unrestrainedly

ef-frēno or ecfr-, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to unbridle, let loose (very rare).— Poet. transf.:

Vulturnum Effrenat,

Sil. 9, 496.—Far more freq., effrēnātus, a, um, P. a.

Unbridled, without a rein:

equi,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

equi velut effrenati passim incerto cursu feruntur,

id. 37, 41, 10.—

Transf., ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly (a favorite word of Cicero):

homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis duci oportere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

populi soluti effrenatique,

id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.:

libido effrenata et indomita,

id. Clu. 6; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24:

cupiditas effrenata ac furiosa,

id. Cat. 1, 10; and:

mens effrenata atque praeceps,

id. Cael. 15, 35; so,

libertas,

Liv. 34, 49 et saep.:

insolentiă multitudo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

ferocia,

id. ib. 5, 8:

violentia,

id. Phil. 12, 11:

petulantia,

Plin. Ep. 4, 25 fin.:

mente,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 9 et saep.— Comp.:

vox (with libera),

Cic. de Or. 3, 53 fin.:

libido (Appii),

Liv. 3, 50:

iracundia,

Quint. 9, 2, 3.— Sup.:

affectus,

Sen. Ep. 88.— Adv.: ef-frēnāte, unrestrainedly, violently, Cic. de Sen. 12, 39.— Comp., id. Phil. 14, 9, 26.— Sup. appears not to occur.

ef-frēno or ecfr-, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to unbridle, let loose (very rare).— Poet. transf.:

Vulturnum Effrenat,

Sil. 9, 496.—Far more freq., effrēnātus, a, um, P. a.

Unbridled, without a rein:

equi,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

equi velut effrenati passim incerto cursu feruntur,

id. 37, 41, 10.—

Transf., ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly (a favorite word of Cicero):

homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis duci oportere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

populi soluti effrenatique,

id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.:

libido effrenata et indomita,

id. Clu. 6; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24:

cupiditas effrenata ac furiosa,

id. Cat. 1, 10; and:

mens effrenata atque praeceps,

id. Cael. 15, 35; so,

libertas,

Liv. 34, 49 et saep.:

insolentiă multitudo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

ferocia,

id. ib. 5, 8:

violentia,

id. Phil. 12, 11:

petulantia,

Plin. Ep. 4, 25 fin.:

mente,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 9 et saep.— Comp.:

vox (with libera),

Cic. de Or. 3, 53 fin.:

libido (Appii),

Liv. 3, 50:

iracundia,

Quint. 9, 2, 3.— Sup.:

affectus,

Sen. Ep. 88.— Adv.: ef-frēnāte, unrestrainedly, violently, Cic. de Sen. 12, 39.— Comp., id. Phil. 14, 9, 26.— Sup. appears not to occur.

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).

Lit.

In gen.:

equos,

to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

juncta juga leonibus,

Cat. 63, 76:

quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

cinctas vestes,

Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

nodum,

Cels. 7, 4, 4:

fila,

to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

vulnera,

to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

oras,

to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

virginem catenis,

i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

crura vinclis,

id. A. A. 3, 272:

(puella) resoluta capillos,

id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

claustra,

to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

litteras,

Liv. 26, 15:

venas,

Tac. A. 6, 48:

jugulum mucrone,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

ferro,

id. ib. 6, 643:

manum in diversum,

Quint. 11, 3, 97:

fauces haec in verba,

Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

exspectato Ora sono,

id. ib. 13, 126:

fatis ora,

Verg. G. 4, 452;

and simply ora,

id. A. 3, 457:

ignis aurum resolvit,

melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

nivem,

to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

resolutus repente Rhenus,

Suet. Dom. 6:

margaritas in tabem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

glaebam in pulverem,

Col. 11, 2, 60:

nummos,

to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

nebulas ventis ac sole,

to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

tenebras (sidere),

Verg. A. 8, 591:

resoluta caligo,

Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

terra resoluta,

Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

muros ariete,

to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

cinctos muros,

id. 12, 495:

saxa,

id. 1, 369. —

In partic.

To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

(Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

nexos artus,

id. ib. 4, 695:

utrumque (concubitus),

Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

corpus (somno),

id. M. 7, 328:

placitā resoluta quiete,

id. ib. 9, 468:

membra ad molles choros,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

fatigatione resolutus,

id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—

Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

minas,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

argentum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

pro vecturā,

id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

id. ib. 149, 2. —

Trop.

In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127:

quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

teque piacula nulla resolvent,

release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

amore resolutus,

Tib. 1, 10, 83:

(Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

resoluta legibus urbs,

id. 11, 36:

ira resoluta frenis legum,

Luc. 2, 145:

litem quod lite resolvit,

does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

tristitiam animi,

Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

dolos tecti ambagesque,

i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

jura (pudoris),

id. ib. 4, 27:

dolos fraudesque,

Sil. 7, 153:

gaudia ferro,

id. 13, 508:

amphiboliam,

to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

ambiguitatem,

id. 12, 2, 13:

dicta ex parte diversā,

i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

vectigal et onera commerciorum,

to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

stipulationem,

Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

conventionem,

ib. 41, 5, 2:

emptionem,

ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —

In partic. (acc. to I. B.).

To relax, soften:

disciplinam militarem,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

judices,

Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —

To pay:

unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

Mart. 10, 98.—

Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—

Unbridled:

gaudia,

Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

quo resolutius decachinnetis,

more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.