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lax moral

  • 1 lax moral

    распущенность

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > lax moral

  • 2 moral

    ˈmɔrəl
    1. сущ.
    1) мораль, назидание, наставление, поучение moral of/to the fable ≈ мораль басни to draw the moral ≈ извлекать мораль, урок Syn: lesson, precept
    2) мн. нравы;
    нравственность;
    моральные устои public moral s ≈ общественная мораль a person of loose morals ≈ морально неустойчивая личность to corrupt smb.'s moral ≈ разлагать кого-л. to protect, safeguard( public) moral ≈ охранять( общественные) нравы lax moral, loose moral ≈ распущенность strict moral ≈ строгие нравы
    3) мн. этика
    2. прил.
    1) а) моральный, нравственный;
    этический moral fibre ≈ моральная устойчивость moral code ≈ нравственные нормы moral philosophy ≈ этика б) духовный;
    внутренний, душевный moral victory ≈ моральная победа moral support ≈ моральная поддержка moral certainty ≈ внутренняя уверенность;
    отсутствие сомнения Syn: ethical
    2) высоконравственный, добродетельный;
    порядочный;
    благопристойный She is an extremely moral woman. ≈ Она чрезвычайно высоконравственная женщина. moral life ≈ добродетельная жизнь Syn: decent, righteous, self-righteous, virtuous
    3) менторский, наставительный, нравоучительный ∙ Ant: unethical, amoral, immoral мораль, поучение, нравоучение - a story with a * рассказ с моралью, нравоучительный рассказ - the * of the fable мораль басни - to draw the * (of an experience) извлекать мораль /урок/ (из происшедшего) - to point a * поучать pl нравы;
    нравственность;
    нравственный облик;
    правила, нормы нравственного поведения - bourgeois *s нравы буржуазного общества, буржуазная мораль - a man of good *s высоконравственный /порядочный/ человек, человек высокой морали - a man of loose *s распущенный человек - a man without *s безнравственный /аморальный/ человек (редкое) моральное состояние, боевой дух( войск) моральный, нравственный;
    этический - * standards моральные нормы - * question вопрос этики - the * sense умение дать правильную моральную оценку поступку и т. п. - * philosophy этика - I have no * right to do it я не имею морального права сделать это - it is not a criminal or * offence это не уголовное преступление и не преступление против морали (высоко) нравственный;
    добродетельный - a * person высоконравственный /добродетельный/ человек - a * life добродетельная жизнь - he is characterised by complete * honesty он кристально честный человек этичный, вежливый - * act этичный поступок духовный, моральный - a * victory моральная победа - * ascendancy( over the enemy) моральное превосходство (над противником) - tpo give smb. * support оказать кому-л. моральную поддержку внутренний, духовный - * courage духовные силы, сила духа - he had the * courage to refuse у него хватило силы духа отказать - * virtues внутренние /душевные/ качества, добродетели - a * certainty внутренняя уверенность;
    отсутствие сомнения - it is a * certainty that he will win он почти наверняка победит нравоучительный, наставительный - * book нравоучительная книга - * play (устаревшее) (театроведение) (историческое) моралите ~ поучение, мораль;
    to draw the moral извлекать мораль, урок moral добродетельный, высоконравственный;
    moral life добродетельная жизнь ~ духовный;
    внутренний;
    moral certainty внутренняя уверенность;
    отсутствие сомнения ~ мораль ~ моральный, нравственный;
    этический;
    духовный;
    moral code нравственные нормы;
    moral philosophy этика ~ моральный ~ нравоучительный ~ нравственный ~ pl нравы;
    нравственность;
    моральное состояние ~ поучение, мораль;
    to draw the moral извлекать мораль, урок ~ pl этика;
    the very moral (of smb.) разг. точная копия, вылитый портрет( кого-л.) ~ этический ~ духовный;
    внутренний;
    moral certainty внутренняя уверенность;
    отсутствие сомнения ~ моральный, нравственный;
    этический;
    духовный;
    moral code нравственные нормы;
    moral philosophy этика moral добродетельный, высоконравственный;
    moral life добродетельная жизнь ~ моральный, нравственный;
    этический;
    духовный;
    moral code нравственные нормы;
    moral philosophy этика philosophy: moral ~ этика ~ pl этика;
    the very moral (of smb.) разг. точная копия, вылитый портрет ( кого-л.)

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > moral

  • 3 lax

    lax a
    1. сла́бый, вя́лый, дря́блый; небре́жный;
    2. распу́щенный, мора́льно неусто́йчивый; беспринци́пный; eine laxe Moral гнила́я мора́ль; laxe Sitten распу́щенные нра́вы

    Allgemeines Lexikon > lax

  • 4 lax

    læks
    (careless or not strict in discipline or morals: Pupils have been rather lax about some of the school rules recently.) poco disciplinario, flojo
    - laxness
    tr[læks]
    1 (unstrict) poco disciplinario,-a, flojo,-a; (relaxed) relajado,-a
    2 (negligent) negligente
    3 (of intestine) suelto,-a
    lax ['læks] adj
    : laxo, relajado
    ♦ laxly adv
    adj.
    • flojo, -a adj.
    • indisciplinado, -a adj.
    • laxo, -a adj.
    • negligente adj.
    • relajado, -a adj.
    • suelto, -a adj.
    læks
    adjective <discipline/supervision> poco estricto; <morals/standards> laxo, relajado
    [læks]
    ADJ (compar laxer) (superl laxest) pej [person, discipline] poco estricto, poco riguroso; [standards, morals] laxo, relajado

    to be lax about or on punctuality — ser negligente en la puntualidad

    * * *
    [læks]
    adjective <discipline/supervision> poco estricto; <morals/standards> laxo, relajado

    English-spanish dictionary > lax

  • 5 moral

    ['mɔr(ə)l] 1. сущ.
    1) мораль, назидание, наставление, поучение

    moral of / to the fable — мораль басни

    to draw the moral — извлекать мораль, урок

    Syn:
    2) ( morals) нравы; нравственность; моральные устои

    lax / loose morals — распущенность

    to corrupt smb.'s moral — разлагать кого-л.

    to protect / safeguard (public) morals — охранять (общественные) нравы

    3) ( morals) этика
    2. прил.
    1)
    а) моральный, нравственный; этический
    б) духовный; внутренний, душевный

    moral certainty — внутренняя уверенность; отсутствие сомнения

    Syn:
    2) высоконравственный, добродетельный; порядочный; благопристойный

    She is an extremely moral woman. — Она чрезвычайно высоконравственная женщина.

    Syn:
    3) менторский, наставительный, нравоучительный

    moral admonition / teaching — наставление, нравоучение, поучение

    •
    Ant:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > moral

  • 6 lax

    adj
    2) распущенный, морально неустойчивый; беспринципный

    БНРС > lax

  • 7 lax

    a 1. zəif, süst; 2.: \laxe Sitten bayağı adətlər; \laxe Moral pozğun əxlaq

    Deutsch-Aserbaidschanisch Wörterbuch > lax

  • 8 morale

    n inv. 1. (duch bojowy) morale
    - wysokie/niskie morale żołnierzy the soldiers’ high/low morale
    - podnieść/wzmocnić/osłabić czyjeś morale to raise/boost/undermine sb’s morale
    2. (postawa moralna) morality; morals
    - człowiek o niskim morale a person of lax moral standards
    * * *
    nt
    (inv) morale
    * * *
    n.
    indecl. morale; podnosić morale boost l. raise l. lift morale; żołnierskie morale morale of the troops.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > morale

  • 9 laxo

    adj.
    lax, slack, flaccid.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: laxar.
    * * *
    * * *
    ADJ frm lax, slack
    * * *
    - xa adjetivo < músculo> relaxed; <moral/disciplina> lax
    * * *
    - xa adjetivo < músculo> relaxed; <moral/disciplina> lax
    * * *
    laxo -xa
    1 ‹músculo› relaxed
    2 ‹moral› lax, loose; ‹disciplina› lax, slack
    * * *

    Del verbo laxar: ( conjugate laxar)

    laxo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    laxó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    laxar    
    laxo
    laxo,-a adjetivo relaxed
    (en sus opiniones, etc) lax, slack
    ' laxo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    laxa
    English:
    slack
    - soft
    - lax
    * * *
    laxo, -a adj
    1. [músculo, cable] slack
    2. [moral] lax
    * * *
    adj
    1 relaxed
    2 ( poco estricto) lax
    * * *
    laxo, -xa adj
    : lax, slack

    Spanish-English dictionary > laxo

  • 10 schlaff

    Adj.
    1. Haut, Muskeln: flabby; Körper, Glieder, auch Händedruck: limp, weak; schlaffes Glied umg. limp penis
    2. Seil: slack; Segel: auch drooping
    3. Moral, Disziplin: lax; Party etc.: lifeless, dead boring umg.; (träge) sluggish, lethargic; schlaffer Typ umg. lethargic type, wimp
    * * *
    baggy; languorous; limp; languid; lax; slack; drooping; flabby; flaccid; floppy
    * * *
    schlạff [ʃlaf]
    1. adj
    limp; (= locker) Seil, Segel loose, slack; Moral lax, loose; Disziplin lax; Haut flabby, loose; Muskeln flabby; (= erschöpft) worn-out, shattered (Brit inf exhausted; (= energielos) listless, floppy
    2. adv
    limply; (bei Seil, Segel) loosely
    * * *
    1) (loose and fat; not firm: flabby cheeks.) flabby
    2) (tending to flop; flopping: a floppy hat.) floppy
    4) (lacking stiffness or strength; drooping: a limp lettuce; a limp excuse.) limp
    * * *
    [ʃlaf]
    I. adj
    eine \schlaffe Fahne a drooping flag
    2. (nicht straff) sagging, flabby
    ein \schlaffer Händedruck a limp handshake
    II. adv
    1. (locker fallend) slackly
    2. (kraftlos) feebly
    * * *
    1.
    1) (nicht straff, nicht fest) slack <cable, rope, sail>; flaccid, limp < penis>; loose, slack < skin>; sagging < breasts>; flabby <stomach, muscles>
    2) (schlapp, matt) limp <body, hand, handshake>; shaky < knees>; feeble < blow>
    3) (abwertend): (träge) lethargic
    2.
    1) (locker, nicht straff) slackly
    2) (schlapp, matt) limply
    * * *
    schlaff adj
    1. Haut, Muskeln: flabby; Körper, Glieder, auch Händedruck: limp, weak;
    schlaffes Glied umg limp penis
    2. Seil: slack; Segel: auch drooping
    3. Moral, Disziplin: lax; Party etc: lifeless, dead boring umg; (träge) sluggish, lethargic;
    schlaffer Typ umg lethargic type, wimp
    * * *
    1.
    1) (nicht straff, nicht fest) slack <cable, rope, sail>; flaccid, limp < penis>; loose, slack < skin>; sagging < breasts>; flabby <stomach, muscles>
    2) (schlapp, matt) limp <body, hand, handshake>; shaky < knees>; feeble < blow>
    3) (abwertend): (träge) lethargic
    2.
    1) (locker, nicht straff) slackly
    2) (schlapp, matt) limply
    * * *
    adj.
    drooping adj.
    flabby adj.
    flaccid adj.
    slack adj. adv.
    flabbily adv.
    flaccidly adv.
    floppily adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > schlaff

  • 11 lockern

    I v/t loosen; (Seil etc.) slacken; (Griff) auch relax (auch fig. Disziplin, Vorschriften etc.); (Muskeln etc.) loosen up
    II v/refl loosen, come loose; (sich loslösen) come off; Seil etc.: slacken; körperlich: loosen up; SPORT limber up; fig. Person, Moral etc.: relax; fig. die Sitten haben sich gelockert morals have become lax ( oder slack)
    * * *
    (entspannen) to relax;
    (locker machen) to loosen; to slacken; to unloose; to unloosen; to unclench; to loose;
    sich lockern
    (Knopf) to come loose;
    (entspannen) to relax
    * * *
    lọ|ckern ['lɔkɐn]
    1. vt
    1) (= locker machen) to loosen; Boden to break up; Griff to relax, to loosen; Seil to slacken; (lit, fig ) Zügel to slacken
    2) (= entspannen) Arme, Beine, Muskeln to loosen up; (fig) Vorschriften, Atmosphäre to relax
    2. vr
    to work itself loose; (Moral) to become loose or lax; (SPORT) to loosen up; (zum Warmwerden) to limber up, to warm up; (Verkrampfung, Spannung) to ease off; (Atmosphäre, Beziehungen, Mensch) to get more relaxed
    * * *
    1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) ease
    2) (to make or become less strict or severe: The rules were relaxed because of the Queen's visit.) relax
    3) (to relax (eg a hold): He loosened his grip.) loosen
    4) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) slacken
    * * *
    lo·ckern
    [ˈlɔkɐn]
    I. vt
    ▪ etw \lockern to loosen sth
    den Griff \lockern to relax [or loosen] one's grip
    die Zügel \lockern to slacken the reins
    ▪ etw \lockern to loosen up sth sep
    3. (weniger streng gestalten)
    ▪ etw \lockern to relax sth
    II. vr
    ▪ sich akk \lockern
    1. (locker werden) Backstein, Schraube, Zahn to work loose; Bremsen to become loose [or soft]; Bewölkung, Nebel to lift
    2. SPORT (die Muskulatur entspannen) to loosen [or limber] up
    3. (sich entkrampfen) to become more relaxed
    die Verkrampfung lockerte sich zusehends the tension eased visibly
    * * *
    1.
    1) loosen <screw, tie, collar, etc.>; slacken [off] <rope, dog-leash, etc.>; (fig.) relax < regulation, law, etc.>
    2) (entspannen) loosen up, relax <muscles, limbs>
    3) (auflockern) loosen, break up < soil>
    2.
    1) <brick, tooth, etc.> work itself loose
    2) (entspannen) < person> loosen up; (vor Spielbeginn) loosen or limber up; (fig.) <tenseness, tension> ease
    * * *
    A. v/t loosen; (Seil etc) slacken; (Griff) auch relax (auch fig Disziplin, Vorschriften etc); (Muskeln etc) loosen up
    B. v/r loosen, come loose; (sich loslösen) come off; Seil etc: slacken; körperlich: loosen up; SPORT limber up; fig Person, Moral etc: relax;
    fig
    die Sitten haben sich gelockert morals have become lax ( oder slack)
    * * *
    1.
    1) loosen <screw, tie, collar, etc.>; slacken [off] <rope, dog-leash, etc.>; (fig.) relax <regulation, law, etc.>
    2) (entspannen) loosen up, relax <muscles, limbs>
    3) (auflockern) loosen, break up < soil>
    2.
    1) <brick, tooth, etc.> work itself loose
    2) (entspannen) < person> loosen up; (vor Spielbeginn) loosen or limber up; (fig.) <tenseness, tension> ease
    * * *
    v.
    to loosen v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > lockern

  • 12 relajado

    adj.
    1 relaxed, lax, free of stress, loose.
    2 relaxed, tranquil, unhurried.
    3 relaxed, loose, untaut, unstiffened.
    4 dissolute, lax.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: relajar.
    * * *
    1→ link=relajar relajar
    1 (gen) relaxed
    2 (inmoral) loose, dissolute
    * * *
    (f. - relajada)
    adj.
    relaxed, quiet
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sosegado) relaxed
    2) (=inmoral) dissolute, loose
    3) (Med) ruptured
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( tranquilo) relaxed
    2) < costumbres> dissolute, lax
    * * *
    = untaxing, relaxed, lax, boilerplate [boiler plate], laid-back, at leisure, chilled out, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.].
    Ex. At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.
    Ex. Reading about the country in this relaxed way helps the student to build up a background knowledge of attitudes, assumptions and feelings.
    Ex. This article reports briefly how lax security is threatening the credibility of the Internet.
    Ex. This article suggests a boilerplate policy for not for profit organizations that may wish to explore this avenue for publicity and revenue generation.
    Ex. The article ' Laid-back librarians love L.A' reports on the 13th ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 8-14 Feb 85.
    Ex. Equally the housewife happily crossing off her numbers in the bingo hall is just as much at leisure as is her husband painting his pigeon loft and then going for a drink with his mates at the pub.
    Ex. He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    Ex. The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.
    ----
    * costumbres relajadas = loose morals.
    * hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( tranquilo) relaxed
    2) < costumbres> dissolute, lax
    * * *
    = untaxing, relaxed, lax, boilerplate [boiler plate], laid-back, at leisure, chilled out, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.].

    Ex: At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.

    Ex: Reading about the country in this relaxed way helps the student to build up a background knowledge of attitudes, assumptions and feelings.
    Ex: This article reports briefly how lax security is threatening the credibility of the Internet.
    Ex: This article suggests a boilerplate policy for not for profit organizations that may wish to explore this avenue for publicity and revenue generation.
    Ex: The article ' Laid-back librarians love L.A' reports on the 13th ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 8-14 Feb 85.
    Ex: Equally the housewife happily crossing off her numbers in the bingo hall is just as much at leisure as is her husband painting his pigeon loft and then going for a drink with his mates at the pub.
    Ex: He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    Ex: The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.
    * costumbres relajadas = loose morals.
    * hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.

    * * *
    A (tranquilo) ‹persona› relaxed; ‹ambiente/cena› relaxed
    B ‹costumbres› dissolute, lax
    C ( RPl fam) ‹chiste› crude, dirty ( colloq); ‹persona› rude
    * * *

    Del verbo relajar: ( conjugate relajar)

    relajado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    relajado    
    relajar
    relajado
    ◊ -da adjetivo



    relajar ( conjugate relajar) verbo transitivo ‹músculo/persona/mente› to relax
    verbo intransitivo [ejercicio/música] to be relaxing
    relajarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax;

    (tras período de tensión, mucho trabajo) to relax, unwind

    [ ambiente] to become more relaxed
    2 ( degenerar) [costumbres/moral] to decline
    relajar verbo transitivo
    1 (los músculos, la mente) to relax
    2 (una ley, una norma) to relax
    ' relajado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distendida
    - distendido
    - tranquila
    - tranquilo
    English:
    comfortable
    - downbeat
    - ease
    - easy
    - easy-going
    - lax
    - leisurely
    - relaxed
    - laid
    * * *
    relajado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tranquilo] relaxed
    2. RP Fam [picante] dirty, crude;
    [grosero] crude;
    me hace ponerme roja, es muy relajado he makes me blush, he's so crude
    3. RP Fam [indisciplinado] lax;
    mi casa está hecha un desastre, ando muy relajada my house is a complete mess, I've let things slip
    ♦ nm,f
    RP Fam
    es un relajado, le dice cosas a todas las mujeres que pasan he's really crude, he makes lewd remarks to any woman that goes by
    * * *
    adj relaxed
    * * *
    relajado, -da adj
    1) : relaxed, loose
    2) : dissolute, depraved

    Spanish-English dictionary > relajado

  • 13 relajo

    m.
    1 disorder, confusion.
    2 debauchery.
    3 moral decline.
    4 big party, jamboree, shindy.
    5 peace and quiet, tranquility, peacefulness.
    El relajo de las montañas The peace and quiet on the mountains...
    6 fun person, laugh.
    7 troublemaker, agitator, brawler, instigator.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: relajar.
    * * *
    1 (descanso) relaxation, rest; (tranquilidad) peace
    2 (falta de orden) relaxed attitude
    3 (immoralidad) depravity, dissoluteness
    * * *
    SM LAm
    1) (=libertinaje) laxity, dissipation, depravity; (=indecencia) lewdness
    2) (=acción inmoral) immoral act; (=acto indecente) indecent act
    3) (=ruido) row, din; (=fiesta) lewd party; (=desorden) commotion, disorder; (=lío) fuss, row

    ¡qué relajo! — what a row/mess!

    4) (=burla) rude joke; (=trastada) practical joke; (=escarnio) derision
    5) * (=relajación) relaxation; (=descanso) rest, break
    6) Méx (=opción fácil) easy ride, soft option
    * * *
    1) ( de la moral) decline
    2) (esp Esp fam)
    a) ( relax)
    b) ( falta de seriedad) slack o lax attitude
    3) (AmL fam) (desorden, confusión)

    armar relajo — (AmL fam) ( jugar) to clown around (colloq); ( alborotarse) to kick up a din (colloq)

    4) (Méx fam)
    a) ( persona divertida) laugh (colloq)

    de relajo — (Méx fam) for a laugh (colloq)

    echar relajo — (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)

    b) ( persona problemática) troublemaker
    * * *
    1) ( de la moral) decline
    2) (esp Esp fam)
    a) ( relax)
    b) ( falta de seriedad) slack o lax attitude
    3) (AmL fam) (desorden, confusión)

    armar relajo — (AmL fam) ( jugar) to clown around (colloq); ( alborotarse) to kick up a din (colloq)

    4) (Méx fam)
    a) ( persona divertida) laugh (colloq)

    de relajo — (Méx fam) for a laugh (colloq)

    echar relajo — (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)

    b) ( persona problemática) troublemaker
    * * *
    A ( esp Esp) (tranquilidad) peace, peacefulness
    el relajo de la sierra the peace o peacefulness of the mountains
    B
    1 (de la moral) decline
    2
    (falta de rigor): en ese departamento se toman las cosas con mucho relajo they are far too easygoing in that department
    C
    ( AmL fam) (desorden, confusión): esa clase es un relajo that class is bedlam o mayhem ( colloq)
    las calles están hechas un relajo it's absolute chaos in the streets
    con tanto relajo vas a despertar al bebé you'll wake the baby up with that commotion o ( AmE) ruckus ( colloq)
    armar relajo ( AmL fam) (jugar) to clown around ( colloq) (alborotarse) to kick up a din ( colloq), to create a ruckus ( AmE colloq)
    D
    eres un relajo you're such a laugh
    no te metas con él que es un relajo don't get involved with him, he's trouble o he's a troublemaker
    de relajo ( Méx fam); for a laugh ( colloq)
    lo hicimos de puro relajo we only did it for a laugh o for a bit of fun
    echar relajo ( Méx fam); to clown around ( colloq)
    ni de relajo ( Méx fam): no vas a llegar ni de relajo there's no way you're going to get there
    con ese imbécil no me caso ni de relajo I wouldn't marry that idiot if you paid me, there's no way I'd marry that idiot ( colloq)
    E ( Méx fam) (problema) hassle ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo relajar: ( conjugate relajar)

    relajo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    relajó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    relajar    
    relajo
    relajar ( conjugate relajar) verbo transitivo ‹músculo/persona/mente› to relax
    verbo intransitivo [ejercicio/música] to be relaxing
    relajarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax;

    (tras período de tensión, mucho trabajo) to relax, unwind

    [ ambiente] to become more relaxed
    2 ( degenerar) [costumbres/moral] to decline
    relajo sustantivo masculino
    1 ( de la moral) decline
    2 (esp Esp fam) ( relax):
    ◊ ¡qué relajo! how relaxing!

    3
    a) (Méx fam) ( persona divertida) laugh (colloq)


    relajar verbo transitivo
    1 (los músculos, la mente) to relax
    2 (una ley, una norma) to relax
    * * *
    relajo nm
    1. Esp [descanso] rest;
    pasamos unos días de relajo en la playa we had a restful few days at the seaside
    2. Am Fam [alboroto]
    se armó un relajo there was an almighty row;
    esta mesa es un relajo this table is a complete mess;
    tiene un relajo en la cabeza he doesn't know whether he's coming or going;
    relajo pero con orden it's OK to be relaxed about things, but only up to a point
    3. Méx, RP [complicación] nuisance, hassle;
    aquí hacer cualquier trámite es un relajo going through any official procedure here is a hassle
    4. CAm, Carib, Méx [broma] joke;
    de o [m5] por relajo as a joke;
    Méx
    echar relajo to fool around
    * * *
    m
    1 C.Am., Méx
    uproar
    2 ( relajación) relaxation
    * * *
    relajo nm
    1) : commotion, ruckus
    2) : joke, laugh
    lo hizo de relajo: he did it for a laugh

    Spanish-English dictionary > relajo

  • 14 locker

    I Adj.
    1. loose; Boden: auch friable; (nicht straff) slack; Teig etc.: light; locker machen / werden lockern; eine lockere Hand haben umg., fig. be quick to lash out, have a short fuse
    2. fig. relaxed; Haltung, Regelung etc.: auch lenient; Person: (leger) easygoing; Verhältnis: (very) casual; ein lockerer Lebenswandel loose living; lockere Moral loose ( oder lax) morals; Mundwerk
    II Adv.
    1. loosely; locker sitzen be loose; die Pistole sitzt ihm locker fig. he’s trigger-happy; ( bei) ihm sitzt das Geld ziemlich locker he is very free with his money, he doesn’t think twice when it comes to spending money; bei ihm sitzt das Geld nicht locker he has to go easy on his money, he has to count his pennies
    2. umg., fig. (mit Leichtigkeit) (as) easy as pie; das schafft er locker auch terminlich: auch he’ll manage it no problem
    3. (ungezwungen) locker handhaben handle very casually; (Gesetz) interpret leniently, not enforce strictly; es geht sehr locker zu it’s all very relaxed; das musst du etwas lockerer sehen you mustn’t take such a narrow view; locker vom Hocker umg. as cool as a cucumber, without batting an eyelid; das machen wir locker vom Hocker umg. we can do it - no problem, that’ll be a piece of cake
    * * *
    fluffy; unconstrained; lax; slack; loose; relaxed
    * * *
    lọ|cker ['lɔkɐ]
    1. adj (lit, fig)
    loose; Schnee, Erdreich auch loose-packed; Kuchen, Schaum light; (= nicht gespannt) slack; Haltung, Sitzweise, Muskulatur relaxed; (inf = liberal, unkompliziert) laid-back (inf)

    locker werden (lit, fig) — to get loose; (Muskeln, Mensch) to loosen up; (Seil) to get or go slack; (Verhältnis) to get more relaxed; (Kuchen) to be light

    or Zeisig (dated inf) — a bit of a lad (inf) or rake (dated), a gay dog (dated)

    See:
    2. adv
    1) (= nicht stramm) loosely

    etw locker machen — to loosen sth; Seil etc to slacken sth

    bei ihm sitzt das Geld locker — he is free with money

    2) (= nicht verkrampft) laufen loosely; schreiben naturally

    locker sitzen (Mensch) — to relax, to sit in a relaxed position

    4) (inf = leicht) easily

    locker vom Hocker (sl) — just like that (inf)

    das mache ich ganz locker — I can do it just like that (inf)

    * * *
    1) (soft, light and full of air: She cooked a fluffy omelette.) fluffy
    2) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) light
    3) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) slack
    * * *
    lo·cker
    [ˈlɔkɐ]
    I. adj
    2. (nicht fest) loose, loose-packed attr, loosely packed pred
    3. KOCHK (luftig) light
    \lockere Muskeln relaxed muscles
    ein \lockeres Mundwerk haben (fig fam) to have a big mouth fig fam
    5. (leger, unverkrampft) relaxed, laid-back attr fam, laid back pred fam
    einen \lockeren Lebenswandel führen (pej) to lead a loose life pej
    II. adv
    1. (nicht stramm) loosely
    \locker gebunden loosely tied
    \locker sitzen to be loose
    2. (oberflächlich) casually
    ich kenne ihn nur \locker I only know him in passing
    3. (sl: ohne Schwierigkeiten) just like that fam
    4.
    ▶ \locker vom Hocker (fam) without any problems, no problem! fam
    ▶ bei jdm ist eine Schraube \locker (sl) sb has a screw loose fam
    ▶ [bei] jdm sitzt etw \locker (sl) sb is quick on the draw with sth
    bei ihm sitzt das Messer \locker he's always quick to pull a knife [on somebody]!
    * * *
    1.
    1) loose <tooth, nail, chair-leg, etc.>; s. auch Schraube
    2) (durchlässig, leicht) loose <soil, snow, fabric>; light <mixture, cake>
    3) (entspannt) relaxed < position, muscles>; slack <rope, rein>; (fig.): (unverbindlich) loose <relationship, connection, etc.>

    das Seil/die Zügel locker lassen — slacken the rope [off]/slacken the reins

    4) (leichtfertig) loose <morals, life>; frivolous <jokes, remarks>

    sein lockeres Mundwerk — (salopp) his big mouth (coll.)

    ein lockerer Vogel — (ugs.) a bit of a lad (coll.)

    2.
    2) (entspannt, ungezwungen) loosely
    * * *
    A. adj
    1. loose; Boden: auch friable; (nicht straff) slack; Teig etc: light;
    locker machen/werden → lockern/sich lockern;
    eine lockere Hand haben umg, fig be quick to lash out, have a short fuse
    2. fig relaxed; Haltung, Regelung etc: auch lenient; Person: (leger) easygoing; Verhältnis: (very) casual;
    lockere Moral loose ( oder lax) morals; → Mundwerk
    B. adv
    1. loosely;
    locker sitzen be loose;
    die Pistole sitzt ihm locker fig he’s trigger-happy;
    (bei) ihm sitzt das Geld ziemlich locker he is very free with his money, he doesn’t think twice when it comes to spending money;
    bei ihm sitzt das Geld nicht locker he has to go easy on his money, he has to count his pennies
    2. umg, fig (mit Leichtigkeit) (as) easy as pie;
    das schafft er locker auch terminlich: auch he’ll manage it no problem
    locker handhaben handle very casually; (Gesetz) interpret leniently, not enforce strictly;
    es geht sehr locker zu it’s all very relaxed;
    das musst du etwas lockerer sehen you mustn’t take such a narrow view;
    locker vom Hocker umg as cool as a cucumber, without batting an eyelid;
    das machen wir locker vom Hocker umg we can do it - no problem, that’ll be a piece of cake
    * * *
    1.
    1) loose <tooth, nail, chair-leg, etc.>; s. auch Schraube
    2) (durchlässig, leicht) loose <soil, snow, fabric>; light <mixture, cake>
    3) (entspannt) relaxed <position, muscles>; slack <rope, rein>; (fig.): (unverbindlich) loose <relationship, connection, etc.>

    das Seil/die Zügel locker lassen — slacken the rope [off]/slacken the reins

    4) (leichtfertig) loose <morals, life>; frivolous <jokes, remarks>

    sein lockeres Mundwerk — (salopp) his big mouth (coll.)

    ein lockerer Vogel — (ugs.) a bit of a lad (coll.)

    2.
    2) (entspannt, ungezwungen) loosely
    * * *
    adj.
    informal adj.
    lax adj.
    loose adj.
    unconstrained adj. adv.
    fluffily adv.
    laxly adv.
    loosely adv.
    relaxedly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > locker

  • 15 безнравствен

    in-moral; dissolute; profligate, lax, licentious
    * * *
    безнра̀вствен,
    прил. immoral; unmoral, dissolute; profligate, lax, licentious; \безнравствена постъпка immoral act.
    * * *
    immoral: an безнравствен behaviour - безнравствено поведение; impure; incontinent; lax{lEks}; licentious; unprincipled
    * * *
    in-moral;dissolute; profligate, lax, licentious

    Български-английски речник > безнравствен

  • 16 loose

    1. adjective
    1) (unrestrained) freilaufend [Tier]; (escaped) ausgebrochen

    set or turn loose — freilassen

    2) (not firm) locker [Zahn, Schraube, Mutter, Knopf, Messerklinge]

    come/get/work loose — sich lockern; see also academic.ru/64936/screw">screw 1. 1)

    3) (not fixed) lose
    4) (not bound together) lose; offen [Haar]
    5) (slack) locker; schlaff [Haut, Gewebe usw.]; beweglich [Glieder]
    6) (hanging free) lose

    be at a loose end — or (Amer.)

    at loose ends — (fig.) beschäftigungslos sein; (not knowing what to do with oneself) nichts zu tun haben; nichts anzufangen wissen

    7) (inexact) ungenau; schief [Vergleich]; frei [Stil]; unsauber [Denken]
    8) (morally lax) liederlich [Leben[swandel], Person]; locker [Moral, Lebenswandel]
    2. transitive verb
    1) loslassen [Hund usw.]
    2) (untie) lösen; aufmachen (ugs.)
    3)

    loose [off] — abschießen [Pfeil]; abfeuern [Feuerwaffe, Salve]; abgeben [Schuss, Salve]

    4) (relax) lockern

    loose [one's] hold — loslassen

    * * *
    [lu:s]
    1) (not tight; not firmly stretched: a loose coat; This belt is loose.) lose
    2) (not firmly fixed: This button is loose.) lose
    3) (not tied; free: The horses are loose in the field.) frei
    4) (not packed; not in a packet: loose biscuits.) lose
    •
    - loosely
    - looseness
    - loosen
    - loose-leaf
    - break loose
    - let loose
    * * *
    [lu:s]
    I. adj
    1. (not tight) locker
    \loose cash/coins Kleingeld nt, Münz pl SCHWEIZ
    \loose connection Wackelkontakt m
    \loose sheets of paper lose Blätter Papier
    \loose skin schlaffe Haut
    to hang \loose lose herabhängen
    to work itself \loose sich akk lockern; sth glued sich akk lösen
    \loose hair offenes Haar
    her hair was hanging \loose sie trug ihr Haar offen
    3. (not confined) frei
    to be \loose criminal frei herumlaufen
    to get [or break] \loose person, dog sich akk losreißen
    to let [or set] an animal \loose ein Tier loslassen, einem Tier freien Lauf lassen
    a bunch of idiots was let \loose on a nuclear power station sie haben so ein paar Idioten auf dem Gelände eines Atomkraftwerks völlig frei herumlaufen lassen
    to let a dog \loose on sb einen Hund auf jdn loslassen
    4. (not exact) ungefähr attr; (not strict) lose
    \loose adaptation freie Bearbeitung
    \loose discipline mangelhafte Disziplin
    \loose translation freie Übersetzung
    5. (not compact)
    \loose weave grobmaschiges Gewebe
    \loose bowels [or \loose bowel movement] Durchfall m
    to be \loose [or ( form) to suffer from \loose bowels] Durchfall haben, an Durchfall leiden form
    7. clothing weit, locker
    a \loose fit eine lockere Passform
    I'll take the jacket with the \loosest fit ich nehme das Jackett, das am lockersten und angenehmsten sitzt
    8. (relaxed)
    \loose stride lockere [o entspannte] Gangart
    \loose talk Getratsch[e] nt, Geschwätz nt
    \loose tongue loses Mundwerk fam
    10. ( pej dated or hum: immoral) lose veraltend, locker
    \loose living lockerer Lebenswandel
    \loose morals lockere Moral
    \loose woman Frau f mit lockerem Lebenswandel, loses Mädchen veraltet
    11. SPORT
    \loose play Spiel, bei dem die Spieler über das ganze Spielfeld verteilt sind
    12. (in cricket)
    \loose bowling ungenauer Wurf
    \loose play unvorsichtiges [o unachtsames] Spiel
    13. SCI
    \loose radiation inkohärente Strahlung
    \loose linkage gelockerte Bindung
    14.
    ▶ to hang [or stay] \loose AM (sl) cool [o locker] bleiben sl
    ▶ to let \loose sth [or to let sth \loose] etw loslassen
    the allies let \loose an intensive artillery bombardment die Alliierten begannen mit intensivem Artilleriebeschuss
    he let \loose a shriek of delight er ließ einen Freudenschrei los
    II. n no pl LAW
    to be on the \loose frei herumlaufen
    III. vt
    ▪ to \loose sth etw freilassen [o loslassen]
    \loose the dogs! lass die Hunde los!
    the minister \loosed a tirade against the opposition leader ( liter) der Minister ließ eine Schimpfkanonade gegen den Oppositionsführer los
    to \loose a knot/rope einen Knoten/ein Seil lösen
    to \loose one's hold [or grip] loslassen
    she never \loosed her hold on her conviction sie gab ihre Überzeugung niemals auf
    * * *
    [luːs]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= not tight, movable) board, button lose; dress, collar weit; tooth, bandage, knot, screw, soil, weave locker; limbs beweglich, locker

    to come or work loose (screw, handle etc) — sich lockern; (sole, cover etc) sich (los)lösen; (button) abgehen

    2)

    (= free) to break or get loose (person, animal) — sich losreißen ( from von); (ship) sich (von der Vertäuung) losreißen; (from group of players etc) sich trennen, sich lösen

    to run loose — frei herumlaufen; (children) unbeaufsichtigt herumlaufen

    to turn or let or set loose (animal) — frei herumlaufen lassen; prisoner freilassen; imagination freien Lauf lassen (+dat)

    to let loose political forces that will be difficult to control — politische Kräfte entfesseln or freisetzen, die nur schwer unter Kontrolle zu bringen sind

    3) (= not exact, vague) translation frei; account, thinking, planning ungenau; connection lose

    in a loose sense — im weiteren Sinne

    4) (= informal) group, alliance, organization, arrangement lose, locker
    5) (= too free, immoral) conduct lose; morals locker; person unmoralisch, lose

    a loose life —

    do you think that's being loose? — meinst du, das ist unmoralisch?

    2. n (inf)

    he was on the loose in Paris —

    oh dear, when these two are on the loose — wehe, wenn sie losgelassen!

    3. vt
    1) (= free) befreien
    2) (= untie) losmachen
    3) (= slacken) lockern
    4) bullet, missile abfeuern; arrow schießen; gun feuern; (fig) tirade, curse loslassen
    * * *
    loose [luːs]
    A adj (adv loosely)
    1. a) los(e), locker
    b) frei, nicht angebunden oder eingesperrt:
    break loose sich befreien oder losreißen ( from von); (aus der Haft) ausbrechen;
    come ( oder get) loose abgehen (Knopf etc), sich lockern (Schraube etc), sich ablösen, abblättern (Farbe etc); loskommen (Tier etc);
    cut loose sich gehen lassen; loslegen umg ( with mit); auf den Putz hauen umg;
    let loose einen Hund von der Leine lassen, auch Flüche etc loslassen, seinem Ärger etc Luft machen, freien Lauf lassen; nachgeben (Material), sich lockern (Schraube etc);
    run loose frei herumlaufen;
    turn loose freilassen; einen Hund etc loslassen (on auf akk);
    loose connection ELEK Wackelkontakt m; → screw A 1
    2. locker (Boden, Gewebe etc):
    have loose bowels weichen Stuhl(gang) haben
    3. a) lose (Haar, Geldscheine etc):
    loose change Kleingeld n, Münzen pl;
    wear one’s hair loose das Haar offen tragen
    b) offen, lose, unverpackt (Ware):
    buy sth loose etwas offen kaufen;
    be at a loose end (US at loose ends) nichts zu tun haben; nicht recht wissen, was man( mit sich) anfangen soll
    4. lose sitzend, weit (Kleidungsstück)
    5. fig
    a) lose (Abmachung, Zusammenhang etc)
    b) frei, liberal (Auslegung etc)
    c) frei, ungenau (Übersetzung etc)
    d) unlogisch, wirr (Gedankengang etc):
    loose thinker Wirrkopf m
    e) unkonzentriert, nachlässig (Spielweise etc)
    f) unkontrolliert:
    6. a) locker (Moral, Lebenswandel etc): → liver2, living B 3
    b) schlüpfrig (Roman etc)
    7. WIRTSCH verfügbar (Geld etc)
    B adv lose, locker (meist in Zusammensetzungen): → loose-fitting, etc
    C v/t
    1. los-, freilassen
    2. einen Knoten etc, auch fig die Zunge lösen:
    the wine loosed his tongue der Wein löste ihm die Zunge
    3. lösen, befreien ( beide:
    from von)
    4. auch SCHIFF losmachen
    5. den Boden etc (auf)lockern
    6. auch loose off eine Waffe, einen Schuss abfeuern, einen Pfeil etc abschießen
    7. lockern:
    loose one’s hold of sth etwas loslassen
    D v/i
    1. SCHIFF den Anker lichten
    2. auch loose off schießen (at auf akk)
    a) auf freiem Fuß sein,
    b) auch go on the loose umg auf den Putz hauen
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (unrestrained) freilaufend [Tier]; (escaped) ausgebrochen

    set or turn loose — freilassen

    2) (not firm) locker [Zahn, Schraube, Mutter, Knopf, Messerklinge]

    come/get/work loose — sich lockern; see also screw 1. 1)

    3) (not fixed) lose
    4) (not bound together) lose; offen [Haar]
    5) (slack) locker; schlaff [Haut, Gewebe usw.]; beweglich [Glieder]

    be at a loose end — or (Amer.)

    at loose ends — (fig.) beschäftigungslos sein; (not knowing what to do with oneself) nichts zu tun haben; nichts anzufangen wissen

    7) (inexact) ungenau; schief [Vergleich]; frei [Stil]; unsauber [Denken]
    8) (morally lax) liederlich [Leben[swandel], Person]; locker [Moral, Lebenswandel]
    2. transitive verb
    1) loslassen [Hund usw.]
    2) (untie) lösen; aufmachen (ugs.)
    3)

    loose [off] — abschießen [Pfeil]; abfeuern [Feuerwaffe, Salve]; abgeben [Schuss, Salve]

    4) (relax) lockern

    loose [one's] hold — loslassen

    * * *
    (sharp) tongue n.
    Zunge f. adj.
    locker adj.
    los adj.
    verlassen adj. v.
    verlassen v.

    English-german dictionary > loose

  • 17 morale

    1. adj moral
    2. f morals pl
    3. m morale
    essere giù di morale be feeling a bit down
    tirare su il morale a qualcuno cheer s.o. up, lift s.o.'s spirits
    * * *
    morale agg. moral: appoggio morale, moral support; azione morale, moral action; certezza morale, moral certainty; forza morale, moral courage; responsabilità morale, moral responsibility; (dir.) danni morali, moral damages; uomo morale, upright man // schiaffo morale, affront // vittoria morale, moral victory
    ◆ s.f.
    1 morals (pl.): persona senza morale, person without morals (o immoral person); morale pubblica, public morals; la morale cattolica è molto severa, Catholic morals are very strict; a quei tempi la morale era molto libera, in those days morals were very lax
    2 (filosofia morale) moral philosophy, ethics [U]
    3 (conclusione didascalica) moral: trarre la morale, to draw a moral
    ◆ s.m. morale, spirits (pl.): essere su, giù di morale, to be in high, low spirits; il morale dei soldati era basso, the soldiers' morale was low; tenere su il morale del popolo, to bolster the morale (o spirits) of the people // dai, su col morale!, (fam.) come on, keep your spirits up!
    * * *
    [mo'rale]
    1. agg
    (gen) moral
    2. sf
    1) (norme, consuetudini) morals pl, morality, Filosofia moral philosophy, ethics sg

    così, morale della favola, siamo rimasti a casa — and the result was that we stayed at home

    3. sm

    aver il morale alto/a terra — to be in good/low spirits

    * * *
    [mo'rale] 1.
    aggettivo [codice, corruzione, sostegno, danno] moral; [ condotta] ethical; [ sofferenza] mental

    filosofia morale — moral philosophy, ethics

    2.

    sollevare o tirar su il morale a qcn. to cheer sb. up, to raise o lift sb.'s morale o spirits; tenersi su di morale, tenere alto il morale to keep one's spirits up; tirarsi su di morale — to cheer up

    3.
    sostantivo femminile
    1) (etica) morals pl., morality, ethics

    la morale cristiana, borghese — Christian, bourgeois morals

    morale della favola, non sono più partito — to cut a long story short, I didn't leave

    fare la morale a qcn. — to give sb. a lecture

    * * *
    morale
    /mo'rale/
     [codice, corruzione, sostegno, danno] moral; [ condotta] ethical; [ sofferenza] mental; filosofia morale moral philosophy, ethics; è stato uno schiaffo morale per lui it was a slap in the face for him
      (disposizione di spirito) morale; essere su di morale to be in good spirits; essere giù di morale to feel down; sollevare o tirar su il morale a qcn. to cheer sb. up, to raise o lift sb.'s morale o spirits; tenersi su di morale, tenere alto il morale to keep one's spirits up; tirarsi su di morale to cheer up
     1 (etica) morals pl., morality, ethics; la morale cristiana, borghese Christian, bourgeois morals; non avere alcuna morale to have no morals
     2 (insegnamento) moral; la morale della favola the moral of the story; morale della favola, non sono più partito to cut a long story short, I didn't leave; fare la morale a qcn. to give sb. a lecture.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > morale

  • 18 moralny

    adj
    * * *
    a.
    1. (= etyczny) moral, ethical; podwójny kodeks moralny double moral standards; normy moralne moral standards; nauka moralna moral; moralne zwycięstwo moral victory; pozbawiony kręgosłupa moralnego lacking moral backbone l. fiber, spineless; rozprzężenie moralne lax morals; upadek moralny moral decay; ze względów moralnych on ethical l. moral grounds.
    2. (= duchowy) moral, spiritual; kredyt moralny trust; krzywda moralna moral damages; odpowiedzialność moralna moral responsibility; poparcie l. wsparcie moralne moral support.

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  • 19 relâchement

    relâchement [ʀ(ə)lα∫mɑ̃]
    masculine noun
       a. [de lien] loosening ; [de muscle] relaxation ; [de ressort] release
       b. [de discipline, effort] slackening ; [de surveillance] relaxation ; [d'attention] flagging
    * * *
    ʀ(ə)lɑʃmɑ̃
    nom masculin
    1) (de discipline, zèle, d'attention, effort) slackening; (de morale, mœurs) loosening, relaxation
    2) ( de muscle) slackening
    * * *
    ʀ(ə)lɒʃmɑ̃ nm
    1) [muscle] relaxation
    2) [discipline] relaxing, [morale, conduite] slipping
    * * *
    1 (de discipline, surveillance) slackening, relaxation; (d'attention, effort, de zèle) slackening; (de morale, mœurs) loosening, relaxation; il y a du relâchement dans la discipline/surveillance discipline/supervision is getting lax ou slack; il y a du relâchement dans le travail the work is slacking off;
    2 ( de muscle) slackening.
    [rəlaʃmɑ̃] nom masculin
    1. [laisser-aller] laxity, loosening
    le relâchement des mœurs the laxity of ou decline in moral standards
    2. MÉDECINE [de l'intestin] loosening
    [d'un muscle] relaxation
    3. [d'une corde, d'un lien] loosening, slackening

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  • 20 solutum

    solvo, solvi, solutum, 3, v. a. ( perf. soluit, trisyll., Cat. 2, 13:

    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.
    I.
    To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.
    A.
    In a corporeal sense.
    1.
    Outwardly, to release.
    a.
    From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:

    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.—
    b.
    From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:

    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.—
    c.
    From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:

    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.—
    d.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.:

    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.—
    (γ).
    With ex and abl.:

    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.—
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,

    Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

    portu solventibus,

    id. Mur. 2, 4.—
    (ε).
    Absol. (sc. navem or naves):

    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.—
    (ζ).
    With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):

    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.—
    (η).
    Poet. usages:

    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).—
    e.
    Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    2.
    To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.
    a.
    In gen.:

    omne colligatum solvi potest,

    Cic. Fin. 11.—
    b.
    Of structures ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    c.
    Of woven stuff:

    solvens texta,

    Prop. 2, 9, 6.—
    d.
    Of mountains:

    utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:

    tridente Neptunus montem solvit,

    id. Agam. 553.—
    e.
    Of the neck:

    soluta cervix silicis impulsu,

    broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—
    f.
    Of a comet:

    momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—
    g.
    Of the hair, to loosen, untie, let fall:

    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.—
    h.
    Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;

    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. —
    3.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    Into a liquid, to melt:

    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.—
    (γ).
    Of putrefaction:

    (vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,

    Verg. G. 4, 302.—
    (δ).
    Of change in general:

    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.—
    (ε).
    Of expansion by heat:

    (uva) cum modo frigoribus premitur, modo solvitur aestu,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—
    (ζ).
    Hence, solvere, absol., to rarefy:

    gravitas aeris solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 5, 1.—
    (η).
    Solvi in, to pass into, become:

    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.—
    4.
    To consume, to destroy, dissolve:

    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.—
    B.
    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.:

    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.—
    b.
    Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:

    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.—
    c.
    From obligations and debts:

    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.—
    d.
    From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):

    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. —
    e.
    From feelings, etc.:

    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.—
    f.
    From sleep, very rare:

    ego somno solutus sum,

    awoke, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29 (cf.: somno solvi, to be overwhelmed by sleep, 2. b, g infra).—
    g.
    From labor, business, etc.:

    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.—
    h.
    From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    k.
    From any cause of restraint.
    (α).
    To release from siege:

    Bassanitas obsidione solvere,

    Liv. 44, 30:

    patriam obsidione solvere,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —
    (β).
    From moral restraints:

    hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,

    gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—
    l.
    From laws and rules: legibus solvere.
    (α).
    To exempt from laws, i. e. by privilege:

    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.—
    (β).
    Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:

    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).—
    2.
    To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.
    (α).
    Of troops, ranks, etc.:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:

    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.—
    (γ).
    Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:

    (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.—
    3.
    Implying a change for the worse.
    a.
    To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):

    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.—
    b.
    To make torpid by removing sensation.
    (α).
    To relax, benumb the limbs or body;

    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.—
    (β).
    By frost ( poet.):

    solvuntur illi frigore membra,

    Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—
    (γ).
    By sleep ( poet. for sopio):

    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.—
    (δ).
    By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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,
    4.
    Of logical dissolution, to refute:

    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.—
    b.
    To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:

    deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.
    II.
    To loose, remove, cancel that which binds any thing.
    A.
    In a corporeal sense.
    1.
    In gen., to loose (weaker than rumpo;

    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.—
    2.
    To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:

    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.—
    3.
    To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:

    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.—
    B.
    Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.
    1.
    Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).
    a.
    Of the mouth, etc., to open:

    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.—
    b.
    To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:

    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.—
    c.
    To efface guilt or wrong:

    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.—
    d.
    Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;

    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.—
    e.
    To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:

    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.—
    f.
    Of sleep:

    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. —
    g.
    Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.
    (α).
    To raise a siege:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:

    cujus si talis animus est, solvamus nos ejus vincula, et claustra (i. e. irae) refringamus,

    Liv. 36, 7, 13.—
    (γ).
    To overthrow, subvert a higher authority, etc.:

    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.—
    h.
    Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:

    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.—
    2.
    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:

    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.—
    b.
    Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:

    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.—
    c.
    Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:

    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.—
    d.
    Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:

    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.—
    e.
    To delay:

    hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,

    Sen. Troad. 1131.—
    f.
    Of darkness, to dispel:

    lux solverat umbras,

    Stat. Th. 10, 390.—
    g.
    Of war, strife, etc., to compose, settle:

    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.—
    h.
    Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:

    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.—
    3.
    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:

    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,
    (β).
    Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:

    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.—
    (γ).
    With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:

    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. —
    (δ).
    By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:

    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). —
    (ε).
    Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:

    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. —
    b.
    To fulfil the duty of burial.
    (α).
    Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:

    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.—
    (β).
    Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:

    exsequiis rite solutis,

    Verg. A. 7, 5:

    cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,

    Sen. Hippol. 1198:

    solvere suprema militibus,

    Tac. A. 1, 61.—
    c.
    Votum solvere, to fulfil a vow to the gods.
    (α).
    Alone:

    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.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    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.—
    d.
    Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:

    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.—
    e.
    Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):

    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.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:

    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.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;

    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.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:

    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:

    (orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,

    Cic. Or. 47, 173:

    verbis solutus satis,

    id. ib. 47, 174:

    solutissimus in dicendo,

    id. ib. 48, 180.—
    2.
    Exempt, free from duties, obligations, etc.:

    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.—
    3.
    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.:

    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.—
    4.
    Free from cares, undistracted:

    animo soluto liberoque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

    sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 82.—
    5.
    At leisure, free from labor, business, etc.:

    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.—
    6.
    Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:

    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.—
    7.
    Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:

    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.—
    8.
    Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:

    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.—
    9.
    Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:

    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.—
    10.
    Regardless of rules, careless, loose:

    orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

    dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,

    Tac. A. 16, 18.—
    11.
    Esp., of style, etc., free from rules of composition.
    (α).
    Oratio soluta, verba soluta, a free style, conversational or epistolary style:

    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.—
    (β).
    More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);

    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.—
    (γ).
    Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:

    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.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:

    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.—
    12.
    Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):

    sinum togae in dextrum umerum reicere, solutum ac delicatum est,

    Quint. 11, 3, 146.—
    13.
    Undisciplined, disorderly:

    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.—
    14.
    Lax, remiss, weak:

    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.—
    C.
    (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:

    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.
    1.
    Thinly:

    corpora diffusa solute,

    Lucr. 4, 53.—
    2.
    Of speech, fluently:

    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.—
    3.
    Irregularly, loosely:

    a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 30, 4.—
    4.
    Freely, without restraint:

    generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,

    i. e. without strictly regarding the letter of the law, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—
    5.
    Of style, without connection, loosely:

    enuntiare,

    Quint. 11, 2, 47.—
    6.
    Of manners and discipline, disorderly, negligently:

    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.—
    7.
    Weakly, tamely, without vigor:

    quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,

    Cic. Brut. 80, 277.—
    8.
    Of morals, loosely, without restraint:

    ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,

    Tac. A. 13, 47.

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  • Lax — (v. lat.), schlaff, bes. wer es in der Sittlichkeit nicht so genau nimmt, so Laxe Moral daher Laxität u. Laxismus …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lax — (lat. laxus), schlaff, locker, ungebunden, besonders in bezug auf Sittlichkeit (laxe Moral) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • lax — locker; leger; schlampig; liederlich; nachlässig; unsorgfältig; pfuschig (umgangssprachlich) * * * lax [laks] <Adj.>: nachlässig, ohne feste Grundsätze: eine laxe Auffassung; die Regelung wird ziemlich lax gehandhabt. Syn …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Divorce (in Moral Theology) —     Divorce (in Moral Theology)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Divorce (in Moral Theology)     This subject will be treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.     The term… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio — ▪ Spanish theologian born 1589, Valladolid, Spain died July 4, 1669, Valladolid       Spanish Jesuit preacher and moral theologian who was derided for his support of probabilism, the theory according to which when the rightness or wrongness of a… …   Universalium

  • History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …   Wikipedia

  • Mohammed and Mohammedanism —     Mohammed and Mohammedanism     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mohammed and Mohammedanism     I. THE FOUNDER     Mohammed, the Praised One , the prophet of Islam ( see Islam (Concept) ) and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecca (20… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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