!
2) (defeat: team, army) battere, sconfiggere, (record) battere3) Culin sbattere, battere3. vi4. adj1) (pred), (fam: tired) sfinito (-a)2) (usu attr: group, music) beat inv•- beat out- beat off- beat up -
91 davanti (a)
davanti (a) prep.1 ( di fronte a) in front of; before: davanti (a) alla casa c'era un vasto cortile, there was a huge courtyard in front of the house; ci vediamo davanti (a) al teatro, let's meet in front of the theatre; la gara si è svolta davanti (a) a 50 milioni di telespettatori, the competition took place in front of 50 million viewers; tutto accadde davanti (a) ai miei occhi, it all happened before my very eyes; arretrare davanti (a) al pericolo, to draw back in front of danger; furono portati davanti (a) al giudice, they were brought before the judge // fuggire davanti (a) al nemico, to flee in the face of the enemy // giuro davanti (a) a Dio..., I swear before God...2 ( dirimpetto a) opposite: proprio davanti (a) all'albergo c'è l'ufficio postale, the post office is right opposite the hotel; davanti (a) a noi abitava una famiglia americana, an American family lived opposite us3 ( avanti a, prima di) before: c'erano 20 persone in fila davanti (a) a me, there were 20 people before me in the queue; davanti (a) a tutto metto la famiglia, I put my family before everything. -
92 formare
[for'mare]1. vt1) (gen) to form, shape, make, (numero telefonico) to dialquesti pezzi formano una croce — these pieces make o form a cross
2) (educare: soldati, attori) to train, (carattere) to form, mould Brit, mold Am2. vip (formarsi)1) to form, take shape2) (educarsi) to be educated -
93 ultimo
['ultimo] ultimo (-a)1. aggl'ultimo scalino — (in basso) the bottom step, (in alto) the top step
in ultima pagina — (di giornale) on the back page
per ultimo — (entrare, arrivare) last
ci vediamo poco, negli ultimi tempi — we haven't seen each other much recently
...la vostra lettera del 7 aprile ultimo scorso —... your letter of April 7th last
3) (estremo: speranza, risorsa) last, final, (più lontano) farthest, utmost4) (per importanza) last5) Filosofia ultimate6)in ultima analisi — in the final o last analysisavere o dire l'ultima parola — to have the last word
esalare o rendere l'ultimo respiro — to breathe one's last
2. sm/fquest'ultimo — (tra due) the latter, (tra più di due) this last, the last-mentioned
3. sml'ultimo del mese/dell'anno — the last day of the month/year
fino all'ultimo — to the last, till the end, until the end
in ultimo; da ultimo — in the end, finally
essere all'ultimo o agli ultimi — to be at death's door
4. sf(notizia, barzelletta)
hai sentito l'ultima? — have you heard the latest? -
94 breve
brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
95 brevi
brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
97 brevis
brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
98 solutum
solvo, solvi, solutum, 3, v. a. ( perf. soluit, trisyll., Cat. 2, 13:I. A.soluisse,
Tib. 4, 5, 16) [for se-luo; cf. socors for se-cords], to loosen an object from any thing, to release or to loose, remove any thing which binds or restrains another.In a corporeal sense.1.Outwardly, to release.a.From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:b.solvite istas,
i. e. from fetters, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 64:solvite istum,
id. Mil. 5, 32:numquam, nisi me orassis, solves,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 62:jube solvi (eum),
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52:ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:ut vincti solvantur,
id. ib. 2, 5, 6, §12: qui in compedibus corporis semper fuerunt, etiam cum soluti sunt, tardius ingrediuntur,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:ita nexi soluti (sunt),
Liv. 8, 28, 9:solvite me, pueri,
Verg. E. 6, 24:fore ut brevi solveretur,
Suet. Vesp. 5; id. Tib. 65; id. Vit. 12.—With abl.:canis solutus catena,
Phaedr. 3, 7, 20. — Transf., from the fetter of frost:solutis amnibus (i. e. frigoris vinculo),
Stat. Th. 5, 15:terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 10.—From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:c.solverat sol equos,
unhitched, Stat. Th. 3, 407: currum solvere (i. e. ab equis, poet. for equos a curru), Sen. Thyest. 794: solvere epistulam, i. e. from the string by which it was tied (= to open), Nep. Hann. 11, 3:et tibi sollicita solvitur illa (epistula) manu,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:et jacet in gremio charta soluta meo,
id. H. 11, 4:praecepit suis ne sarcinas solverent, aut onera deponerent,
Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3.—So of garments and sails, to unfurl, unfold: cum tunica soluta inambularet, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 26:soluta toga,
Quint. 11, 3, 147:vela solvere,
Verg. A. 4, 574.—From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:d.Caucasia solvet de rupe Promethei bracchia,
Prop. 2, 1, 69:fraxinus solvitur,
from the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 498:ceciditque soluta pinus,
id. ib. 9, 409; cf.:pinus radice soluta, deficit,
id. S. 5, 1, 152:solutis radicibus arbusta procumbunt,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 5:accepi epistulam quam, ut scribis, ancora soluta de phaselo dedisti, i. e. a litore,
detached, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 B. and K. (al. sublata;but soluta is perh. an error of Cic. in the use of a technical term, v Orell. ad loc.).—In the same sense: solvere retinacula classis,
Ov. M. 15, 696; 8, 102:querno solvunt de stipite funem,
id. F. 4, 333:fune soluto Currit in immensum carina,
id. Am. 2, 11, 23:curvo solves viscera cultro (i. e. de corpore ferarum),
Sen. Hippol. 53.—Of rain disengaged from the clouds:imber caelesti nube solutus,
Ov. A. A. 2, 237: (Lunam) imperfecta vi solvere tantum umorem, disengage only the moisture, i. e. from the earth:cum solis radii absumant,
Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45:solutum a latere pugionem,
detached from his side, Suet. Vit. 15.—Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.(α).With acc. alone:(β).eisce confectis navem solvimus,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 91:navim cupimus solvere,
id. Mil. 4, 7, 17:naves solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 36; 5, 8; id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 14; 3, 26;3, 102: primis tenebris solvit navem,
Liv. 45, 6:postero die solvere naves (jussi),
id. 29, 25 fin.; Nep. Hann. 8, 2:classem solvere,
Liv. 45, 41; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 23.—With ab and abl.:(γ).navis a terra solverunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 101:quinto inde die quam ab Corintho solverit naves,
Liv. 31, 7 med.:solvunt a litore puppes,
Luc. 2, 649.—With ex and abl.:(δ).nam noctu hac soluta est navis nostra e portu Persico,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259:interea e portu nostra navis solvitur,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 54.—With abl.:(ε).complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:portu solventibus,
id. Mur. 2, 4.—Absol. (sc. navem or naves):(ζ).tertia fere vigilia solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 23:nos eo die cenati solvimus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:altero die quam a Brundusio solvit,
Liv. 31, 14 init.:qui inde solverant,
Val. Max. 1, 7, 3:solvi mare languido,
Sen. Ep. 53, 1:fortasse etiam ventis minantibus solves,
id. Ben. 2, 35, 5:non eadem est his et illis causa solvendi,
making sea-voyages, id. Q. N. 5, 18, 16.—With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):(η).naves XVIII. ex superiore portu solverunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 28; and by another change of construction: solvimus oram, we freed the shore, i.e. from the ship, Quint. 4, 2, 41; id. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—Poet. usages:e.de litore puppis solvit iter,
clears the voyage, Stat. S. 5, 1, 243:nec tibi Tyrrhena solvatur funis harena,
Prop. 1, 8, 11 (cf.: retinacula solvere, c. supra).—Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):2.tempore eo quo menstrua solvit,
Lucr. 6, 706:cruor solvitur,
Stat. Th. 9, 530:lacrimas solvere,
id. Achill. 2, 256:solutis lacrimis,
Claud. Ruf. 2, 258; so,partus solvere,
to bear, bring forth, be delivered of offspring, Ov. F. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 5, 461; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 33; 32, 1, 1, § 6.—To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.a.In gen.:b.omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Fin. 11.—Of structures ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):c.solvere naves et rursus conjungere,
Curt. 8, 10, 3:solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:dubitavit an solveret pontem,
Curt. 4, 16, 8:solvere pontem,
Tac. A. 1, 69:si pons solutus sit,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 7:solutus pons tempestatibus,
Just. 2, 13, 9:currum (solis) solutum,
Manil. 1, 740.—Of woven stuff:d.solvens texta,
Prop. 2, 9, 6.—Of mountains:e.utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),
Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:tridente Neptunus montem solvit,
id. Agam. 553.—Of the neck:f.soluta cervix silicis impulsu,
broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—Of a comet:g.momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—Of the hair, to loosen, untie, let fall:h.solve capillos,
Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:crinem,
id. A. A. 3, 784; id. M. 11, 682; 13, 584; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 46:comas casside,
Ov. F. 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 854.—Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;3.post-Aug.): ita in terrae corpore evenit ut partes ejus vetustate solvantur, solutae cadant,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 10, 2:ubi montis latus nova ventis solvit hiems,
Stat. Th. 7, 745. —To dissolve; pass., to be dissolved, changed, to pass over into ( poet. and postclass. for dissolvere, or transire in); constr. absol., or with in and acc.(α).Of a change into air or gas:(β).calor mobiliter solvens, differt primordia vini,
dissolving, parts the molecules of the wine, Lucr. 6, 235:nam materiai copia ferretur per inane soluta,
id. 1, 1018; so id. 1, 1103:ita fatus in aera rursus solvitur,
Stat. Th. 5, 285;nec in aera solvi Passa, recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris,
Ov. M. 15, 845.—Into a liquid, to melt:(γ).saepe terra in tabem solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 7:terram quam diximus esse mutabilem et solvi in umorem,
id. ib. 3, 29, 4:nullum tellus se solvit in amnem,
Luc. 2, 408; ipsum in conubia terrae Aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo, dissolve into the embrace of the earth, i. e. change into rain, Stat. S. 1, 2, 186:ex Aethiopiae jugis solutas nives ad Nilum decurrere,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 17; so,nivem solvere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 2; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93; Sen. Herc. Oet. 729:rigor auri solvitur aestu,
Lucr. 1, 493:ferrum calidi solvant camini,
Manil. 4, 250:cerae igne solutae,
Ov. A. A. 2, 47:Iris cum vino triduo non solvitur,
Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:(herba) quinto die solvitur,
id. 26, 14, 88, § 148.—Of putrefaction:(δ).(vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,
Verg. G. 4, 302.—Of change in general:(ε).inque novas abiit massa soluta domos,
Ov. F. 1, 108:repentino crementur incendio, atque ex tanta varietate solvantur atque eant in unum omnia (sc. all the heavenly bodies),
Sen. Ben. 6, 22.—Of expansion by heat:(ζ). (η).(uva) cum modo frigoribus premitur, modo solvitur aestu,
Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—Solvi in, to pass into, become:4.in cacumine (herbae) capitula purpurea quae solvantur in lanugines,
Plin. 27, 8, 39, § 61.—Of a wave:donec in planitiem immotarum aquarum solvatur,
disappears in, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 2:postremi (equi) solvuntur in aequora pisces (= solvuntur in pisces),
Stat. Th. 2, 47: lumina in lacrimas solventur, stream with tears. —Hence, solvere, causative, to make pass over, to make vanish in: circulum in pulverem, in quo descriptus est, solvere, Sen. Ep. 74, 27: soluti agri, the boundaries of which are effaced, Sic. Fl. Cond. Agr. p. 3 Goes.—To consume, to destroy, dissolve:B.solvere orbes,
Manil. 1, 497:ni calor et ventus... interemant sensum diductaque solvant (i.e. sensum),
Lucr. 3, 287:(Cato) ferrei prope corporis animique, quem ne senectus quidem, quae solvit omnia, fregerit,
Liv. 39, 40, 11:si (cometae) sunt purus ignis... nec illos conversio mundi solvit,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 2, 2:(turbo) ab eo motu, qui universum trahit, solveretur,
id. ib. 7, 9, 4:tabes solvit corpora,
Luc. 6, 18; 7, 809:nec solum silvas, sed saxa ingentia solvit (ignis),
id. 3, 506:ne tegat functos humus, ne solvat ignis,
Sen. Thyest. 750.—So, vitam solvere, to extinguish life, esp. of gradual or easy death:solvas potius (vitam), quam abrumpas, dummodo, si alia solvendi ratio non erit, vel abrumpas,
Sen. Ep. 22, 3:hanc mihi solvite vitam,
Prop. 2, 9, 39.—Trop.1.To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.a.From the body, etc.:b.teque isto corpore solvo,
Verg. A. 4, 703:soluta corpore anima,
Quint. 5, 14, 13:qui solutas vinculis animas recipit,
Sen. Cons. 28, 8: si animus somno relaxatus solute (i. e. free from the shackles of the body) moveatur ac libere, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100:vocem solvere,
to set free the voice, to speak, Stat. S. 3, 1; Sen. Thyest. 682; so, responsa solve (pregn. = utter and disclose), Sen. Oedip. 292:suspiria solvit,
Stat. Th. 11, 604:solvat turba jocos,
Sen. Med. 114:solutos Qui captat risus hominum (= quem juvat risus hominum solvere),
Hor. S. 1, 4, 83:Ausonii... versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto,
unrestrained, free, Verg. G. 2, 386.—Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:c.linguam (Juno) ad jurgia solvit,
Ov. M. 3, 261:lingua devincta nec in motus varios soluta,
Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 7:ut quisque contemptissimus est, ita linguae solutissimae est,
id. Const. 11, 3:(fama) innumeras solvit in praeconia linguas,
Luc. 1, 472. —Solvere bracchia, poet., to unfetter the arms, i. e. to move them:magna difficili solventem bracchia motu,
Stat. Achill. 1, 604; cf.of the free motions of animals: columbae soluto volatu multum velociores,
unrestrained flight, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—From obligations and debts:d.solvit me debito,
Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:an nos debito solverit,
id. Ep. 81, 3:ut religione civitas solvatur,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 98; Liv. 7, 3, 9:te decem tauri... Me tener solvet vitulus (sc. religione),
Hor. C. 4, 2, 54.—So from a military oath:hoc si impetro, solvo vos jurejurando,
Just. 14, 4, 7.—Sacramento or militia solvere, to dismiss a soldier from service:sacramento solvi,
Tac. A. 16, 13:cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,
Dig. 49, 16, 13:militia solvere,
Tac. A. 1, 44.— Munere (publico) solvere, to exempt from public duties:ut Ilienses publico munere solverentur,
Tac. A. 12, 58.—With obj. inf.:ut manere solveretur,
that he should be excused from the duty of remaining, Tac. A. 3, 29.—From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):e.si ille huic (insidias fecerit), ut scelere solvamur,
be held guiltless, Cic. Mil. 12, 31:atque hunc ille summus vir scelere solutum periculo liberavit,
id. ib. 4, 9:sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei,
Ov. F. 6, 452:ipsum quoque Pelea Phoci Caede per Haemonias solvit Acastus aquas,
id. ib. 2, 40:Helenen ego crimine solvo,
id. A. A. 2, 371:quid crimine solvis Germanum?
Stat. Th. 11, 379:solutam caede Gradivus manum restituit armis,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1342. —From feelings, etc.:f.quae eos qui quaesissent cura et negotio solverent,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:cum ego vos solvi curis ceteris,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 33:senatus cura belli solutus,
Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 7:pectus linquunt cura solutum,
Lucr. 2, 45:his terroribus ab Epicuro soluti et in libertatem vindicati,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:soluti metu,
Liv. 41, 14 init.; 27, 51:solvent formidine terras,
Verg. E. 4, 14:solve metu patriam,
Prop. 4 (5), 6, 41:metu belli Scythas solvit,
Just. 9, 2, 2; so id. 14, 2, 5:haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 129:soluti a cupiditatibus,
Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27:his concitationibus quem vacuum, solutum, liberum videris,
id. Tusc. 5, 15, 43: et tu solve me dementia, [p. 1726] Hor. Epod. 17, 43:longo luctu,
Verg. A. 2, 26:tristem juventam solve (i. e. juventam tristitia),
Sen. Hippol. 450:solvite tantis animum monstris, solvite, superi,
id. Herc. Fur. 1063:Quis te solvere Thessalis Magus venenis poterit?
Hor. C. 1, 27, 21. — Poet.:solvit animis miracula (for animos miraculis),
the soul from superstition, Manil. 1, 103.—And of animals:rabie tigrim,
Manil. 5, 707.— Absol.:ut ad praecepta quae damus possit ire animus, solvendus est (i. e. perturbationibus),
Sen. Ep. 95, 38:calices, quem non fecere contracta in paupertate solutum?
i. e. from cares, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20:solvite animos,
Manil. 4, 12.—With in:vix haec in munera solvo animum,
i. e. free it from passions and so make it fit for these duties, Stat. S. 5, 3, 33.—From sleep, very rare:g.ego somno solutus sum,
awoke, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29 (cf.: somno solvi, to be overwhelmed by sleep, 2. b, g infra).—From labor, business, etc.:h.volucres videmus... solutas opere volitare,
Cic. Or. 2, 6, 23:solutus onere regio, regni bonis fruor,
Sen. Oedip. 685.— Poet.:Romulus excubias decrevit in otia solvi,
to be relieved from guard and enjoy leisure, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 79.—From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):k.frontem solvere disce,
Mart. 14, 183:saltem ora trucesque solve genas,
Stat. Th. 11, 373:solvit feros tunc ipse rictus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 797.— Poet.:solvatur fronte senectus = frons senectute (i. e. rugis), solvatur,
be cleared, Hor. Epod. 13, 5:vultum risu solvit,
relieves, Val. Max. 4, 3, 5:risum judicis movendo, et illos tristes affectus solvit, et animum renovat,
Quint. 6, 3, 1; so,solvere judicem,
unbend, excite his laughter, id. 11, 3, 3:solvere qui (potui) Curios Fabriciosque graves (sc. risu),
Mart. 9, 28 (29), 4:ut tamen arctum Solveret hospitiis animum,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 83:cujus non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae solvant?
Sen. Cons. Helv. 18, 5.— Transf., pregn.:solventur risu tabulae,
i. e. the austerity of the judge will be relaxed by laughter, and the complaint dismissed, Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.—Imitated:quia si aliquid omiserimus, cum risu quoque tota res solvitur,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—From any cause of restraint.(α).To release from siege:(β).Bassanitas obsidione solvere,
Liv. 44, 30:patriam obsidione solvere,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —From moral restraints:l.hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,
gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—From laws and rules: legibus solvere.(α).To exempt from laws, i. e. by privilege:(β).Vopiscus, qui ex aedilitate consulatum petit, solvatur legibus,
Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11:cur M. Brutus legibus est solutus, si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 13, 31:ut interea magistratus reliquos, legibus omnibus soluti, petere possetis,
id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:Lurco, tribunus plebis, solutus est (et lege Aelia et Furia),
id. Att. 1, 16, 13:solvatne legibus Scipionem,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:petente Flacco ut legibus solverentur,
Liv. 31, 50, 8:Scipio legibus solutus est,
id. Epit. 56:Licet enim, inquiunt, legibus soluti sumus, attamen legibus vivimus,
Just. Inst. 2, 17, 8; cf.:ut munere vigintiviratus solveretur,
Tac. A. 3, 29.— Transf., of the laws of nature, etc.:(aestus) illo tempore, solutus legibus, sine modo fertur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:solus (sapiens) generis humani legibus solvitur,
id. Brev. Vit. 15, 5:nec leti lege solutas,
Lucr. 3, 687:nec solvo Rutulos (i. e. legibus fati),
Verg. A. 10, 111.— With gen. (cf. libero), perh. only in phrase testamenti solvere, to release from a testamentary disposition:et is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solveret,
Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 53 (less prop. testamenti is taken as attribute of heredes); cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 175, and Hor. C. 3, 17, 16, P. a., B. 5. fin. infra.—Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:2. (α).reus Postumus est ea lege... solutus ac liber,
i. e. the law does not apply to him, Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 12:soluti (lege Julia) huc convenistis, ne constricti discedatis cavete,
id. ib. 7, 18.—Of other laws:solutus Legibus insanis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:quae sedes expectent animam solutam legibus servitutis humanae,
Sen. Ep. 65, 20.— Transf., of things: soluta legibus scelera sunt, unrestrained by the laws, i. e. crimes are committed with impunity, Sen. Ben. 7, 27, 1.— Of the laws of versification: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, referring to dithyrambic measures, Hor. C. 4, 2, 12 (cf. P. a., B. 11. infra).—Of troops, ranks, etc.:(β).ubi ordines procursando solvissent,
Liv. 42, 65, 8:incomposito agmine, solutis ordinibus,
Curt. 8, 1, 5; so id. 8, 4, 6:agmina Diductis solvere choris,
Verg. A. 5, 581:solvit maniplos,
Juv. 8, 154:solvuntur laudata cohors,
Stat. Achill. 2, 167.—Hence, to separate armies engaged in battle:commissas acies ego possum solvere,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 59.—Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:(γ).convivio soluto,
Liv. 40, 14 fin.:convivium solvit,
Curt. 8, 5, 24; 8, 6, 16:Quid cessas convivia solvere?
Ov. F. 6, 675:coetuque soluto Discedunt,
id. M. 13, 898.—Hence, urbem (Capuam) solutam ac debilitatam reliquerunt, disfranchised, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:3.(discant) versus primo solvere, mox mutatis verbis interpretari,
Quint. 1, 9, 2:quod cuique visum erit vehementer, dulciter, speciose dictum, solvat ac turbet,
id. 9, 4, 14:ut partes orationis sibi soluto versu desideret et pedum proprietates,
id. 1, 8, 13:non, ut si solvas Postquam discordia tetra, etc., invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 60.—Implying a change for the worse.a.To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):b.Hannibalem hiberna solverunt,
Sen. Ep. 51, 5:usque eo nimio delicati animi languore solvuntur,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 6:infantiam statim deliciis solvimus,
Quint. 1, 2, 6:solutus luxu,
id. 3, 8, 28; so Tac. A. 11, 31.—With in and acc.:soluti in luxum,
Tac. H. 2, 99:in lasciviam,
id. ib. 3, 38.— Transf.: versum solvere, to deprive a verse of its proper rhythm:si quinque continuos dactylos confundas solveris versum,
Quint. 9, 4, 49.—To make torpid by removing sensation.(α).To relax, benumb the limbs or body;(β).as by narcotics, terror, sickness, exhaustion: multaque praeterea languentia membra per artus solvunt,
Lucr. 6, 798:ima Solvuntur latera,
Verg. G. 3, 523:solvi debilitate corporis,
paralyzed, Val. Max. 1, 7, 4:ut soluto labitur moriens gradu,
Sen. Hippol. 368.—In mal. part., Hor. Epod. 12, 8; cf. Verg. G. 3, 523.— Poet.:illum aget, penna metuente solvi, Fama superstes,
Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.—Of the mind:segnitia (oratoris) solvit animos,
wearies, Quint. 11, 3, 52:mentes solvere,
to make insane, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25.—By frost ( poet.):(γ).solvuntur illi frigore membra,
Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—By sleep ( poet. for sopio):(δ).homines volucresque ferasque Solverat alta quies,
Ov. M. 7, 186:corpora somnus Solverat,
id. ib. 10, 369:molli languore solutus,
id. ib. 11, 648;11, 612: altoque sopore solutum,
id. ib. 8, 817:somno vinoque solutos,
id. F. 2, 333; Verg. A. 9, 236:ut membra solvit sopor,
id. ib. 12, 867:non solvit pectora somnus,
Sen. Agam. 76.—With in:solvitur in somnos,
Verg. A. 4, 530.— Transf., of the sea:aequor longa ventorum pace solutum,
lulled to sleep, Stat. Th. 3, 255.—By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):4.ipse deus, simulatque volam, me solvet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78:corporibus quae senectus solvit,
Curt. 89, 32 (cf. A. 4. supra):(corpus) quam nullo negotio solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 2:alius inter cenandum solutus est,
id. Ep. 66, 43:ubicumque arietaveris, solveris,
id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:me fata maturo exitu facilique solvant,
Sen. Troad. 605:solvi inedia,
Petr. 111:sic morte quasi somno soluta est,
Flor. 2, 21, 11.—Hence,Of logical dissolution, to refute:b.non tradit Epicurus quomodo captiosa solvantur,
how fallacies are refuted, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22:argumentum solvere,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:solutum scies quod nobis opponitur,
Sen. Const. 12, 3.—To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:II. A.deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,
Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.In a corporeal sense.1.In gen., to loose (weaker than rumpo;2.post-Aug.): effringere quam aperire, rumpere quam solvere putant robustius,
Quint. 2, 12, 1:qua convulsa tota operis colligatio solveretur,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:supera compage soluta,
Stat. Th. 8, 31.—To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:3.nullo solvente catenas,
Ov. M. 3, 700: vincla jugis boum, Tib. 2, 1, 7:solvere frenum,
Phaedr. 1, 2, 3:loris solutis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 41.— Transf., of prisons:qui, solutis ergastulis, exercitus numerum implevit,
Liv. Ep. 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 13; 11, 13, 2.—Of frost:gelu solvitur,
it thaws, Tac. H. 1, 79:solvitur acris hiems,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 1.—Of clouds:facit igitur ventum resoluta nubes, quae plurimis modis solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, 5; 5, 12, 1.—Of the grasp of hands, fingers, etc.:Aeacides a corpore bracchia solvit,
looses his hold, Ov. M. 11, 246:indigno non solvit bracchia collo,
Stat. Th. 5, 217:digitis solutis abjecit jaculum,
id. ib. 8, 585.—To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:B.solve vidulum ergo,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 98:eam solve cistulam,
id. Am. 2, 2, 151:solve zonam,
untie, id. Truc. 5, 62:solvisse jugalem ceston fertur,
Stat. Th. 5, 62:animai nodos a corpore solvit,
Lucr. 2, 950:nihil interest quomodo (nodi) solvantur,
Curt. 3, 1, 18:quid boni est, nodos operose solvere, quos ipse ut solveres feceris?
Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:solvere nodum,
Stat. Th. 11, 646:laqueum quem nec solvere possis, nec abrumpere,
Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:vix solvi duros a pectore nexus,
Ov. M. 9, 58:fasciam solve,
Sen. Ep. 80, 10:solutis fasciis,
Curt. 7, 6, 5:solvi fasciculum,
Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2:crinales vittas,
Verg. A. 7, 403:Parmenion vinculum epistulae solvens,
Curt. 7, 2, 25:equum empturus solvi jubes stratum,
Sen. Ep. 80, 9:redimicula solvite collo,
Ov. F. 4, 135:corollas de fronte,
Prop. 1, 3, 21:solvere portas,
Stat. Th. 3, 492:munimina valli,
id. ib. 12, 10:ille pharetram Solvit,
Ov. M. 5, 380.— Transf., of the veins as enclosures of the blood:solutis ac patefactis venis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5:venam cultello solvere,
Col. 6, 14; cf.also: lychnis alvum solvit,
looses the bowels, Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; 21, 20, 83, § 140; Suet. Vesp. 24; Tac. A. 12, 67:ventrem,
Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.— Absol. (sc. alvum), Mart. 13, 29:stomachus solutus = venter solutus,
loose bowels, Petr. 117; Scrib. Comp. 92.—Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.1.Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).a.Of the mouth, etc., to open:b.talibus ora solvit verbis,
Ov. M. 15, 74; so id. ib. 1, 181; Tib. 4, 5, 14:ternis ululatibus ora Solvit,
Ov. M. 7, 191; 9, 427; id. Tr. 3, 11, 20; Stat. Achill. 1, 525:vix ora solvi patitur etiamnum timor,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 725; so,os promptius ac solutius,
Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.— Transf., of an abyss:hic ora solvit Ditis invisi domus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 664.—To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:c.si mors alterutrius interveniat, solvitur mandatum,
Gai. Inst. 3, 160:cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, societas solvitur,
id. ib. 3, 151; so id. ib. 3, 152:morte solvetur compromissum,
Dig. 4, 8, 27:soluto matrimonio,
ib. 24, 3, 2:solutum conjugium,
Juv. 9, 79:qui... conjugalia solvit,
Sen. Med. 144:nec conjugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus,
Ov. M. 11, 743:(sapiens) invitus beneficium per compensationem injuriae solvet,
cancel the obligation of a favor by the set-off of a wrong, Sen. Ep. 81, 17.—To efface guilt or wrong:d.magnis injuria poenis Solvitur,
Ov. F. 5, 304:solve nefas, dixit: solvit et ille nefas,
id. ib. 2, 44:culpa soluta mea est,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 10:neque tu verbis solves unquam quod mi re male feceris (i. e. injuriam),
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10.—Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;e.less freq. than poenam persolvere, exsolvere): serae, sed justae tamen et debitae poenae solutae sunt,
Cic. Mil. 31, 85:capite poenas solvit,
Sall. J. 69, 4:meritas poenas solventem,
Curt. 6, 3, 14:poenarum solvendi tempus,
Lucr. 5, 1224:nunc solvo poenas,
Sen. Phoen. 172:hac manu poenas tibi solvam,
id. Hippol. 1177.—To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:f.atque animi curas e pectore solvat,
Lucr. 4, 908:curam metumque juvat Dulci Lyaeo solvere,
Hor. Epod. 9, 38:patrimonii cura solvatur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. §2: Pyrrhus impetus sui terrore soluto,
Val. Max. 4, 3, 14:solvite corde metum,
Verg. A. 1, 562; so id. ib. 9, 90:solve metus animo,
Stat. Th. 2, 356:solvi pericula et metus narrant,
Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140: neque adhuc Stheneleius iras Solverat Eurystheus, [p. 1727] Ov. M. 9, 274:hoc uno solvitur ira modo,
id. A. A. 2, 460:solvitque pudorem,
Verg. A. 4, 55.—Of sleep:g.quasi clamore solutus Sit sopor,
Ov. M. 3, 6, 30:nec verba, nec herbae audebunt longae somnum tibi solvere Lethes,
Luc. 6, 768; cf.:lassitudinem solvere,
Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143. —Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.(α).To raise a siege:(β).solutam cernebat obsidionem,
Liv. 36, 10, 14:soluta obsidione,
id. 36, 31, 7:ad Locrorum solvendam obsidionem,
id. 27, 28, 17; cf. id. 37, 7, 7; 38, 5, 6; 42, 56 init.; 44, 13, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1; Tac. A. 4, 24; 4, 73; Just. 9, 2, 10.—Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:(γ).cujus si talis animus est, solvamus nos ejus vincula, et claustra (i. e. irae) refringamus,
Liv. 36, 7, 13.—To overthrow, subvert a higher authority, etc.:h.quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia corruperat,
Sall. J. 39, 5:imperia solvit qui tacet, jussus loqui,
Sen. Oedip. 525:sonipedes imperia solvunt,
id. Hippol. 1084; cf.:sanctitas fori ludis solvitur,
Quint. 11, 3, 58.—Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:2.solvendarum legum id principium esse censebant (post-Aug. for dissolvendarum),
Curt. 10, 2, 5:solutae a se legis monitus,
Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:cum plus quam ducentorum annorum morem solveremus,
Liv. 8, 4, 7:(Tarquinius) morem de omnibus senatum consulendi solvit,
id. 1, 49, 7:oportebat istum morem solvi,
Curt. 8, 8, 18.—Esp. with acc. of the bond, etc. (taking the place of the constr. I. B. 1. 2. 3. supra, when the abl. of separation is not admissible).a.To subvert discipline:b.disciplinam militarem solvisti,
Liv. 8, 7, 16:luxuria solutam disciplinam militarem esse,
id. 40, 1, 4:quod cum, ne disciplina solveretur, fecisset,
Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:c.nobilitas factione magis pollebat, plebis vis soluta atque dispersa,
Sall. J. 41, 6:patrios nervos externarum deliciarum contagione solvi et hebetari noluerunt,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:vires solvere,
Quint. 9, 4, 7:vis illa dicendi solvitur, et frigescit affectus,
Quint. 11, 3, 133.—Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:d.segnes nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 22;similarly: solvit (ille deus) amicos,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 5; so id. 2, 15 (3, 7), 26:hoc firmos solvit amores,
Ov. A. A. 2, 385:amores cantibus et herbis solvere,
Tib. 1, 2, 60.—Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:e.vitex dicitur febres solvere,
Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 60:solvit jejunia granis,
Ov. F. 4, 607:quoniam jejunia virgo Solverat,
id. M. 5, 535; cf. Luc. 3, 282; so,famem,
Sen. Thyest. 64.—To delay:f.hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,
Sen. Troad. 1131.—Of darkness, to dispel:g.lux solverat umbras,
Stat. Th. 10, 390.—Of war, strife, etc., to compose, settle:h.aut solve bellum, mater, aut prima excipe,
Sen. Phoen. 406:electus formae certamina solvere pastor,
Stat. Achill. 2, 337:jurgia solvere,
Manil. 3, 115:contradictiones solvere,
Quint. 7, 1, 38.—Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:3.quia quaestionem solvere non posset,
Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 3:aenigmata,
Quint. 8, 6, 53:omnes solvere posse quaestiones,
Suet. Gram. 11:haec ipsa, quae volvuntur ab illis, solvere malim et expandere,
Sen. Ep. 82, 20; id. Q. N. 7, 14, 1:unum tantum hoc solvendum est,
that one question, id. ib. 1, 7, 3:puta nunc me istuc non posse solvere,
id. Ep. 48, 6:carmina non intellecta Solverat,
Ov. M. 7, 760:triste carmen alitis solvi ferae,
Sen. Oedip. 102:nodos juris,
Juv. 8, 50:proponere aliquid quod solvat quaestionem,
Quint. 5, 10, 96:plurimas quaestiones illis probationibus solvi solere,
id. 1, 10, 49:quo solvitur quaestio supra tractata,
id. 3, 7, 3:ambiguitatem or amphiboliam,
id. 7, 2, 49; 7, 9, 10.—In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.a.To pay.(α).Originally, rem solvere, to free one's property and person (rem familiarem) from debts (solutio per aes et libram), according to the ancient formula:(β).quod ego tibi tot millibus condemnatus sum, me eo nomine... a te solvo liberoque hoc aere aeneaque libra,
Gai. Inst. 3, 174 Huschke; cf.:inde rem creditori palam populo solvit (i. e. per aes et libram),
Liv. 6, 14, 5:quas res dari, fieri, solvi oportuit,
id. 1, 32, 11. —Hence, rem solvere, to pay; often with dat. of person:pro vectura rem solvit?
paid the freight, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 27:ubi nugivendis res soluta'st omnibus,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 51:tibi res soluta est recte,
id. Curc. 4, 3, 21:ego quidem pro istac rem solvo ab tarpessita meo,
id. ib. 5, 2, 20:rem solvo omnibus quibus dehibeo,
id. ib. 5, 3, 45:dum te strenuas, res erit soluta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 35:res soluta'st, Gripe, ego habeo,
id. Rud. 5, 3, 57.— Trop.: saepe edunt (aves);semel si captae sunt, rem solvont aucupi,
they repay him, pay for his expenses, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66.—And to pay by other things than money:si tergo res solvonda'st,
by a whipping, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:habent hunc morem ut pugnis rem solvant si quis poscat clarius,
id. Curc. 3, 9:tibi quidem copia'st, dum lingua vivet, qui rem solvas omnibus,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 74.—Hence,Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:(γ).cujus bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt,
Cic. Fl. 18, 43:ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis,
id. ib. 20, 46:misimus qui pro vectura solveret,
id. Att. 1, 3, 2:qui nimis cito cupit solvere, invitus debet,
Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 5:ut creditori solvat,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 7.— Pass. impers.:si dare vis mihi, Magis solutum erit quam ipsi dederis,
it will be a more valid payment, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 46:numquam vehementius actum est quam me consule, ne solveretur,
to stop payments, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:fraudandi spe sublata solvendi necessitas consecuta est,
id. ib. 2, 24, 84:cum eo ipso quod necesse erat solvi, facultas solvendi impediretur,
Liv. 6, 34, 1.—Cf. in the two senses, to free from debt, and to pay, in the same sentence:non succurrere vis illi, sed solvere. Qui sic properat, ipse solvi vult, non solvere,
Sen. Ben. 6, 27, 1.—With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:(δ).postquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas,
settled, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:solverat Castricio pecuniam jam diu debitam,
id. Fl. 23, 54:ex qua (pensione) major pars est ei soluta,
id. Att. 16, 2, 1:solvi aes alienum Pompejus ex suo fisco jussit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 11:aes alienum solvere,
Sen. Ep. 36, 5:quae jactatio est, solvisse quod debebas?
id. Ben. 4, 17, 1; so,debitum solvere,
id. ib. 6, 30, 2:ne pecunias creditas solverent,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:ut creditae pecuniae solvantur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 20; 3, 1:ex thensauris Gallicis creditum solvi posse,
Liv. 6, 15, 5:ita bona veneant ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46.—And of moral debts:cum patriae quod debes solveris,
Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:debet vero, solvitque praeclare,
id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:aliter beneficium, aliter creditum solvitur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1:qui grate beneficium accipit, primam ejus pensionem solvit,
id. ib. 2, 22 fin. —By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:(ε).emi: pecuniam solvi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 43:pro frumento nihil solvit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §169: legatis pecuniam pro frumento solvit,
Liv. 44, 16:hanc pecuniam cum solvere in praesenti non posset,
Nep. Milt. 7, 6:nisi pecuniam solvisset,
id. Cim. 1, 1:condiciones pacis dictae ut decem millia talentum argenti... solverent,
Liv. 30, 37 med.:pro quo (frumento) pretium solveret populus Romanus,
id. 36, 3, 1:pretium servorum ex aerario solutum est dominis,
id. 32, 26, 14:pretium pro libris domino esse solvendum,
id. 40, 39 fin.:meritam mercedem,
id. 8, 22, 3; so id. 8, 11, 4: sorte creditum solvere, by paying the principal (i. e. without interest), id. 6, 36, 12:quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur,
Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:stipendium,
Liv. 28, 32, 1:dotem mulieri,
Dig. 24, 3, 2:litem aestimatam,
the amount of a fine, Nep. Cim. 5, 18 fin.:arbitria funeris,
the expenses of the funeral, Cic. Red. Sen. 7, 18:solvere dodrantem,
to pay seventy-five per cent., Mart. 8, 9, 1:dona puer solvit,
paid the promised gifts, Ov. M. 9, 794; so,munera,
id. ib. 11, 104.— Transf., of the dedication of a book, in return for favors:et exspectabo ea (munera) quae polliceris, et erunt mihi pergrata si solveris... Non solvam nisi prius a te cavero, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 4, 17 sq. —Of the delivery of slaves:si quis duos homines promise rit et Stichum solverit,
Dig. 46, 3, 67; 46, 3, 38, § 3.— Transf., poet.: dolorem solvisti, you have paid your grief, i. e. have duly mourned, Stat. S. 2, 6, 98.— Pass. with personal subject:si (actor) solutus fuisset,
Dig. 12, 1, 31 (cf.: solvere militem, b supra). —Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:b.aliquid praesens solvere,
to pay in cash, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; so,aliquid de praesentibus solvere,
Sen. Ep. 97, 16:solvere grates (= referre gratiam muneribus): Sulla solvit grates Dianae,
Vell. 2, 25:quas solvere grates sufficiam?
Stat. S. 4, 2, 7: cum homo avarus, ut ea (beneficia) solveret sibi imperare non posset, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; cf.: non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit;nullum nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum,
Sen. Ep. 81, 9; but v. id. Ben. 2, 18, 5: in debitum solvere, to make a partial payment:unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,
id. Ep. 7, 10: aliquid solvere ab aliquo (de aliqua re), to pay out of funds supplied by any one ( out of any fund):Quintus laborat ut tibi quod debet ab Egnatio solvat,
Cic. Att. 7, 18, 4:homines dicere, se a me solvere,
id. ib. 5, 21, 11:(summa) erat solvenda de meo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:operas solvere alicui,
to work for somebody, Dig. 40, 7, 39: solvo operam Dianae, I work for Diana, i. e. offer a sacrifice to her, Afran. ap. Non. 12, 21: judicatum solvere, to pay the amount adjudged by the court, for which security (satisdatio) was required:stipulatio quae appellatur judicatum solvi,
Gai. Inst. 4, 90:iste postulat ut procurator judicatum solvi satisdaret,
Cic. Quint. 7, 29; so Dig. 3, 2, 28; 3, 3, 15; 2, 8, 8;2, 8, 14 et saep.: auctio solvendis nummis,
a cash auction, Mart. 14, 35.— Gerund.: solvendo esse, to be solvent; jurid. t. t., to be able to pay, i. e. one's debts; cf.in full: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno respublica esset,
Liv. 31, 13:nemo dubitat solvendo esse eum qui defenditur,
Dig. 50, 17, 105:qui modo solvendo sint,
Gai. Inst. 1, 3, 121:si solvendo sint,
Paul. Sent. 1, 20, 1:nec interest, solvendo sit, necne,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 5; so ib. 46, 1, 10; 46, 1, 27, § 2; 46, 1, 51, §§ 1 and 4; 46, 1, 52, § 1; 46, 1, 28; 50, 17, 198 et saep.: non solvendo esse, to be insolvent:solvendo non erat,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:cum solvendo civitates non essent,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:tu nec solvendo eras, nec, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:ne videatur non fuisse solvendo,
id. Off. 2, 22, 79;and very freq. in the jurists.—So, trop.: quid matri, quid flebili patriae dabis? Solvendo non es,
Sen. Oedip. 941; cf.:*non esse ad solvendum (i. e. able to pay),
Vitr. 10, 6 fin. —To fulfil the duty of burial.(α).Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:(β).qui nondum omnia paterno funeri justa solvisset,
who had not yet finished the burial ceremonies of his father, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:justis defunctorum corporibus solutis,
Curt. 3, 12, 15:proinde corpori quam primum justa solvamus,
id. 10, 6, 7:ut justa soluta Remo,
Ov. F. 5, 452:nunc justa nato solve,
Sen. Hippol. 1245.—Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:c.exsequiis rite solutis,
Verg. A. 7, 5:cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,
Sen. Hippol. 1198:solvere suprema militibus,
Tac. A. 1, 61.—Votum solvere, to fulfil a vow to the gods.(α).Alone:(β).vota ea quae numquam solveret nuncupavit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11:quod si factum esset, votum rite solvi non posse,
Liv. 31, 9 fin.:liberare et se et rempublicam religione votis solvendis,
id. 40, 44, 8:placatis diis votis rite solvendis,
id. 36, 37 fin.:petiit ut votum sibi solvere liceret,
id. 45, 44:animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum,
Sen. Ep. 73, 5:vota pro incolumitate solvebantur,
Tac. A. 2, 69:vota pater solvit,
Ov. M. 9, 707:ne votum solvat,
Mart. 12, 91, 6; 8, 4, 2; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.; 1, 1, 8 ext. — Poet.:voti debita solvere,
Ov. F. 5, 596; cf.the abbrev. formula V. S. L. M. (voTVM SOLVIT LIBENS MERITO),
Inscr. Orell. 186; 1296 sq.:V.S.A.L. (ANIMO LIBENTI),
ib. 2022 et saep.:sacra solvere (=votum solvere),
Manil. 1, 427.—With dat.:d.ait sese Veneri velle votum solvere,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 60:vota Jovi solvo,
Ov. M. 7, 652; 8, 153:sunt vota soluta deae,
id. F. 6, 248:dis vota solvis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 4:libamenta Veneri solvere (=votum per libamenta),
Just. 18, 5, 4.—Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:e.fidem obligatam liberare,
Suet. Claud. 9):illi, ut fidem solverent, clipeis obruere,
Flor. 1, 1, 12;similarly: et voti solverat ille fidem (=votum solverat),
Ov. F. 1, 642; but cf.: itane imprudens? tandem inventa'st causa: solvisti fidem, you have found a pretext to evade your promise (cf. II. A. 3.), Ter. And. 4, 1, 18: esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, by my death your promise to marry me would have been cancelled (cf. II. B. 1. 6.), Ov. H. 10, 78; similarly: suam fidem (i. e. quam Lepido habuerit) solutam esse, that his faith in Lepidus was broken, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3.—With a different construction: se depositi fide solvere, to acquit one's self of the duty to return property intrusted to him (cf. I. B. 1. c.), Val. Max. 7, 3, 5 ext.: factique fide data munera solvit, he freed the gift already given from the obligation of an accomplished fact, i. e. he revoked the gifts, although already made, Ov. M. 11, 135.—Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):A.perinde quasi promissum solvens,
Val. Max. 9, 6, 1:solvitur quod cuique promissum est,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 20 fin.;similarly: solutum, quod juraverant, rebantur,
what they had promised under oath, Liv. 24, 18, 5.—Hence, sŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged.Lit.1.(Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:2.tibi moram facis quom ego solutus sto,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 25:reus solutus causam dicis, testes vinctos attines,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 63:cum eos vinciret quos secum habebat, te solutum Romam mittebat?
Cic. Deiot. 7, 22:nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,
unbandaged, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem jussit,
Liv. 27, 51:eum interdiu solutum custodes sequebantur, nocte clausum asservabant,
id. 24, 45, 10:non efficiatis ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 3.—(Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;3.postAug.): quo solutior terra facilius pateat radicibus,
Sen. Ep. 90, 21;ordeum nisi solutum et siccum locum non patitur,
Col. 2, 9:soluta et facilis terra,
id. 3, 14;solum solutum vel spissum,
id. 2, 2 init.;seri vult raphanus terra soluta, umida,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83:hordeum seri non vult, nisi in sicca et soluta terra,
id. 18, 7, 18, § 79:solutiores ripae,
Front. Aquaed. 15.—Of plants:mas spissior, femina solutior,
Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103.—Hence, subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., a state of looseness:dum vult describere, quem ad modum alia torqueantur fila, alia ex molli solutoque ducantur,
Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—(Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:B.turbo, quo celsior eo solutior laxiorque est, et ob hoc diffunditur,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 9, 3:aer agitatus a sole calefactusque solutior est,
id. ib. 1, 2, 10:debet aer nec tam spissus esse, nec tam tenuis et solutus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 2, 11.—Trop.1.(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:2.(orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,
Cic. Or. 47, 173:verbis solutus satis,
id. ib. 47, 174:solutissimus in dicendo,
id. ib. 48, 180.—Exempt, free from duties, obligations, etc.:3.quam ob rem viderer maximis beneficii vinculis obstrictus, cum liber essem et solutus?
Cic. Planc. 30, 72:soluta (praedia) meliore in causa sunt quam obligata,
unmortgaged, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:si reddidi (debitum), solutus sum ac liber,
Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 5;non ut gratus, sed ut solutus sim,
id. ib. 4, 21, 3;solutus omni fenore,
Hor. Epod. 2, 4;nam ea (religione) magister equitum solutus ac liber potuerit esse,
Liv. 8, 32, 5:Mamertini soli in omni orbe terrarum vacui, expertes soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—Free from punishment, not punishable, not liable, etc.: qui mancipia vendunt, certiores faciunt emptores quis fugitivus sit, noxave solutus, Edict. Aedil. ap. Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 1; Gell. 4, 2, 1; cf.:4.quod aiunt aediles noxae solutus non sit sic intellegendum est... noxali judicio subjectum non esse,
Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17:apud quos libido etiam permissam habet et solutam licentiam,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum,
i. e. let the crimes then committed be unpunished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: antea vacuum id solutumque poena fuerat, Tac. A. 14, 28.—With subj. inf.:maxime solutum fuit, prodere de iis, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 35: solutum existimatur esse, alteri male dicere, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3.—Free from cares, undistracted:5.animo soluto liberoque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,
id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 82.—At leisure, free from labor, business, etc.:6.te rogo ut eum solutum, liberum, confectis ejus negotiis a te, quamprimum ad me remittas,
Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,
id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:7.quam homines soluti ridere non desinant, tristiores autem, etc.,
Cic. Dom. 39, 104:an tu existimas quemquam soluto vultu et hilari oculo mortem contemnere?
Sen. Ep. 23, 4:vultus,
Stat. Th. 5, 355:(mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,
unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:8.cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,
Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,
Liv. 29, 1 fin.:Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,
Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:incerti, solutique, et magis sine domino quam in libertate, Vononem in regnum accipiunt,
Tac. A. 2, 4:quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,
Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:rectore solutos (solis) equos,
Stat. Th. 1, 219.—Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:9.nec vero deus ipse alio modo intellegi potest, nisi mens soluta quaedam et libera,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;cum animi sine ratione motu ipsi suo soluto ac libero incitarentur,
id. Div. 1, 2, 4:judicio senatus soluto et libero,
id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,
id. Att. 1, 13, 2:libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,
id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:si omnia mihi essent solutissima, tamen in re publica non alius essem atque nunc sum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,
uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:10.amores soluti et liberi,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:licentia,
id. ib. 4, 4, 4:populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,
id. ib. 1, 34, 53:quis erat qui sibi solutam P. Clodii praeturam sine maximo metu proponeret? Solutam autem fore videbatis, nisi esset is consul qui eam auderet possetque constringere,
id. Mil. 13, 34:quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,
Liv. 27, 31 fin.:adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,
id. 2, 1, 2:solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,
a licentious life, Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,
Suet. Aug. 44:mores soluti,
licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—Regardless of rules, careless, loose:11.orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,
Cic. Brut. 62, 225:dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,
Tac. A. 16, 18.—Esp., of style, etc., free from rules of composition.(α).Oratio soluta, verba soluta, a free style, conversational or epistolary style:(β).est oratio aliqua vincta atque contexta, soluta alia, qualis in sermone et epistulis,
Quint. 9, 4, 19; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 69; 9, 4, 77.—More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);(γ).in full: scribere conabar verba soluta modis, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 24: quod (Isocrates) verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxerit,
Cic. Or. 52, 174:mollis est enim oratio philosophorum... nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius,
id. ib. 19, 64; 71, 234;68, 228: si omnes soluta oratione scripserunt,
Varr. R. R. 4, 1; de heisce rebus treis libros ad te mittere institui;de oratione soluta duos, de poetica unum,
id. L. L. 6, 11 fin.:ut in soluta oratione, sic in poemateis,
id. ib. 7, 1:primus (Isocrates) intellexit. etiam in soluta oratione, dum versum effugeres modum et numerum quemdam debere servari,
Cic. Brut. 8, 32:Aristoteles judicat heroum numerum grandiorem quam desideret soluta oratio,
id. Or. 57, 192:et creticus et paeon quam commodissume putatur in solutam orationem illigari,
id. ib. 64, 215:a modis quibusdam, cantu remoto, soluta esse videatur oratio,
id. ib. 55, 183; 55, 184; id. de Or. 3, 48, 184: historia est quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31.—Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:(δ).ut verba neque inligata sint, quasi... versus, neque ita soluta ut vagentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 176; 3, 48, 186:nec vero haec (Callidii verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris,
id. Brut. 79, 274:orator sic illigat sententiam verbis ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,
id. de Or. 3, 44, 175; but: verba soluta suis figuris, words freed from their proper meaning, i.e. metaphors, Manil. 1, 24.—Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:12.soluta oratio, et e singulis non membris, sed frustis, collata, structura caret,
Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 9, 4, 69:solutiora componere,
id. 10, 4, 1; 9, 4, 15.—Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):13.sinum togae in dextrum umerum reicere, solutum ac delicatum est,
Quint. 11, 3, 146.—Undisciplined, disorderly:14.omnia soluta apud hostes esse,
Liv. 8, 30, 3:nihil temeritate solutum,
Tac. A. 13, 40:apud Achaeos neglecta omnia ac soluta fuere,
Just. 34, 2, 2.—Lax, remiss, weak:C.mea lenitas adhuc si cui solutior visa erat,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:Ciceronem male audivisse, tamquam solutum et enervem,
Tac. Or. 18:soluti ac fluentes,
Quint. 1, 2, 8.—Hence:solutum genus orationis,
a lifeless, dull style, Val. Max. 8, 10, 3:quanto longius abscederent, eo solutiore cura,
laxer attention, Liv. 3, 8, 8.—(Acc. to II. B. 3. e supra.) Paid, discharged, only as subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., that which is paid, a discharged debt, in certain phrases:1.aliquid in solutum dare,
to give something in payment, Dig. 46, 3, 45; 46, 3, 46; 46, 3, 60: in solutum accipere, to accept in payment:qui voluntatem bonam in solutum accipit,
Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 4:qui rem in solutum accipit,
Dig. 42, 4, 15; 12, 1, 19;in solutum imputare,
to charge as payment, Sen. Ep. 8, 10; aliquid pro soluto est, is considered as paid or cancelled:pro soluto id in quo creditor accipiendo moram fecit, oportet esse,
Dig. 46, 3, 72: pro soluto usucapere, to acquire by prescription something given in payment by the debtor, but not belonging to him:pro soluto usucapit qui rem debiti causa recepit,
Dig. 41, 3, 46.— Adv.: sŏlūtē.Thinly:2.corpora diffusa solute,
Lucr. 4, 53.—Of speech, fluently:3. 4.non refert videre quid dicendum est, nisi id queas solute ac suaviter dicere,
Cic. Brut. 29, 110:ita facile soluteque volvebat sententias,
id. ib. 81, 280:quid ipse compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, solutius promptiusque eloquebatur,
Tac. A. 4, 31.—Freely, without restraint:5. 6.generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,
i. e. without strictly regarding the letter of the law, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—Of manners and discipline, disorderly, negligently:7.praecipue sub imperio Cn. Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt (exercitus),
Liv. 39, 1, 4:in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes,
id. 23, 37, 6.—Weakly, tamely, without vigor:8.quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,
Cic. Brut. 80, 277.—Of morals, loosely, without restraint:ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,
Tac. A. 13, 47. -
99 solvo
solvo, solvi, solutum, 3, v. a. ( perf. soluit, trisyll., Cat. 2, 13:I. A.soluisse,
Tib. 4, 5, 16) [for se-luo; cf. socors for se-cords], to loosen an object from any thing, to release or to loose, remove any thing which binds or restrains another.In a corporeal sense.1.Outwardly, to release.a.From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:b.solvite istas,
i. e. from fetters, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 64:solvite istum,
id. Mil. 5, 32:numquam, nisi me orassis, solves,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 62:jube solvi (eum),
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52:ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:ut vincti solvantur,
id. ib. 2, 5, 6, §12: qui in compedibus corporis semper fuerunt, etiam cum soluti sunt, tardius ingrediuntur,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:ita nexi soluti (sunt),
Liv. 8, 28, 9:solvite me, pueri,
Verg. E. 6, 24:fore ut brevi solveretur,
Suet. Vesp. 5; id. Tib. 65; id. Vit. 12.—With abl.:canis solutus catena,
Phaedr. 3, 7, 20. — Transf., from the fetter of frost:solutis amnibus (i. e. frigoris vinculo),
Stat. Th. 5, 15:terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 10.—From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:c.solverat sol equos,
unhitched, Stat. Th. 3, 407: currum solvere (i. e. ab equis, poet. for equos a curru), Sen. Thyest. 794: solvere epistulam, i. e. from the string by which it was tied (= to open), Nep. Hann. 11, 3:et tibi sollicita solvitur illa (epistula) manu,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:et jacet in gremio charta soluta meo,
id. H. 11, 4:praecepit suis ne sarcinas solverent, aut onera deponerent,
Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3.—So of garments and sails, to unfurl, unfold: cum tunica soluta inambularet, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 26:soluta toga,
Quint. 11, 3, 147:vela solvere,
Verg. A. 4, 574.—From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:d.Caucasia solvet de rupe Promethei bracchia,
Prop. 2, 1, 69:fraxinus solvitur,
from the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 498:ceciditque soluta pinus,
id. ib. 9, 409; cf.:pinus radice soluta, deficit,
id. S. 5, 1, 152:solutis radicibus arbusta procumbunt,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 5:accepi epistulam quam, ut scribis, ancora soluta de phaselo dedisti, i. e. a litore,
detached, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 B. and K. (al. sublata;but soluta is perh. an error of Cic. in the use of a technical term, v Orell. ad loc.).—In the same sense: solvere retinacula classis,
Ov. M. 15, 696; 8, 102:querno solvunt de stipite funem,
id. F. 4, 333:fune soluto Currit in immensum carina,
id. Am. 2, 11, 23:curvo solves viscera cultro (i. e. de corpore ferarum),
Sen. Hippol. 53.—Of rain disengaged from the clouds:imber caelesti nube solutus,
Ov. A. A. 2, 237: (Lunam) imperfecta vi solvere tantum umorem, disengage only the moisture, i. e. from the earth:cum solis radii absumant,
Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45:solutum a latere pugionem,
detached from his side, Suet. Vit. 15.—Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.(α).With acc. alone:(β).eisce confectis navem solvimus,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 91:navim cupimus solvere,
id. Mil. 4, 7, 17:naves solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 36; 5, 8; id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 14; 3, 26;3, 102: primis tenebris solvit navem,
Liv. 45, 6:postero die solvere naves (jussi),
id. 29, 25 fin.; Nep. Hann. 8, 2:classem solvere,
Liv. 45, 41; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 23.—With ab and abl.:(γ).navis a terra solverunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 101:quinto inde die quam ab Corintho solverit naves,
Liv. 31, 7 med.:solvunt a litore puppes,
Luc. 2, 649.—With ex and abl.:(δ).nam noctu hac soluta est navis nostra e portu Persico,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259:interea e portu nostra navis solvitur,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 54.—With abl.:(ε).complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:portu solventibus,
id. Mur. 2, 4.—Absol. (sc. navem or naves):(ζ).tertia fere vigilia solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 23:nos eo die cenati solvimus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:altero die quam a Brundusio solvit,
Liv. 31, 14 init.:qui inde solverant,
Val. Max. 1, 7, 3:solvi mare languido,
Sen. Ep. 53, 1:fortasse etiam ventis minantibus solves,
id. Ben. 2, 35, 5:non eadem est his et illis causa solvendi,
making sea-voyages, id. Q. N. 5, 18, 16.—With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):(η).naves XVIII. ex superiore portu solverunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 28; and by another change of construction: solvimus oram, we freed the shore, i.e. from the ship, Quint. 4, 2, 41; id. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—Poet. usages:e.de litore puppis solvit iter,
clears the voyage, Stat. S. 5, 1, 243:nec tibi Tyrrhena solvatur funis harena,
Prop. 1, 8, 11 (cf.: retinacula solvere, c. supra).—Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):2.tempore eo quo menstrua solvit,
Lucr. 6, 706:cruor solvitur,
Stat. Th. 9, 530:lacrimas solvere,
id. Achill. 2, 256:solutis lacrimis,
Claud. Ruf. 2, 258; so,partus solvere,
to bear, bring forth, be delivered of offspring, Ov. F. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 5, 461; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 33; 32, 1, 1, § 6.—To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.a.In gen.:b.omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Fin. 11.—Of structures ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):c.solvere naves et rursus conjungere,
Curt. 8, 10, 3:solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:dubitavit an solveret pontem,
Curt. 4, 16, 8:solvere pontem,
Tac. A. 1, 69:si pons solutus sit,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 7:solutus pons tempestatibus,
Just. 2, 13, 9:currum (solis) solutum,
Manil. 1, 740.—Of woven stuff:d.solvens texta,
Prop. 2, 9, 6.—Of mountains:e.utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),
Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:tridente Neptunus montem solvit,
id. Agam. 553.—Of the neck:f.soluta cervix silicis impulsu,
broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—Of a comet:g.momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—Of the hair, to loosen, untie, let fall:h.solve capillos,
Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:crinem,
id. A. A. 3, 784; id. M. 11, 682; 13, 584; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 46:comas casside,
Ov. F. 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 854.—Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;3.post-Aug.): ita in terrae corpore evenit ut partes ejus vetustate solvantur, solutae cadant,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 10, 2:ubi montis latus nova ventis solvit hiems,
Stat. Th. 7, 745. —To dissolve; pass., to be dissolved, changed, to pass over into ( poet. and postclass. for dissolvere, or transire in); constr. absol., or with in and acc.(α).Of a change into air or gas:(β).calor mobiliter solvens, differt primordia vini,
dissolving, parts the molecules of the wine, Lucr. 6, 235:nam materiai copia ferretur per inane soluta,
id. 1, 1018; so id. 1, 1103:ita fatus in aera rursus solvitur,
Stat. Th. 5, 285;nec in aera solvi Passa, recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris,
Ov. M. 15, 845.—Into a liquid, to melt:(γ).saepe terra in tabem solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 7:terram quam diximus esse mutabilem et solvi in umorem,
id. ib. 3, 29, 4:nullum tellus se solvit in amnem,
Luc. 2, 408; ipsum in conubia terrae Aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo, dissolve into the embrace of the earth, i. e. change into rain, Stat. S. 1, 2, 186:ex Aethiopiae jugis solutas nives ad Nilum decurrere,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 17; so,nivem solvere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 2; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93; Sen. Herc. Oet. 729:rigor auri solvitur aestu,
Lucr. 1, 493:ferrum calidi solvant camini,
Manil. 4, 250:cerae igne solutae,
Ov. A. A. 2, 47:Iris cum vino triduo non solvitur,
Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:(herba) quinto die solvitur,
id. 26, 14, 88, § 148.—Of putrefaction:(δ).(vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,
Verg. G. 4, 302.—Of change in general:(ε).inque novas abiit massa soluta domos,
Ov. F. 1, 108:repentino crementur incendio, atque ex tanta varietate solvantur atque eant in unum omnia (sc. all the heavenly bodies),
Sen. Ben. 6, 22.—Of expansion by heat:(ζ). (η).(uva) cum modo frigoribus premitur, modo solvitur aestu,
Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—Solvi in, to pass into, become:4.in cacumine (herbae) capitula purpurea quae solvantur in lanugines,
Plin. 27, 8, 39, § 61.—Of a wave:donec in planitiem immotarum aquarum solvatur,
disappears in, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 2:postremi (equi) solvuntur in aequora pisces (= solvuntur in pisces),
Stat. Th. 2, 47: lumina in lacrimas solventur, stream with tears. —Hence, solvere, causative, to make pass over, to make vanish in: circulum in pulverem, in quo descriptus est, solvere, Sen. Ep. 74, 27: soluti agri, the boundaries of which are effaced, Sic. Fl. Cond. Agr. p. 3 Goes.—To consume, to destroy, dissolve:B.solvere orbes,
Manil. 1, 497:ni calor et ventus... interemant sensum diductaque solvant (i.e. sensum),
Lucr. 3, 287:(Cato) ferrei prope corporis animique, quem ne senectus quidem, quae solvit omnia, fregerit,
Liv. 39, 40, 11:si (cometae) sunt purus ignis... nec illos conversio mundi solvit,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 2, 2:(turbo) ab eo motu, qui universum trahit, solveretur,
id. ib. 7, 9, 4:tabes solvit corpora,
Luc. 6, 18; 7, 809:nec solum silvas, sed saxa ingentia solvit (ignis),
id. 3, 506:ne tegat functos humus, ne solvat ignis,
Sen. Thyest. 750.—So, vitam solvere, to extinguish life, esp. of gradual or easy death:solvas potius (vitam), quam abrumpas, dummodo, si alia solvendi ratio non erit, vel abrumpas,
Sen. Ep. 22, 3:hanc mihi solvite vitam,
Prop. 2, 9, 39.—Trop.1.To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.a.From the body, etc.:b.teque isto corpore solvo,
Verg. A. 4, 703:soluta corpore anima,
Quint. 5, 14, 13:qui solutas vinculis animas recipit,
Sen. Cons. 28, 8: si animus somno relaxatus solute (i. e. free from the shackles of the body) moveatur ac libere, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100:vocem solvere,
to set free the voice, to speak, Stat. S. 3, 1; Sen. Thyest. 682; so, responsa solve (pregn. = utter and disclose), Sen. Oedip. 292:suspiria solvit,
Stat. Th. 11, 604:solvat turba jocos,
Sen. Med. 114:solutos Qui captat risus hominum (= quem juvat risus hominum solvere),
Hor. S. 1, 4, 83:Ausonii... versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto,
unrestrained, free, Verg. G. 2, 386.—Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:c.linguam (Juno) ad jurgia solvit,
Ov. M. 3, 261:lingua devincta nec in motus varios soluta,
Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 7:ut quisque contemptissimus est, ita linguae solutissimae est,
id. Const. 11, 3:(fama) innumeras solvit in praeconia linguas,
Luc. 1, 472. —Solvere bracchia, poet., to unfetter the arms, i. e. to move them:magna difficili solventem bracchia motu,
Stat. Achill. 1, 604; cf.of the free motions of animals: columbae soluto volatu multum velociores,
unrestrained flight, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—From obligations and debts:d.solvit me debito,
Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:an nos debito solverit,
id. Ep. 81, 3:ut religione civitas solvatur,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 98; Liv. 7, 3, 9:te decem tauri... Me tener solvet vitulus (sc. religione),
Hor. C. 4, 2, 54.—So from a military oath:hoc si impetro, solvo vos jurejurando,
Just. 14, 4, 7.—Sacramento or militia solvere, to dismiss a soldier from service:sacramento solvi,
Tac. A. 16, 13:cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,
Dig. 49, 16, 13:militia solvere,
Tac. A. 1, 44.— Munere (publico) solvere, to exempt from public duties:ut Ilienses publico munere solverentur,
Tac. A. 12, 58.—With obj. inf.:ut manere solveretur,
that he should be excused from the duty of remaining, Tac. A. 3, 29.—From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):e.si ille huic (insidias fecerit), ut scelere solvamur,
be held guiltless, Cic. Mil. 12, 31:atque hunc ille summus vir scelere solutum periculo liberavit,
id. ib. 4, 9:sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei,
Ov. F. 6, 452:ipsum quoque Pelea Phoci Caede per Haemonias solvit Acastus aquas,
id. ib. 2, 40:Helenen ego crimine solvo,
id. A. A. 2, 371:quid crimine solvis Germanum?
Stat. Th. 11, 379:solutam caede Gradivus manum restituit armis,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1342. —From feelings, etc.:f.quae eos qui quaesissent cura et negotio solverent,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:cum ego vos solvi curis ceteris,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 33:senatus cura belli solutus,
Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 7:pectus linquunt cura solutum,
Lucr. 2, 45:his terroribus ab Epicuro soluti et in libertatem vindicati,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:soluti metu,
Liv. 41, 14 init.; 27, 51:solvent formidine terras,
Verg. E. 4, 14:solve metu patriam,
Prop. 4 (5), 6, 41:metu belli Scythas solvit,
Just. 9, 2, 2; so id. 14, 2, 5:haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 129:soluti a cupiditatibus,
Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27:his concitationibus quem vacuum, solutum, liberum videris,
id. Tusc. 5, 15, 43: et tu solve me dementia, [p. 1726] Hor. Epod. 17, 43:longo luctu,
Verg. A. 2, 26:tristem juventam solve (i. e. juventam tristitia),
Sen. Hippol. 450:solvite tantis animum monstris, solvite, superi,
id. Herc. Fur. 1063:Quis te solvere Thessalis Magus venenis poterit?
Hor. C. 1, 27, 21. — Poet.:solvit animis miracula (for animos miraculis),
the soul from superstition, Manil. 1, 103.—And of animals:rabie tigrim,
Manil. 5, 707.— Absol.:ut ad praecepta quae damus possit ire animus, solvendus est (i. e. perturbationibus),
Sen. Ep. 95, 38:calices, quem non fecere contracta in paupertate solutum?
i. e. from cares, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20:solvite animos,
Manil. 4, 12.—With in:vix haec in munera solvo animum,
i. e. free it from passions and so make it fit for these duties, Stat. S. 5, 3, 33.—From sleep, very rare:g.ego somno solutus sum,
awoke, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29 (cf.: somno solvi, to be overwhelmed by sleep, 2. b, g infra).—From labor, business, etc.:h.volucres videmus... solutas opere volitare,
Cic. Or. 2, 6, 23:solutus onere regio, regni bonis fruor,
Sen. Oedip. 685.— Poet.:Romulus excubias decrevit in otia solvi,
to be relieved from guard and enjoy leisure, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 79.—From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):k.frontem solvere disce,
Mart. 14, 183:saltem ora trucesque solve genas,
Stat. Th. 11, 373:solvit feros tunc ipse rictus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 797.— Poet.:solvatur fronte senectus = frons senectute (i. e. rugis), solvatur,
be cleared, Hor. Epod. 13, 5:vultum risu solvit,
relieves, Val. Max. 4, 3, 5:risum judicis movendo, et illos tristes affectus solvit, et animum renovat,
Quint. 6, 3, 1; so,solvere judicem,
unbend, excite his laughter, id. 11, 3, 3:solvere qui (potui) Curios Fabriciosque graves (sc. risu),
Mart. 9, 28 (29), 4:ut tamen arctum Solveret hospitiis animum,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 83:cujus non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae solvant?
Sen. Cons. Helv. 18, 5.— Transf., pregn.:solventur risu tabulae,
i. e. the austerity of the judge will be relaxed by laughter, and the complaint dismissed, Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.—Imitated:quia si aliquid omiserimus, cum risu quoque tota res solvitur,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—From any cause of restraint.(α).To release from siege:(β).Bassanitas obsidione solvere,
Liv. 44, 30:patriam obsidione solvere,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —From moral restraints:l.hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,
gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—From laws and rules: legibus solvere.(α).To exempt from laws, i. e. by privilege:(β).Vopiscus, qui ex aedilitate consulatum petit, solvatur legibus,
Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11:cur M. Brutus legibus est solutus, si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 13, 31:ut interea magistratus reliquos, legibus omnibus soluti, petere possetis,
id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:Lurco, tribunus plebis, solutus est (et lege Aelia et Furia),
id. Att. 1, 16, 13:solvatne legibus Scipionem,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:petente Flacco ut legibus solverentur,
Liv. 31, 50, 8:Scipio legibus solutus est,
id. Epit. 56:Licet enim, inquiunt, legibus soluti sumus, attamen legibus vivimus,
Just. Inst. 2, 17, 8; cf.:ut munere vigintiviratus solveretur,
Tac. A. 3, 29.— Transf., of the laws of nature, etc.:(aestus) illo tempore, solutus legibus, sine modo fertur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:solus (sapiens) generis humani legibus solvitur,
id. Brev. Vit. 15, 5:nec leti lege solutas,
Lucr. 3, 687:nec solvo Rutulos (i. e. legibus fati),
Verg. A. 10, 111.— With gen. (cf. libero), perh. only in phrase testamenti solvere, to release from a testamentary disposition:et is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solveret,
Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 53 (less prop. testamenti is taken as attribute of heredes); cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 175, and Hor. C. 3, 17, 16, P. a., B. 5. fin. infra.—Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:2. (α).reus Postumus est ea lege... solutus ac liber,
i. e. the law does not apply to him, Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 12:soluti (lege Julia) huc convenistis, ne constricti discedatis cavete,
id. ib. 7, 18.—Of other laws:solutus Legibus insanis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:quae sedes expectent animam solutam legibus servitutis humanae,
Sen. Ep. 65, 20.— Transf., of things: soluta legibus scelera sunt, unrestrained by the laws, i. e. crimes are committed with impunity, Sen. Ben. 7, 27, 1.— Of the laws of versification: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, referring to dithyrambic measures, Hor. C. 4, 2, 12 (cf. P. a., B. 11. infra).—Of troops, ranks, etc.:(β).ubi ordines procursando solvissent,
Liv. 42, 65, 8:incomposito agmine, solutis ordinibus,
Curt. 8, 1, 5; so id. 8, 4, 6:agmina Diductis solvere choris,
Verg. A. 5, 581:solvit maniplos,
Juv. 8, 154:solvuntur laudata cohors,
Stat. Achill. 2, 167.—Hence, to separate armies engaged in battle:commissas acies ego possum solvere,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 59.—Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:(γ).convivio soluto,
Liv. 40, 14 fin.:convivium solvit,
Curt. 8, 5, 24; 8, 6, 16:Quid cessas convivia solvere?
Ov. F. 6, 675:coetuque soluto Discedunt,
id. M. 13, 898.—Hence, urbem (Capuam) solutam ac debilitatam reliquerunt, disfranchised, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:3.(discant) versus primo solvere, mox mutatis verbis interpretari,
Quint. 1, 9, 2:quod cuique visum erit vehementer, dulciter, speciose dictum, solvat ac turbet,
id. 9, 4, 14:ut partes orationis sibi soluto versu desideret et pedum proprietates,
id. 1, 8, 13:non, ut si solvas Postquam discordia tetra, etc., invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 60.—Implying a change for the worse.a.To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):b.Hannibalem hiberna solverunt,
Sen. Ep. 51, 5:usque eo nimio delicati animi languore solvuntur,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 6:infantiam statim deliciis solvimus,
Quint. 1, 2, 6:solutus luxu,
id. 3, 8, 28; so Tac. A. 11, 31.—With in and acc.:soluti in luxum,
Tac. H. 2, 99:in lasciviam,
id. ib. 3, 38.— Transf.: versum solvere, to deprive a verse of its proper rhythm:si quinque continuos dactylos confundas solveris versum,
Quint. 9, 4, 49.—To make torpid by removing sensation.(α).To relax, benumb the limbs or body;(β).as by narcotics, terror, sickness, exhaustion: multaque praeterea languentia membra per artus solvunt,
Lucr. 6, 798:ima Solvuntur latera,
Verg. G. 3, 523:solvi debilitate corporis,
paralyzed, Val. Max. 1, 7, 4:ut soluto labitur moriens gradu,
Sen. Hippol. 368.—In mal. part., Hor. Epod. 12, 8; cf. Verg. G. 3, 523.— Poet.:illum aget, penna metuente solvi, Fama superstes,
Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.—Of the mind:segnitia (oratoris) solvit animos,
wearies, Quint. 11, 3, 52:mentes solvere,
to make insane, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25.—By frost ( poet.):(γ).solvuntur illi frigore membra,
Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—By sleep ( poet. for sopio):(δ).homines volucresque ferasque Solverat alta quies,
Ov. M. 7, 186:corpora somnus Solverat,
id. ib. 10, 369:molli languore solutus,
id. ib. 11, 648;11, 612: altoque sopore solutum,
id. ib. 8, 817:somno vinoque solutos,
id. F. 2, 333; Verg. A. 9, 236:ut membra solvit sopor,
id. ib. 12, 867:non solvit pectora somnus,
Sen. Agam. 76.—With in:solvitur in somnos,
Verg. A. 4, 530.— Transf., of the sea:aequor longa ventorum pace solutum,
lulled to sleep, Stat. Th. 3, 255.—By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):4.ipse deus, simulatque volam, me solvet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78:corporibus quae senectus solvit,
Curt. 89, 32 (cf. A. 4. supra):(corpus) quam nullo negotio solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 2:alius inter cenandum solutus est,
id. Ep. 66, 43:ubicumque arietaveris, solveris,
id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:me fata maturo exitu facilique solvant,
Sen. Troad. 605:solvi inedia,
Petr. 111:sic morte quasi somno soluta est,
Flor. 2, 21, 11.—Hence,Of logical dissolution, to refute:b.non tradit Epicurus quomodo captiosa solvantur,
how fallacies are refuted, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22:argumentum solvere,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:solutum scies quod nobis opponitur,
Sen. Const. 12, 3.—To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:II. A.deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,
Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.In a corporeal sense.1.In gen., to loose (weaker than rumpo;2.post-Aug.): effringere quam aperire, rumpere quam solvere putant robustius,
Quint. 2, 12, 1:qua convulsa tota operis colligatio solveretur,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:supera compage soluta,
Stat. Th. 8, 31.—To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:3.nullo solvente catenas,
Ov. M. 3, 700: vincla jugis boum, Tib. 2, 1, 7:solvere frenum,
Phaedr. 1, 2, 3:loris solutis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 41.— Transf., of prisons:qui, solutis ergastulis, exercitus numerum implevit,
Liv. Ep. 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 13; 11, 13, 2.—Of frost:gelu solvitur,
it thaws, Tac. H. 1, 79:solvitur acris hiems,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 1.—Of clouds:facit igitur ventum resoluta nubes, quae plurimis modis solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, 5; 5, 12, 1.—Of the grasp of hands, fingers, etc.:Aeacides a corpore bracchia solvit,
looses his hold, Ov. M. 11, 246:indigno non solvit bracchia collo,
Stat. Th. 5, 217:digitis solutis abjecit jaculum,
id. ib. 8, 585.—To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:B.solve vidulum ergo,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 98:eam solve cistulam,
id. Am. 2, 2, 151:solve zonam,
untie, id. Truc. 5, 62:solvisse jugalem ceston fertur,
Stat. Th. 5, 62:animai nodos a corpore solvit,
Lucr. 2, 950:nihil interest quomodo (nodi) solvantur,
Curt. 3, 1, 18:quid boni est, nodos operose solvere, quos ipse ut solveres feceris?
Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:solvere nodum,
Stat. Th. 11, 646:laqueum quem nec solvere possis, nec abrumpere,
Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:vix solvi duros a pectore nexus,
Ov. M. 9, 58:fasciam solve,
Sen. Ep. 80, 10:solutis fasciis,
Curt. 7, 6, 5:solvi fasciculum,
Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2:crinales vittas,
Verg. A. 7, 403:Parmenion vinculum epistulae solvens,
Curt. 7, 2, 25:equum empturus solvi jubes stratum,
Sen. Ep. 80, 9:redimicula solvite collo,
Ov. F. 4, 135:corollas de fronte,
Prop. 1, 3, 21:solvere portas,
Stat. Th. 3, 492:munimina valli,
id. ib. 12, 10:ille pharetram Solvit,
Ov. M. 5, 380.— Transf., of the veins as enclosures of the blood:solutis ac patefactis venis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5:venam cultello solvere,
Col. 6, 14; cf.also: lychnis alvum solvit,
looses the bowels, Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; 21, 20, 83, § 140; Suet. Vesp. 24; Tac. A. 12, 67:ventrem,
Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.— Absol. (sc. alvum), Mart. 13, 29:stomachus solutus = venter solutus,
loose bowels, Petr. 117; Scrib. Comp. 92.—Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.1.Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).a.Of the mouth, etc., to open:b.talibus ora solvit verbis,
Ov. M. 15, 74; so id. ib. 1, 181; Tib. 4, 5, 14:ternis ululatibus ora Solvit,
Ov. M. 7, 191; 9, 427; id. Tr. 3, 11, 20; Stat. Achill. 1, 525:vix ora solvi patitur etiamnum timor,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 725; so,os promptius ac solutius,
Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.— Transf., of an abyss:hic ora solvit Ditis invisi domus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 664.—To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:c.si mors alterutrius interveniat, solvitur mandatum,
Gai. Inst. 3, 160:cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, societas solvitur,
id. ib. 3, 151; so id. ib. 3, 152:morte solvetur compromissum,
Dig. 4, 8, 27:soluto matrimonio,
ib. 24, 3, 2:solutum conjugium,
Juv. 9, 79:qui... conjugalia solvit,
Sen. Med. 144:nec conjugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus,
Ov. M. 11, 743:(sapiens) invitus beneficium per compensationem injuriae solvet,
cancel the obligation of a favor by the set-off of a wrong, Sen. Ep. 81, 17.—To efface guilt or wrong:d.magnis injuria poenis Solvitur,
Ov. F. 5, 304:solve nefas, dixit: solvit et ille nefas,
id. ib. 2, 44:culpa soluta mea est,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 10:neque tu verbis solves unquam quod mi re male feceris (i. e. injuriam),
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10.—Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;e.less freq. than poenam persolvere, exsolvere): serae, sed justae tamen et debitae poenae solutae sunt,
Cic. Mil. 31, 85:capite poenas solvit,
Sall. J. 69, 4:meritas poenas solventem,
Curt. 6, 3, 14:poenarum solvendi tempus,
Lucr. 5, 1224:nunc solvo poenas,
Sen. Phoen. 172:hac manu poenas tibi solvam,
id. Hippol. 1177.—To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:f.atque animi curas e pectore solvat,
Lucr. 4, 908:curam metumque juvat Dulci Lyaeo solvere,
Hor. Epod. 9, 38:patrimonii cura solvatur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. §2: Pyrrhus impetus sui terrore soluto,
Val. Max. 4, 3, 14:solvite corde metum,
Verg. A. 1, 562; so id. ib. 9, 90:solve metus animo,
Stat. Th. 2, 356:solvi pericula et metus narrant,
Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140: neque adhuc Stheneleius iras Solverat Eurystheus, [p. 1727] Ov. M. 9, 274:hoc uno solvitur ira modo,
id. A. A. 2, 460:solvitque pudorem,
Verg. A. 4, 55.—Of sleep:g.quasi clamore solutus Sit sopor,
Ov. M. 3, 6, 30:nec verba, nec herbae audebunt longae somnum tibi solvere Lethes,
Luc. 6, 768; cf.:lassitudinem solvere,
Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143. —Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.(α).To raise a siege:(β).solutam cernebat obsidionem,
Liv. 36, 10, 14:soluta obsidione,
id. 36, 31, 7:ad Locrorum solvendam obsidionem,
id. 27, 28, 17; cf. id. 37, 7, 7; 38, 5, 6; 42, 56 init.; 44, 13, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1; Tac. A. 4, 24; 4, 73; Just. 9, 2, 10.—Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:(γ).cujus si talis animus est, solvamus nos ejus vincula, et claustra (i. e. irae) refringamus,
Liv. 36, 7, 13.—To overthrow, subvert a higher authority, etc.:h.quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia corruperat,
Sall. J. 39, 5:imperia solvit qui tacet, jussus loqui,
Sen. Oedip. 525:sonipedes imperia solvunt,
id. Hippol. 1084; cf.:sanctitas fori ludis solvitur,
Quint. 11, 3, 58.—Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:2.solvendarum legum id principium esse censebant (post-Aug. for dissolvendarum),
Curt. 10, 2, 5:solutae a se legis monitus,
Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:cum plus quam ducentorum annorum morem solveremus,
Liv. 8, 4, 7:(Tarquinius) morem de omnibus senatum consulendi solvit,
id. 1, 49, 7:oportebat istum morem solvi,
Curt. 8, 8, 18.—Esp. with acc. of the bond, etc. (taking the place of the constr. I. B. 1. 2. 3. supra, when the abl. of separation is not admissible).a.To subvert discipline:b.disciplinam militarem solvisti,
Liv. 8, 7, 16:luxuria solutam disciplinam militarem esse,
id. 40, 1, 4:quod cum, ne disciplina solveretur, fecisset,
Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:c.nobilitas factione magis pollebat, plebis vis soluta atque dispersa,
Sall. J. 41, 6:patrios nervos externarum deliciarum contagione solvi et hebetari noluerunt,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:vires solvere,
Quint. 9, 4, 7:vis illa dicendi solvitur, et frigescit affectus,
Quint. 11, 3, 133.—Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:d.segnes nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 22;similarly: solvit (ille deus) amicos,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 5; so id. 2, 15 (3, 7), 26:hoc firmos solvit amores,
Ov. A. A. 2, 385:amores cantibus et herbis solvere,
Tib. 1, 2, 60.—Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:e.vitex dicitur febres solvere,
Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 60:solvit jejunia granis,
Ov. F. 4, 607:quoniam jejunia virgo Solverat,
id. M. 5, 535; cf. Luc. 3, 282; so,famem,
Sen. Thyest. 64.—To delay:f.hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,
Sen. Troad. 1131.—Of darkness, to dispel:g.lux solverat umbras,
Stat. Th. 10, 390.—Of war, strife, etc., to compose, settle:h.aut solve bellum, mater, aut prima excipe,
Sen. Phoen. 406:electus formae certamina solvere pastor,
Stat. Achill. 2, 337:jurgia solvere,
Manil. 3, 115:contradictiones solvere,
Quint. 7, 1, 38.—Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:3.quia quaestionem solvere non posset,
Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 3:aenigmata,
Quint. 8, 6, 53:omnes solvere posse quaestiones,
Suet. Gram. 11:haec ipsa, quae volvuntur ab illis, solvere malim et expandere,
Sen. Ep. 82, 20; id. Q. N. 7, 14, 1:unum tantum hoc solvendum est,
that one question, id. ib. 1, 7, 3:puta nunc me istuc non posse solvere,
id. Ep. 48, 6:carmina non intellecta Solverat,
Ov. M. 7, 760:triste carmen alitis solvi ferae,
Sen. Oedip. 102:nodos juris,
Juv. 8, 50:proponere aliquid quod solvat quaestionem,
Quint. 5, 10, 96:plurimas quaestiones illis probationibus solvi solere,
id. 1, 10, 49:quo solvitur quaestio supra tractata,
id. 3, 7, 3:ambiguitatem or amphiboliam,
id. 7, 2, 49; 7, 9, 10.—In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.a.To pay.(α).Originally, rem solvere, to free one's property and person (rem familiarem) from debts (solutio per aes et libram), according to the ancient formula:(β).quod ego tibi tot millibus condemnatus sum, me eo nomine... a te solvo liberoque hoc aere aeneaque libra,
Gai. Inst. 3, 174 Huschke; cf.:inde rem creditori palam populo solvit (i. e. per aes et libram),
Liv. 6, 14, 5:quas res dari, fieri, solvi oportuit,
id. 1, 32, 11. —Hence, rem solvere, to pay; often with dat. of person:pro vectura rem solvit?
paid the freight, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 27:ubi nugivendis res soluta'st omnibus,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 51:tibi res soluta est recte,
id. Curc. 4, 3, 21:ego quidem pro istac rem solvo ab tarpessita meo,
id. ib. 5, 2, 20:rem solvo omnibus quibus dehibeo,
id. ib. 5, 3, 45:dum te strenuas, res erit soluta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 35:res soluta'st, Gripe, ego habeo,
id. Rud. 5, 3, 57.— Trop.: saepe edunt (aves);semel si captae sunt, rem solvont aucupi,
they repay him, pay for his expenses, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66.—And to pay by other things than money:si tergo res solvonda'st,
by a whipping, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:habent hunc morem ut pugnis rem solvant si quis poscat clarius,
id. Curc. 3, 9:tibi quidem copia'st, dum lingua vivet, qui rem solvas omnibus,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 74.—Hence,Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:(γ).cujus bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt,
Cic. Fl. 18, 43:ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis,
id. ib. 20, 46:misimus qui pro vectura solveret,
id. Att. 1, 3, 2:qui nimis cito cupit solvere, invitus debet,
Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 5:ut creditori solvat,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 7.— Pass. impers.:si dare vis mihi, Magis solutum erit quam ipsi dederis,
it will be a more valid payment, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 46:numquam vehementius actum est quam me consule, ne solveretur,
to stop payments, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:fraudandi spe sublata solvendi necessitas consecuta est,
id. ib. 2, 24, 84:cum eo ipso quod necesse erat solvi, facultas solvendi impediretur,
Liv. 6, 34, 1.—Cf. in the two senses, to free from debt, and to pay, in the same sentence:non succurrere vis illi, sed solvere. Qui sic properat, ipse solvi vult, non solvere,
Sen. Ben. 6, 27, 1.—With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:(δ).postquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas,
settled, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:solverat Castricio pecuniam jam diu debitam,
id. Fl. 23, 54:ex qua (pensione) major pars est ei soluta,
id. Att. 16, 2, 1:solvi aes alienum Pompejus ex suo fisco jussit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 11:aes alienum solvere,
Sen. Ep. 36, 5:quae jactatio est, solvisse quod debebas?
id. Ben. 4, 17, 1; so,debitum solvere,
id. ib. 6, 30, 2:ne pecunias creditas solverent,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:ut creditae pecuniae solvantur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 20; 3, 1:ex thensauris Gallicis creditum solvi posse,
Liv. 6, 15, 5:ita bona veneant ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46.—And of moral debts:cum patriae quod debes solveris,
Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:debet vero, solvitque praeclare,
id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:aliter beneficium, aliter creditum solvitur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1:qui grate beneficium accipit, primam ejus pensionem solvit,
id. ib. 2, 22 fin. —By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:(ε).emi: pecuniam solvi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 43:pro frumento nihil solvit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §169: legatis pecuniam pro frumento solvit,
Liv. 44, 16:hanc pecuniam cum solvere in praesenti non posset,
Nep. Milt. 7, 6:nisi pecuniam solvisset,
id. Cim. 1, 1:condiciones pacis dictae ut decem millia talentum argenti... solverent,
Liv. 30, 37 med.:pro quo (frumento) pretium solveret populus Romanus,
id. 36, 3, 1:pretium servorum ex aerario solutum est dominis,
id. 32, 26, 14:pretium pro libris domino esse solvendum,
id. 40, 39 fin.:meritam mercedem,
id. 8, 22, 3; so id. 8, 11, 4: sorte creditum solvere, by paying the principal (i. e. without interest), id. 6, 36, 12:quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur,
Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:stipendium,
Liv. 28, 32, 1:dotem mulieri,
Dig. 24, 3, 2:litem aestimatam,
the amount of a fine, Nep. Cim. 5, 18 fin.:arbitria funeris,
the expenses of the funeral, Cic. Red. Sen. 7, 18:solvere dodrantem,
to pay seventy-five per cent., Mart. 8, 9, 1:dona puer solvit,
paid the promised gifts, Ov. M. 9, 794; so,munera,
id. ib. 11, 104.— Transf., of the dedication of a book, in return for favors:et exspectabo ea (munera) quae polliceris, et erunt mihi pergrata si solveris... Non solvam nisi prius a te cavero, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 4, 17 sq. —Of the delivery of slaves:si quis duos homines promise rit et Stichum solverit,
Dig. 46, 3, 67; 46, 3, 38, § 3.— Transf., poet.: dolorem solvisti, you have paid your grief, i. e. have duly mourned, Stat. S. 2, 6, 98.— Pass. with personal subject:si (actor) solutus fuisset,
Dig. 12, 1, 31 (cf.: solvere militem, b supra). —Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:b.aliquid praesens solvere,
to pay in cash, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; so,aliquid de praesentibus solvere,
Sen. Ep. 97, 16:solvere grates (= referre gratiam muneribus): Sulla solvit grates Dianae,
Vell. 2, 25:quas solvere grates sufficiam?
Stat. S. 4, 2, 7: cum homo avarus, ut ea (beneficia) solveret sibi imperare non posset, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; cf.: non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit;nullum nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum,
Sen. Ep. 81, 9; but v. id. Ben. 2, 18, 5: in debitum solvere, to make a partial payment:unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,
id. Ep. 7, 10: aliquid solvere ab aliquo (de aliqua re), to pay out of funds supplied by any one ( out of any fund):Quintus laborat ut tibi quod debet ab Egnatio solvat,
Cic. Att. 7, 18, 4:homines dicere, se a me solvere,
id. ib. 5, 21, 11:(summa) erat solvenda de meo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:operas solvere alicui,
to work for somebody, Dig. 40, 7, 39: solvo operam Dianae, I work for Diana, i. e. offer a sacrifice to her, Afran. ap. Non. 12, 21: judicatum solvere, to pay the amount adjudged by the court, for which security (satisdatio) was required:stipulatio quae appellatur judicatum solvi,
Gai. Inst. 4, 90:iste postulat ut procurator judicatum solvi satisdaret,
Cic. Quint. 7, 29; so Dig. 3, 2, 28; 3, 3, 15; 2, 8, 8;2, 8, 14 et saep.: auctio solvendis nummis,
a cash auction, Mart. 14, 35.— Gerund.: solvendo esse, to be solvent; jurid. t. t., to be able to pay, i. e. one's debts; cf.in full: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno respublica esset,
Liv. 31, 13:nemo dubitat solvendo esse eum qui defenditur,
Dig. 50, 17, 105:qui modo solvendo sint,
Gai. Inst. 1, 3, 121:si solvendo sint,
Paul. Sent. 1, 20, 1:nec interest, solvendo sit, necne,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 5; so ib. 46, 1, 10; 46, 1, 27, § 2; 46, 1, 51, §§ 1 and 4; 46, 1, 52, § 1; 46, 1, 28; 50, 17, 198 et saep.: non solvendo esse, to be insolvent:solvendo non erat,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:cum solvendo civitates non essent,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:tu nec solvendo eras, nec, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:ne videatur non fuisse solvendo,
id. Off. 2, 22, 79;and very freq. in the jurists.—So, trop.: quid matri, quid flebili patriae dabis? Solvendo non es,
Sen. Oedip. 941; cf.:*non esse ad solvendum (i. e. able to pay),
Vitr. 10, 6 fin. —To fulfil the duty of burial.(α).Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:(β).qui nondum omnia paterno funeri justa solvisset,
who had not yet finished the burial ceremonies of his father, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:justis defunctorum corporibus solutis,
Curt. 3, 12, 15:proinde corpori quam primum justa solvamus,
id. 10, 6, 7:ut justa soluta Remo,
Ov. F. 5, 452:nunc justa nato solve,
Sen. Hippol. 1245.—Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:c.exsequiis rite solutis,
Verg. A. 7, 5:cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,
Sen. Hippol. 1198:solvere suprema militibus,
Tac. A. 1, 61.—Votum solvere, to fulfil a vow to the gods.(α).Alone:(β).vota ea quae numquam solveret nuncupavit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11:quod si factum esset, votum rite solvi non posse,
Liv. 31, 9 fin.:liberare et se et rempublicam religione votis solvendis,
id. 40, 44, 8:placatis diis votis rite solvendis,
id. 36, 37 fin.:petiit ut votum sibi solvere liceret,
id. 45, 44:animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum,
Sen. Ep. 73, 5:vota pro incolumitate solvebantur,
Tac. A. 2, 69:vota pater solvit,
Ov. M. 9, 707:ne votum solvat,
Mart. 12, 91, 6; 8, 4, 2; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.; 1, 1, 8 ext. — Poet.:voti debita solvere,
Ov. F. 5, 596; cf.the abbrev. formula V. S. L. M. (voTVM SOLVIT LIBENS MERITO),
Inscr. Orell. 186; 1296 sq.:V.S.A.L. (ANIMO LIBENTI),
ib. 2022 et saep.:sacra solvere (=votum solvere),
Manil. 1, 427.—With dat.:d.ait sese Veneri velle votum solvere,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 60:vota Jovi solvo,
Ov. M. 7, 652; 8, 153:sunt vota soluta deae,
id. F. 6, 248:dis vota solvis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 4:libamenta Veneri solvere (=votum per libamenta),
Just. 18, 5, 4.—Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:e.fidem obligatam liberare,
Suet. Claud. 9):illi, ut fidem solverent, clipeis obruere,
Flor. 1, 1, 12;similarly: et voti solverat ille fidem (=votum solverat),
Ov. F. 1, 642; but cf.: itane imprudens? tandem inventa'st causa: solvisti fidem, you have found a pretext to evade your promise (cf. II. A. 3.), Ter. And. 4, 1, 18: esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, by my death your promise to marry me would have been cancelled (cf. II. B. 1. 6.), Ov. H. 10, 78; similarly: suam fidem (i. e. quam Lepido habuerit) solutam esse, that his faith in Lepidus was broken, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3.—With a different construction: se depositi fide solvere, to acquit one's self of the duty to return property intrusted to him (cf. I. B. 1. c.), Val. Max. 7, 3, 5 ext.: factique fide data munera solvit, he freed the gift already given from the obligation of an accomplished fact, i. e. he revoked the gifts, although already made, Ov. M. 11, 135.—Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):A.perinde quasi promissum solvens,
Val. Max. 9, 6, 1:solvitur quod cuique promissum est,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 20 fin.;similarly: solutum, quod juraverant, rebantur,
what they had promised under oath, Liv. 24, 18, 5.—Hence, sŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged.Lit.1.(Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:2.tibi moram facis quom ego solutus sto,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 25:reus solutus causam dicis, testes vinctos attines,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 63:cum eos vinciret quos secum habebat, te solutum Romam mittebat?
Cic. Deiot. 7, 22:nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,
unbandaged, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem jussit,
Liv. 27, 51:eum interdiu solutum custodes sequebantur, nocte clausum asservabant,
id. 24, 45, 10:non efficiatis ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 3.—(Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;3.postAug.): quo solutior terra facilius pateat radicibus,
Sen. Ep. 90, 21;ordeum nisi solutum et siccum locum non patitur,
Col. 2, 9:soluta et facilis terra,
id. 3, 14;solum solutum vel spissum,
id. 2, 2 init.;seri vult raphanus terra soluta, umida,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83:hordeum seri non vult, nisi in sicca et soluta terra,
id. 18, 7, 18, § 79:solutiores ripae,
Front. Aquaed. 15.—Of plants:mas spissior, femina solutior,
Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103.—Hence, subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., a state of looseness:dum vult describere, quem ad modum alia torqueantur fila, alia ex molli solutoque ducantur,
Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—(Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:B.turbo, quo celsior eo solutior laxiorque est, et ob hoc diffunditur,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 9, 3:aer agitatus a sole calefactusque solutior est,
id. ib. 1, 2, 10:debet aer nec tam spissus esse, nec tam tenuis et solutus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 2, 11.—Trop.1.(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:2.(orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,
Cic. Or. 47, 173:verbis solutus satis,
id. ib. 47, 174:solutissimus in dicendo,
id. ib. 48, 180.—Exempt, free from duties, obligations, etc.:3.quam ob rem viderer maximis beneficii vinculis obstrictus, cum liber essem et solutus?
Cic. Planc. 30, 72:soluta (praedia) meliore in causa sunt quam obligata,
unmortgaged, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:si reddidi (debitum), solutus sum ac liber,
Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 5;non ut gratus, sed ut solutus sim,
id. ib. 4, 21, 3;solutus omni fenore,
Hor. Epod. 2, 4;nam ea (religione) magister equitum solutus ac liber potuerit esse,
Liv. 8, 32, 5:Mamertini soli in omni orbe terrarum vacui, expertes soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—Free from punishment, not punishable, not liable, etc.: qui mancipia vendunt, certiores faciunt emptores quis fugitivus sit, noxave solutus, Edict. Aedil. ap. Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 1; Gell. 4, 2, 1; cf.:4.quod aiunt aediles noxae solutus non sit sic intellegendum est... noxali judicio subjectum non esse,
Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17:apud quos libido etiam permissam habet et solutam licentiam,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum,
i. e. let the crimes then committed be unpunished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: antea vacuum id solutumque poena fuerat, Tac. A. 14, 28.—With subj. inf.:maxime solutum fuit, prodere de iis, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 35: solutum existimatur esse, alteri male dicere, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3.—Free from cares, undistracted:5.animo soluto liberoque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,
id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 82.—At leisure, free from labor, business, etc.:6.te rogo ut eum solutum, liberum, confectis ejus negotiis a te, quamprimum ad me remittas,
Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,
id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:7.quam homines soluti ridere non desinant, tristiores autem, etc.,
Cic. Dom. 39, 104:an tu existimas quemquam soluto vultu et hilari oculo mortem contemnere?
Sen. Ep. 23, 4:vultus,
Stat. Th. 5, 355:(mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,
unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:8.cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,
Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,
Liv. 29, 1 fin.:Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,
Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:incerti, solutique, et magis sine domino quam in libertate, Vononem in regnum accipiunt,
Tac. A. 2, 4:quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,
Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:rectore solutos (solis) equos,
Stat. Th. 1, 219.—Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:9.nec vero deus ipse alio modo intellegi potest, nisi mens soluta quaedam et libera,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;cum animi sine ratione motu ipsi suo soluto ac libero incitarentur,
id. Div. 1, 2, 4:judicio senatus soluto et libero,
id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,
id. Att. 1, 13, 2:libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,
id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:si omnia mihi essent solutissima, tamen in re publica non alius essem atque nunc sum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,
uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:10.amores soluti et liberi,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:licentia,
id. ib. 4, 4, 4:populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,
id. ib. 1, 34, 53:quis erat qui sibi solutam P. Clodii praeturam sine maximo metu proponeret? Solutam autem fore videbatis, nisi esset is consul qui eam auderet possetque constringere,
id. Mil. 13, 34:quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,
Liv. 27, 31 fin.:adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,
id. 2, 1, 2:solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,
a licentious life, Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,
Suet. Aug. 44:mores soluti,
licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—Regardless of rules, careless, loose:11.orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,
Cic. Brut. 62, 225:dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,
Tac. A. 16, 18.—Esp., of style, etc., free from rules of composition.(α).Oratio soluta, verba soluta, a free style, conversational or epistolary style:(β).est oratio aliqua vincta atque contexta, soluta alia, qualis in sermone et epistulis,
Quint. 9, 4, 19; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 69; 9, 4, 77.—More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);(γ).in full: scribere conabar verba soluta modis, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 24: quod (Isocrates) verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxerit,
Cic. Or. 52, 174:mollis est enim oratio philosophorum... nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius,
id. ib. 19, 64; 71, 234;68, 228: si omnes soluta oratione scripserunt,
Varr. R. R. 4, 1; de heisce rebus treis libros ad te mittere institui;de oratione soluta duos, de poetica unum,
id. L. L. 6, 11 fin.:ut in soluta oratione, sic in poemateis,
id. ib. 7, 1:primus (Isocrates) intellexit. etiam in soluta oratione, dum versum effugeres modum et numerum quemdam debere servari,
Cic. Brut. 8, 32:Aristoteles judicat heroum numerum grandiorem quam desideret soluta oratio,
id. Or. 57, 192:et creticus et paeon quam commodissume putatur in solutam orationem illigari,
id. ib. 64, 215:a modis quibusdam, cantu remoto, soluta esse videatur oratio,
id. ib. 55, 183; 55, 184; id. de Or. 3, 48, 184: historia est quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31.—Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:(δ).ut verba neque inligata sint, quasi... versus, neque ita soluta ut vagentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 176; 3, 48, 186:nec vero haec (Callidii verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris,
id. Brut. 79, 274:orator sic illigat sententiam verbis ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,
id. de Or. 3, 44, 175; but: verba soluta suis figuris, words freed from their proper meaning, i.e. metaphors, Manil. 1, 24.—Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:12.soluta oratio, et e singulis non membris, sed frustis, collata, structura caret,
Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 9, 4, 69:solutiora componere,
id. 10, 4, 1; 9, 4, 15.—Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):13.sinum togae in dextrum umerum reicere, solutum ac delicatum est,
Quint. 11, 3, 146.—Undisciplined, disorderly:14.omnia soluta apud hostes esse,
Liv. 8, 30, 3:nihil temeritate solutum,
Tac. A. 13, 40:apud Achaeos neglecta omnia ac soluta fuere,
Just. 34, 2, 2.—Lax, remiss, weak:C.mea lenitas adhuc si cui solutior visa erat,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:Ciceronem male audivisse, tamquam solutum et enervem,
Tac. Or. 18:soluti ac fluentes,
Quint. 1, 2, 8.—Hence:solutum genus orationis,
a lifeless, dull style, Val. Max. 8, 10, 3:quanto longius abscederent, eo solutiore cura,
laxer attention, Liv. 3, 8, 8.—(Acc. to II. B. 3. e supra.) Paid, discharged, only as subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., that which is paid, a discharged debt, in certain phrases:1.aliquid in solutum dare,
to give something in payment, Dig. 46, 3, 45; 46, 3, 46; 46, 3, 60: in solutum accipere, to accept in payment:qui voluntatem bonam in solutum accipit,
Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 4:qui rem in solutum accipit,
Dig. 42, 4, 15; 12, 1, 19;in solutum imputare,
to charge as payment, Sen. Ep. 8, 10; aliquid pro soluto est, is considered as paid or cancelled:pro soluto id in quo creditor accipiendo moram fecit, oportet esse,
Dig. 46, 3, 72: pro soluto usucapere, to acquire by prescription something given in payment by the debtor, but not belonging to him:pro soluto usucapit qui rem debiti causa recepit,
Dig. 41, 3, 46.— Adv.: sŏlūtē.Thinly:2.corpora diffusa solute,
Lucr. 4, 53.—Of speech, fluently:3. 4.non refert videre quid dicendum est, nisi id queas solute ac suaviter dicere,
Cic. Brut. 29, 110:ita facile soluteque volvebat sententias,
id. ib. 81, 280:quid ipse compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, solutius promptiusque eloquebatur,
Tac. A. 4, 31.—Freely, without restraint:5. 6.generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,
i. e. without strictly regarding the letter of the law, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—Of manners and discipline, disorderly, negligently:7.praecipue sub imperio Cn. Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt (exercitus),
Liv. 39, 1, 4:in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes,
id. 23, 37, 6.—Weakly, tamely, without vigor:8.quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,
Cic. Brut. 80, 277.—Of morals, loosely, without restraint:ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,
Tac. A. 13, 47. -
100 tracto
tracto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. tractantum, Ov. P. 3, 3, 20), 1, v. freq. a. [traho].I.To draw violently, to drag, tug, haul, etc. (so, very rare): qui te (Hectorem) sic tractavere? Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 96 Vahl.):II.tractatus per aequora campi,
id. Ann. v. 140 Vahl.:tractata comis antistita Phoebi,
Ov. M. 13, 410:malis morsuque ferarum Tractari,
to be torn, rent, lacerated, Lucr. 3, 889.—To touch, take in hand, handle, manage, wield; to exercise, practise, transact, perform, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: tango, ago, perago).A.Lit.:B. 1.ut ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:numquam temere tinnit tintinnabulum, nisi qui illud tractat,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:aliquid manibus,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 103:tractavisti hospitam ante aedes meas,
id. Mil. 2, 6, 30:mateilionem Corinthium cupidissime tractans,
Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:volucra, quae non possum tractare sine magno gemitu,
id. Att. 12, 22, 1:aret Pellis et ad tactum tractanti dura resistit,
Verg. G. 3, 502:puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 79:vitulos consuescere manu tractari,
Col. 6, 2, 1:tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,
i. e. strikes, plays upon, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60: necdum res igni scibant tractare, to prepare, i. e. to cook, dress, Lucr. 5, 953:solum terrae aere,
id. 5, 1289; cf.:lutosum agrum,
i. e. to till, Col. 2, 4, 5:tractari tuerique vites,
Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:ceram pollice,
Ov. M. 10, 285; cf. id. ib. 8, 196:lanam,
Just. 1, 3:lanuginem,
Suet. Ner. 34:gubernacula,
to manage, Cic. Sest. 9, 20:tela,
to wield, Liv. 7, 32, 11; cf.:speciosius arma,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53:servus, qui meam bibliothecen multorum nummorum tractavit,
has taken care of, had charge of, Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 3; cf.: eras tu quaestor;pecuniam publicam tu tractabas,
id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32:rationem Prusensium,
Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5.—In gen.: ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):2.suam rem minus caute et cogitate,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:causas amicorum tractare atque agere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 170:causam difficiliorem,
id. Fam. 3, 12, 3:condiciones,
Caes. B. C. 3, 28:bellum,
to conduct, carry on, Liv. 23, 28, 4; Tac. A. 1, 59; Just. 9, 8, 12; 22, 5, 4:proelia,
Sil. 15, 466; cf.:vitam vulgivago more ferarum,
to lead, pass, spend, Lucr. 5, 930; so,vitam,
Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33 (al. transactam):imperium,
Just. 1, 2, 1:regna,
id. 2, 4, 20:pauca admodum vi tractata, quo ceteris quies esset,
Tac. A. 1, 9 fin.:artem,
to practise, Ter. Phorm. prol. 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:verba vetera,
to employ, Quint. 11, 1, 6:personam in scenā,
to perform, act, represent, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; so,partes secundas (mimus),
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14:animos,
Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Reflex.:quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc.,
has so conducted himself, Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; so,ita me in re publicā tractabo, ut meminerim, etc.,
id. Cat. 3, 12, 29.—In partic.a.To treat, use, or conduct one ' s self towards a person in any manner:b.ego te, ut merita es de me, tractare exsequar,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 8: haec arte tractabat virum, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125:omnibus rebus eum ita tractes, ut, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 1, 3:non tractabo ut consulem,
id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:aliquem liberaliter,
id. Verr. 1, 8, 23:nec liberalius nec honorificentius potuisse tractari,
id. Fam. 13, 27, 2:pater parum pie tractatus a filio,
id. Cael. 2, 3:mercatores ac navicularii injuriosius tractati,
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:pauloque benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12. —To handle, treat, investigate, discuss any thing, mentally, orally, or in writing (cf.: dissero, disputo, ago). ( a) With acc.:(β).quem ad modum quamque causam tractare conveniat,
Auct. Her. 2, 2, 2:oratori omnia quaesita, audita, lecta, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:habeat omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,
id. Or. 33, 118:causas amicorum,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:tractata res,
id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:definitiones fortitudinis,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:partem philosophiae,
id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:constantiam,
id. Lael. 18, 65; cf. id. ib. 22, 82:ibi consilia decem legatorum tractabantur,
Liv. 33, 31, 7:fama fuit... tractatas inter Eumenen et Persea condiciones amicitiae,
id. 44, 13, 9:scrupulosius tractabo ventos,
Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118: prima elementa, Quint. prooem. 21;1, 1, 23: locus, qui copississime a Cicerone tractatur,
id. 1, 4, 24; 7, 2, 43:aliquid memori pectore,
to ponder, reflect upon, Juv. 11, 28; cf.:tractare proeliorum vias,
Tac. A. 2, 5: ut quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21, 1.—With de and abl. (mostly postAug.):(γ).de officii parte,
Sen. Contr. 2, 1 (9), 20 (dub.;Madv. and Kiessl. partem): quoniam de religionibus tractabatur,
Tac. A. 3, 71:ubi de figuris orationis tractandum erit,
Quint. 1, 5, 5; 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 10:de negotiis,
to discuss, Suet. Aug. 35 fin. —With interrog.-clause:c.quo tractatur amicus an inimicus,
Quint. 5, 10, 29; 7, 2, 56:utra sit antiquior (lex),
id. 7, 7, 8:cum tractaret, quinam adipisci principem locum abnuerent, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 13.—To negotiate, treat:dum de condicionibus tractat,
Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Suet. Claud. 26:de Asiā,
Just. 37, 3, 4:de redimendo filio,
id. 31, 7, 7.
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