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  • 81 offero

    offĕro ( obf-), obtŭli, oblātum, v. a. [ob-fero], to bring before; to present, offer; to show, exhibit (class.; cf. obicio, ostendo).
    I.
    In gen.:

    incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    opportune te obtulisti mihi obviam,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 24; id. Hec. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Att. 3, 10, 2:

    strictamque aciem venientibus offert,

    presents, opposes, Verg. A. 6, 291:

    speciem offerre,

    to present a false appearance, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81.—In pass.: offerri, mid., to show one's self, appear; to meet, encounter:

    multis in difficillimis rebus praesens auxilium ejus (numinis) oblatum est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108:

    oblata religio est,

    a religious scruple struck him, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

    metu oblato,

    id. ib. 15, 1, 5:

    lex quaedam videbatur oblata,

    id. Phil. 1, 2, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To offer, expose; to bring forward, adduce:

    ne offeramus nos periculis sine causā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; so,

    se morti,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    se ad mortem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32:

    obtulimus nos ad prima pericula,

    Ov. M. 13, 42:

    vitam in discrimen,

    Cic. Sest. 28, 61:

    moram offerre alicui,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 30:

    nam tu nunc vides pro tuo caro capite carum offerre me meum caput vilitati,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 34:

    sponte suā leto caput obvius optulit ipse,

    Lucr. 3, 1041; cf. Cic. Sull. 30, 84; id. Sest. 1, 1; Liv. 3, 1; 31, 50:

    criminibus oblatis,

    brought forward, adduced, Cic. Lael. 18, 65.—
    B.
    To offer, proffer; to bring, cause, occasion, confer, bestow; to inflict, etc. (cf. promitto, recipio, infero):

    foedus,

    Verg. A. 12, 109:

    in omnia ultro suam offerens operam,

    Liv. 40, 23:

    di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21:

    alicui optatissimum beneficium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

    hoc tantum boni, quod vobis ab dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

    datum atque oblatum,

    id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; 2, 4, 49, § 103: ut nunc hac re mihi opem et auxilium offeras, bring me aid and assistance, help me, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 25:

    laetitiam,

    to procure, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 18:

    alicui injuriam,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 14:

    vitium virgini,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 23:

    stuprum alicui,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

    mortem alicui,

    id. Sest. 21, 48: sibi molestiam atque aerumnam offerre, to bring, procure, occasion, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 23: occasio ad occupandam Asiam oblata, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

    seque offert suscepturum,

    offers, Tac. A. 11, 33:

    rusticus offerebat se intercessurum senatus consulto,

    id. ib. 16, 26:

    oblatā facultate in castra sese receperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 72.—
    2.
    In eccl. Lat.
    (α).
    To offer to God, to consecrate, dedicate, Prud. Cath. 5, 150; Vulg. Exod. 38, 24; 39, 32.—
    (β).
    To offer up, sacrifice, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 2:

    Domino,

    Vulg. Gen. 4, 3:

    pro filio,

    id. ib. 22, 13:

    ex scelere,

    id. Prov. 21, 27:

    semet ipsum Deo,

    id. Heb. 9, 14 et saep.

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  • 82 onero

    ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [onus].
    I.
    To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    navim magnam multis mercibus,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 25:

    naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores,

    for loading expeditiously, Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    jumenta,

    Sall. J. 75, 6:

    naves commeatu, etc.,

    id. ib. 86, 1:

    costas aselli pomis,

    Verg. G. 1, 274:

    tauri cervix oneratur aratro,

    is loaded, burdened, Ov. A. A. 1, 19:

    aures lapillis,

    id. ib. 3, 129; cf.:

    umerum pallio,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4:

    ventrem,

    to load, fill, Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1:

    epulis onerari,

    to overload, gorge one's self, Ov. P. 1, 10, 31:

    vino et epulis onerati,

    Sall. J. 76, 6:

    cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret,

    without oppressing the stomach, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48:

    vaccas,

    to cause them to be covered, Pall. 8, 4.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen., to load, cover ( poet.):

    dapibus mensas onerare,

    to cover, Verg. G. 4, 133:

    manusque ambas jaculis oneravit acutis,

    id. A. 10, 868:

    jaculo palmas oneravit acuto,

    i. e. armed, id. ib. 11, 574 (but armavit is the better read.; v. Forbig. ad loc.): membra [p. 1266] sepulcro, id. ib. 10, 558; cf.:

    ossa aggere terrae,

    id. ib. 11, 212:

    aliquem saxis,

    to stone, Phaedr. 3, 2, 4.—
    B.
    Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.:

    me amoenitate oneravit dies,

    has overwhelmed me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.:

    laetitiā senem,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47:

    malignitateomnis mortalis,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 5:

    diem commoditatibus,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:

    aliquem mendaciis,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61:

    judicem argumentis,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    aethera votis,

    Verg. A. 9, 24:

    verbis lassas onerantibus aures,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 10:

    aliquem pugnis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172:

    maledictis,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf.

    contumeliis,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68:

    aliquem injuriis,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

    aliquem malis,

    Verg. A. 4, 549:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Liv. 4, 13:

    spe praemiorum,

    id. 35, 11:

    promissis,

    Sall. J. 12, 3:

    honoribus,

    Just. 5, 4, 13.—
    C.
    Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.;

    esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā,

    Liv. 38, 56 fin.:

    pericula alicujus,

    Tac. A. 16, 30:

    curas,

    id. H. 2, 52:

    delectum avaritiā et luxu,

    to aggravate, make worse, render more odious, id. ib. 4, 14:

    onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.—
    II.
    To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing ( poet.):

    vina cadis,

    Verg. A. 1, 195:

    canistris Dona Cereris,

    id. ib. 8, 180.— Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).—
    B.
    Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled:

    ille est oneratus recte,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

    ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.

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  • 83 pauperies

    paupĕrĭes, ēi, f. [id.], poverty ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. paupertas).
    I.
    Lit.: quod in pauperie meā senex graviter gemam, Enn. ap. Non. 494, 5 (Trag. v. 236 Vahl.):

    erum intulit in pauperiem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 21 (al. inpulit); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 59:

    pauperiem et duros perferre labores,

    Verg. A. 6, 437:

    angustam pauperiem pati,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

    immunda,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 199:

    importuna,

    id. C. 3, 16, 37:

    dura,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 49:

    proba,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 55:

    vera,

    Tac. H. 4, 47; Lact. 6, 20, 25:

    vixit in summā pauperie et paene inopiā,

    Suet. Gram. 11:

    impoenitendae pauperiei se committere,

    App. M. 11, p. 271, 35; cf. paupertas.—
    II.
    Transf., in jurid. Lat., injury, damage, loss, which one suffers from an animal (perh. mentioned in the Twelve Tables):

    si quadrupes pauperiem fecisse dicatur,

    Dig. 9, tit. 1; Paul. Sent. 1, 15, 1:

    pauperies est damnum sine injuriā facientis datum: nec enim potest animal injuriam fecisse, quod sensu caret,

    Dig. 9, 1, 1.

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  • 84 persequor

    per-sĕquor, cūtus and quūtus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. ( act. collat. form of the imperat. persece for perseque, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.).
    I. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ille servolum Jubet illum persequi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 35; 4, 2, 30:

    si vis persequi vestigiis,

    id. Men. 4, 1, 9:

    certum est persequi,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18:

    me in Asiam persequens,

    id. And. 5, 4, 32:

    (persequens dicit perseverationem sequentis ostendens. Persequitur enim qui non desinit sequi, Don. ad h. l.): aliquem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    exercitum,

    id. Phil. 3, 3, 7:

    cursim,

    Petr. 6:

    Hortensium ipsius vestigiis,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 307:

    quā, aut terrā aut mari, persequar eum, qui, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 2:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 105; Verg. A. 9, 218:

    hanc persecuta mater orare incipit,

    Phaedr. 1, 28, 5.—With inf. ( poet.):

    atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera... frangere persequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after, press upon, chase, pursue:

    fugientes usque ad flumen persequuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67:

    bello,

    id. ib. 1, 14:

    deterrere hostes a persequendo,

    Sall. J. 50, 6:

    feras,

    Ov. H. 9, 34:

    beluas,

    Curt. 8, 14, 26.—
    b.
    To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

    omnes solitudines,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —
    B.
    Transf., to follow up, come up with, overtake:

    quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem triginta diebus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 3; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    mors et fugacem persequitur virum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 14.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to follow perseveringly, to pursue any thing:

    omnes vias persequar,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    viam,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4:

    eas artes,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory notion of striving after, to pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after, = appetere, affectare:

    quis est, qui utilia non studiosissime persequatur?

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 101:

    ego mihi alios deos penates persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 7: Pl. Tene priusquam hinc abeo savium. Ph. Si quidem mi hercle regnum detur, numquam id potius persequar, id. Curc. 1, 3, 55:

    hereditates,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 20:

    hereditates aut syngraphas,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 18:

    cujusquemodi voluptates,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ego meum jus persequar, I will pursue or assert my right, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 9; Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

    persequendi juris sui potestas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:

    bona tua repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

    possumus rem nostram persequi,

    id. Quint. 13, 45 fin.:

    cum tribunus plebis poenas a seditioso cive per bonos viros judicio persequi vellet,

    sought to obtain, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

    nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—
    b.
    To follow, be a follower of; to imitate, copy after a person or thing as a guide or pattern:

    si vero Academiam veterem persequamur,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    sectam et instituta alicujus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    ego neglectā barbarorum inscitiā te persequar,

    id. Fam. 9, 3, 2; id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    ut, quae maxime excellant in eo, quem imitabitur, ea diligentissime persequatur,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 90.—
    c.
    To pursue, proceed against, prosecute; to revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon a person or thing:

    aliquem bello,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    aliquem judicio,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    alicujus injurias ulcisci ac persequi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; so,

    injuriam,

    id. Mur. 21, 44; Sall. J. 14, 23; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 9, 5:

    mortem alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2:

    de persequendis inimicitiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83 fin.:

    Trebonii mortem,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Liv. 40, 11 fin.:

    adulterium,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 20.—
    d.
    To persecute for religious belief or practice (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Scap. 5; Vulg. Johan. 15, 20; id. Act. 7, 52; id. Rom. 12, 14 et saep.—
    e.
    To follow in writing, to take down, minute down:

    celeritate scribendi, quae dicerentur persequi,

    Cic. Sull. 14, 42:

    multa diserte dixit, quae notarius persequi non potuit,

    Sen. Apoc. 9, 2.—
    f.
    To follow up with action, to follow out, perform, execute, bring about, do, accomplish, etc.:

    hoc, ut dico, factis persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 11:

    erus quod imperavit persequi,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

    imperium patris,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 84 sq.:

    ex usu quod est, id persequar,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    mandata,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    si idem extrema persequitur qui inchoavit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    vitam inopem et vagam,

    to lead, id. Phil. 12, 7, 15.— Absol.:

    sed tamen ibo et persequar,

    will go and obey, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64. —
    (β).
    In partic., to follow out in speech or writing, to set forth, treat of, relate, recount, describe, explain, etc.:

    aliquid voce,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 56:

    dum rationes Persequor,

    set forth, treat of, discuss the reasons, Lucr. 5, 56:

    quae versibus persecutus est Ennius,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 16:

    philosophiam Latinis litteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 12:

    aliquid scripturā,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    obscenas voluptates,

    id. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    res Hannibalis,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    has res in eo libro,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

    quae persequerer, si commemorare possem sine dolore,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: da te in sermonem et persece Et confice, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to follow or come after:

    exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

    when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.
    In a pass.
    signif. (post-class.):

    illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

    Hyg. Fab. 198 dub.—Hence, persĕquens, entis, P. a., used as subst. *
    A.
    A pursuer, practiser:

    flagitii,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—
    * B.
    A revenger, avenger:

    inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

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  • 85 persevero

    persĕvēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [perseverus].
    I.
    Neutr., to abide by or adhere to strictly; to continue steadfastly, to persist, persevere in any thing (class.; syn.: persisto, permaneo).
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    perseveras tu quidem et in tuā vetere sententiā permanes,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 11, 26; so,

    in suā sententiā,

    id. Phil. 4, 4, 11:

    in vitiis,

    id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    in errore,

    id. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

    id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; Vulg. Matt. 10, 22; id. Heb. 12, 7:

    nobiscum,

    continuing with us, id. Act. 27, 2.—
    (β).
    Impers. pass.:

    perseveratum in irā est,

    Liv. 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 85:

    in eo perseverandum putabat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 2.—
    II.
    Act., to go on or proceed with steadily, to persist, persevere in any thing (class.); usually constr with an object-clause; rarely with acc. or abl.
    (α).
    With inf.:

    injuriam facere,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 31: aliquem conservare, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:

    bello persequi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 4.—With acc. and inf:

    cum Orestes perseveraret, se esse Orestem,

    stuck to it, Cic. Lael. 7, 24; so,

    cum id facturos se perseverarent,

    Vell. 2, 92, 3.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    neque te ipsum id perseverare et transigere potuisse,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 76:

    religiosam observantiam,

    Symm. Ep. 1, 90 (96).—In the pass.:

    ob haec illi quatriduo perseverata inedia est,

    Just. 12, 6, 15 —
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    bellis continuis perseverare,

    Just. 38, 4, 11.—Hence, persĕvērans, antis, P. a., persevering; with abl.:

    perseverantior caedendis (hostibus),

    Liv. 5, 31, 4 (Madv. caedendi).— Absol.:

    perseverantissimus sui cultus,

    Val. Max. 6, 6, 1 ext.: perseverantissimum studium, Col. praef. 1, § 19: pertinaciter perseverans, Jul. Obseq. 64:

    valetudo,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 9:

    perseverantissima pietas,

    Aug. Ep. 555.— Adv.: persĕvēranter, perseveringly:

    tueri,

    Liv. 4, 60, 5:

    tacere,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.— Comp.:

    perseverantius saevire,

    Liv. 21, 10, 7.— Sup.:

    aliquem perseverantissime diligere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3 (dub.; Keil, persevera).

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  • 86 Pertinax

    per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.
    I.
    Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    digitus male pertinax,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

    ales unguibus pertinax,

    App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—
    B.
    Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

    spiritus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

    siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

    id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—
    II.
    Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

    concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

    pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

    valde pertinax,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

    pertinax fama,

    Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

    studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

    Liv. 2, 40:

    stare pertinaci statu,

    Gell. 2, 1, 2:

    octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

    Vell. 2, 27, 1:

    pertinax virtus,

    Liv. 25, 14:

    pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

    id. 28, 22, 14:

    pertinacior in repugnando,

    id. 29, 33:

    pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

    id. 29, 1, 17:

    in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    justitiae,

    App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

    irae,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.
    A.
    Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

    haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

    pertinacius resistere,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    pertinacissime retinere,

    id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —
    B.
    Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

    pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

    Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

    pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

    contendere,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    studere,

    Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

    pertinacius insequi,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

    pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

    Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—
    III.
    Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

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  • 87 pertinax

    per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.
    I.
    Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    digitus male pertinax,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

    ales unguibus pertinax,

    App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—
    B.
    Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

    spiritus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

    siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

    id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—
    II.
    Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

    concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

    pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

    valde pertinax,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

    pertinax fama,

    Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

    studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

    Liv. 2, 40:

    stare pertinaci statu,

    Gell. 2, 1, 2:

    octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

    Vell. 2, 27, 1:

    pertinax virtus,

    Liv. 25, 14:

    pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

    id. 28, 22, 14:

    pertinacior in repugnando,

    id. 29, 33:

    pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

    id. 29, 1, 17:

    in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    justitiae,

    App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

    irae,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.
    A.
    Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

    haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

    pertinacius resistere,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    pertinacissime retinere,

    id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —
    B.
    Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

    pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

    Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

    pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

    contendere,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    studere,

    Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

    pertinacius insequi,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

    pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

    Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—
    III.
    Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

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  • 88 praedico

    1.
    prae-dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I. A.
    Lit., of a public crier:

    ut praeco praedicat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

    auctionem praedicem, ipse ut venditem,

    id. Stich. 1, 3, 41; cf.:

    si palam praeco praedicasset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; Cic. Quint. 15, 50; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; id. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., to make publicly known, to announce, proclaim, to say, relate, state, declare (syn.:

    moneo, ante denuntio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; 1, 15, 43;

    class.): audes mihi praedicare id, Domi te esse?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 11:

    vera praedico,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 20:

    aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas, atque olim,

    you tell a different story, speak another language, id. As. 1, 3, 52:

    utrum taceamne an praedicem?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

    si quidem haec vera praedicat,

    id. And. 3, 1, 7.—With obj.-clause:

    qui ingenti magnitudine corporum Germanos esse praedicabant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Sall. C. 48, 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 106, 4:

    barbari paucitatemque nostrorum militum suis praedicaverunt,

    reported, id. B. G. 4, 34:

    injuriam in eripiendis legionibus praedicat,

    displays, id. B. C. 1, 32, 6:

    ut praedicas,

    as you assert, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

    quod mihi praedicabas vitium, id tibi est,

    that you attribute to me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

    avus tuus tibi aediliciam praedicaret repulsam,

    would tell you of the repulse that P. Nasica suffered respecting the edileship, Cic. Planc. 21, 51.—
    2.
    In partic., to praise, laud, commend, vaunt, extol (syn.: laudo, celebro); constr. with aliquid ( de aliquo), de aliquā re, and absol., Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

    quid ego ejus tibi nunc faciem praedicem aut laudem?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 17:

    beata vita glorianda et praedicanda est,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 50; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 57:

    aliquid miris laudibus,

    id. 25, 5, 18, § 40; 13, 24, 47, § 130; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10; Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 54.—With obj.-clause:

    Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    quae de illo viro Sulla, quam graviter saepe praedicaverunt!

    Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 33:

    qui possit idem de se praedicare, numquam se plus agere, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 27; cf. id. Pis. 1, 2.—With de aliquā re:

    qui de meis in vos meritis praedicaturus non sum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32.— Absol.:

    qui benefacta sua verbis adornant, non ideo praedicare, quia fecerint, sed, ut praedicarent, fecisse creduntur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

    verecundia in praedicando,

    Tac. Agr. 8 fin.
    3.
    To preach the gospel (eccl. Lat.):

    evangelium,

    Vulg. Matt. 4, 23:

    baptismum,

    id. Marc. 1, 4; absol., id. Matt. 4, 17 et saep.—
    II.
    For praedicere, to foretell, predict (eccl. Lat.):

    persecutiones eos passuros praedicabat,

    Tert. Fug. in Persec. 6; so,

    persecutiones praedicatae,

    id. ib. 12.
    2.
    prae-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to say or mention before or beforehand, to premise.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly post-Aug.; cf.

    praefor),

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 54:

    hoc primum in hac re praedico tibi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 19:

    Davus dudum praedixit mihi,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 21; 1, 2, 34; Quint. 4, 2, 57:

    tria, quae praediximus,

    have mentioned before, id. 3, 6, 89; 2, 4, 24:

    praedicta ratio,

    id. 8, 6, 52: ratio ejus in medicinā similis praedictis. Plin. 33, 13, 37, § 136; Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 8.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To foretell, predict; to forebode (class.):

    defectiones solis et lunae multo ante praedicere,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 49; so,

    eclipsim,

    Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 53:

    futura,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; Petr. [p. 1417] 137 fin.:

    nihil adversi accidit non praedicente me,

    that I had not predicted, id. Fam. 6, 6:

    aliquid,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 5:

    malum hoc nobis De caelo tactas memini praedicere quercus,

    Verg. E. 1, 17:

    hos luctus,

    id. A. 3, 713.—
    B.
    To give notice or warning of, to appoint, fix (mostly post-Aug.), Naev. ap. Non. 197, 16:

    ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem praedixisset,

    Tac. A. 2, 79:

    praedictā die,

    id. ib. 11, 27:

    insula Batavorum in quam convenirent praedicta,

    id. ib. 2, 6; cf. Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

    praedicta hora,

    Suet. Claud. 8.—
    C.
    To say what one should do, to advise, warn, admonish, inform, charge, command (class.; syn.: praecipio, moneo); usually constr. with ut or ne:

    Pompeius suis praedixerat, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92; Nep. Them. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 10, 4; 22, 60; 39, 19, 2:

    ei visam esse Junonem praedicere, ne id faceret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Liv. 10, 41:

    praedixit, ne destinatum iter peterent,

    Vell. 2, 82, 2; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf. in the abl. absol.:

    praedicto, ne in re publicā haberetur,

    id. ib. 16, 33.—With acc.:

    unum illud tibi... Praedicam,

    Verg. A. 3, 436; cf. with an obj.-clause:

    Mummius jussit praedici conducentibus, si eas (statuas) perdidissent, novas eos reddituros,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; absol. of a physician, Curt. 3, 6, 3.—
    D.
    To proclaim, announce at an auction, etc. (cf. 1. praedico, I. A.):

    si in auctione praedictum est, ne, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 126.—Hence, praedictus, a, um, P. a., previously named, before mentioned, preceding:

    vicina praedictae sed amplior virtus est,

    Quint. 8, 3, 83:

    nomen,

    id. 9, 3, 66:

    posterior ex praedictis locus,

    id. 2, 4, 24; 10, 1, 74:

    simul pedes, eques, classis aput praedictum amnem convenere,

    Tac. A. 1, 60; Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 76.— praedictum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to II. A.) A foretelling, prediction (class.;

    syn. praesagium): Chaldaeorum praedicta,

    Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

    astrologorum,

    id. ib. 2, 42, 88:

    vatum,

    id. Leg. 2, 12, 30; Verg. A. 4, 464:

    haruspicis,

    Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

    deorum,

    Val. Fl. 4, 460.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. C.) An order, command (Livian):

    praedictum erat dictatoris ne quid absente eo rei gereret,

    Liv. 23, 19, 5.—
    C.
    An agreement, concert:

    velut ex praedicto,

    Liv. 33, 6, 8.

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  • 89 propter

    propter, adv. and prep. [contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter].
    I.
    Adv., near, hard by, at hand (syn.: prope, juxta;

    rare but class.). serito in loco, ubi aqua propter siet,

    Cato, R. R. 151, 2:

    ibi angiportum propter est,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

    propter dormire,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 77:

    araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores,

    Lucr. 2, 417:

    propter est spelunca,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. prope):

    vident unum virum esse... et eum propter esse,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

    cum duo reges propter assint,

    id. ib. 6, 16:

    (caules) si propter sati sunt,

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    duo filii propter cubantes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    adulescentia voluptates propter intuens,

    id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25:

    cornix propter volans,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: praeter propter, v praeter. —
    II.
    Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).
    A.
    Lit., of place (rare but class.);

    stat propter virum fortem,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32:

    hic propter hunc assiste,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31:

    propter Platonis statuam consedimus,

    Cic. Brut. 6, 25:

    propter aliquem assidere,

    id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28):

    insulae propter Siciliam,

    id. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

    propter aquae rivum,

    Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case:

    viam propter,

    Tac. A. 15, 47:

    hostem propter,

    id. ib. 4, 48.—
    B.
    Trop., in stating a cause.
    1.
    On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob;

    the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

    propter metum poenae,

    id. Sest. 46, 99:

    propter eam ipsam causam,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:

    propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    propter humanitatem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2:

    is propter morbum exire non potuit,

    Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

    excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,

    Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.:

    propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,

    Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62:

    propter injuriam,

    to avoid injury, Pall. 12, 13:

    propter hoc, propter quod,

    on that account, for which reason, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I ( you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me:

    egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6:

    non est aequom me propter vos decipi,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34:

    di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,

    Liv. 6, 18, 9.—
    2. a.
    Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing:

    te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55:

    propter quos vivit,

    through whom he lives, to whom he owes life, Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,

    id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—
    b.
    To things by means of which any thing takes place:

    quid enim refert, utrum propter oves, an propter aves fructus capias?

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.—

    Placed after its case: quod propter studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur,

    Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.:

    suctum propter lactis,

    Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115:

    quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,

    Verg. A. 12, 177.

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  • 90 queror

    quĕror, questus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. root, çvas-, to sigh].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to complain, lament, bewail (class.).
    (α).
    With acc.: suas fortunas, to bewail one ' s fate, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 12:

    suum fatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4:

    injuriam,

    Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2:

    omnia,

    id. Fl. 24:

    fortunam,

    Ov. M. 15, 493:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6 al.:

    labem atque ignominiam rei publicae,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.—
    (β).
    With de:

    queritur de Milone per vim expulso,

    Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2:

    de injuriis alicujus,

    id. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—
    (γ).
    With cum:

    quererer tecum, atque expostularem, ni,

    I would complain to you, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7:

    cum patribus conscriptis,

    Liv. 35, 8:

    cum deo, quod,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3:

    tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.—
    (δ).
    With apud:

    apud novercam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80:

    apud aliquem per litteras,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.—
    (ε).
    With dat.:

    nec quereris patri?

    nor complain to your father? Juv. 2, 131.—
    (ζ).
    With obj.-clause:

    ne querantur se relictas esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—
    (η).
    With quod:

    legatos miserunt Athenas questum, quod, etc.,

    Nep. Chabr. 3, 1:

    queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes,

    Plin. Pan. 68, 8; cf.:

    quereris super hoc, quod non mittam carmina,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 24. —
    (θ).
    With pro:

    haec pro re publicā,

    in behalf of, in the name of the State, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, querere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

    non injuste,

    Vell. 2, 40, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to make a complaint before a court:

    de proconsulatu alicujus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2.—
    II.
    Transf., of animals and things that utter a plaintive sound. Of apes:

    queri rauco stridore,

    Ov. M. 14, 100.—

    Of the owl,

    Verg. A. 4, 463. —

    In gen., of the song of birds,

    to complain, lament, to coo, warble, sing, Hor. Epod. 2, 26:

    dulce queruntur aves,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 4.—Of a musical instrument:

    flebile nescio quid queritur lyra,

    Ov. M. 11, 52; Hor. C. 2, 13, 24.

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  • 91 quis

    1.
    quis, quid (old nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = nemo; Gr. tis], who? which? what? what man? (while qui, quae, quod, interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and infra.—Quis is properly used only of more than two; uter, which of two? v. infra).
    I.
    Masc. and fem. quis; lit.,
    A.
    As subst., in a direct question.
    1.
    Of males:

    unde es? cujus es?

    whose are you? to whom do you belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis homo est? Pa. Ego sum Pamphilus, who is there? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1:

    quis clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? quis potentior?

    Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

    quis Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non Plato?

    id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—
    2.
    Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. (ante- and post-class.): et quis illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): quis tu es mulier, quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.:

    quis ea est, quam? etc.,

    who is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48:

    quis haec est?

    id. Pers. 2, 2, 18:

    quis illaec est mulier, quae? etc.,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

    sed haec quis mulier est?

    id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: quis nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: quis haec est simia? Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 84.—
    B.
    As adj.
    1.
    Absol., what? i. e. what sort of a person or thing? quis videor? Cha. Miser aeque atque ego, in what state or condition do I seem? what do you think of me now? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19:

    quis ego sum? aut quae in me est facultas?

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —
    2.
    With nouns.
    (α).
    With words denoting a person (class.):

    quis eum senator appellavit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12:

    quis gracilis puer,

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—
    (β).
    In gen. (in Cic. only before a vowel, for qui):

    quis color,

    Verg. G. 2, 178:

    quisve locus,

    Liv. 5, 40:

    quod caedis initium? quis finis?

    Tac. A. 1, 48:

    quis esset tantus fructus?

    Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —
    II.
    In neutr.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In simple constr.:

    quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

    quid est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est?

    what is bribing the court, if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28:

    quid ais? quid tibi nomen est?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—
    2.
    With gen. partit., what? i. e. what sort of? what kind of a? quid mulieris Uxorem habes? what sort of a woman have you for a wife? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21:

    quid illuc est hominum secundum litus?

    what is that knot of people? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60:

    quid caelati argenti, quid stragulae vestis, quid pictarum tabularum... apud illum putatis esse?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf.

    esp.: hoc enim, quis homo sit, ostendere est, non quid homo sit, dicere,

    i. e. to point out an individual, not to define a class, Gell. 4, 1, 12.—
    3.
    Esp. in phrase quid dico? what do I say? in correcting or strengthening the speaker's own expression:

    Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid dico? Volumus? Immo vero cogimur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Quid? how? why? wherefore? quid? tu me hoc tibi mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

    quid hoc?

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25:

    quid? eundem nonne destituisti?

    id. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

    eloquere, quid venisti?

    why? wherefore? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221:

    sed quid ego argumentor? quid plura disputo?

    Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —
    2.
    In quid? wherefore? for what? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —
    3.
    Quid, with particles:

    quid, quod?

    what shall be said to this, that? how is it that? and furthermore, moreover, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.:

    quid ita?

    why so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: quid ni, also in one word, quidni? why not? (in rhet. questions, while cur non expects an answer); always with subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf.

    separated: quid ego ni teneam?

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28;

    and pleonastically: quid ni non,

    Sen. Ep. 52: quid si? how if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    quid si illud addimus,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

    quid tum?

    what then? how then? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230:

    quid ergo, ironically,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14:

    quid enim,

    id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—
    III.
    In indirect discourse:

    quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces,

    Sall. C. 44, 5:

    rogitat quis vir esset,

    Liv. 1, 7, 9:

    videbis, quid et quo modo,

    Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quis quem, who... whom? who... the other? considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, who is said to have defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:

    quos autem numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, nunc dicendum est,

    what... with what? id. Or. 58, 196:

    notatum in sermone, quid quo modo caderet,

    Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid with gen.:

    exponam vobis breviter, quid hominis sit,

    what sort of a man he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

    sciturum, quid ejus sit,

    what there is in it, how much of it may be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for uter, which of two, whether:

    incerti quae pars sequenda esset,

    Liv. 21, 39, 6:

    proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, satis discerni poterat,

    id. 7, 9, 7:

    ut dii legerent, qui nomen novae urbi daret,

    id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam exercitus, propior aput Pannoniam;

    quos igitur anteferret?

    Tac. A. 1, 47.
    2.
    quis, quid, pron. indef.
    I.
    As subst.
    A.
    Alone, any one, any body, any thing; some one, somebody, something:

    aperite, heus! Simoni me adesse, quis nunciate,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37:

    simplicior quis, et est, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 63:

    quantum quis damni professus erat,

    Tac. A. 2, 26:

    quanto quis clarior,

    id. H. 3, 58:

    injuriam cui facere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—
    B.
    In connection with si, ne, nisi, cum:

    si te in judicium quis adducat,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    ne cui falso assentiamur,

    id. Fin. 3, 21, 72:

    si tecum agas quid,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

    si quid in te peccavi ignosce,

    id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

    si quis quid de re publicā rumore acceperit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 20:

    si quo usui esse posset,

    Liv. 40, 26, 8:

    ne quid nimis,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 34:

    nisi quid existimas, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:

    neve quis invitam cogeret esse suam,

    Prop. 1, 3, 30:

    cum quid,

    Col. 4, 25.—
    II.
    As adj.:

    jam quis forsitan hostis Haesura in nostro tela gerit latere,

    Tib. 1, 10, 13.
    3.
    quīs, for quibus, v. quis and qui.

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  • 92 repono

    rĕ-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. reposivi, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16; part. sync. repostus, a, um, on account of the metre, Lucr. 1, 35; 3, 346; Verg. G. 3, 527; id. A. 1, 26; 6, 59; 655; 11, 149; Hor. Epod. 9, 1; Sil. 7, 507 al.), v. a., to lay, place, put, or set back, i. e.,
    I.
    With the idea of the re predominant.
    A.
    To lay, place, put, or set a thing back in its former place; to replace, restore, etc. (class.; syn. remitto).
    1.
    Lit.:

    cum suo quemque loco lapidem reponeret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146:

    quicque suo loco,

    Col. 12, 3, 4:

    humum,

    the earth dug from a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231:

    pecuniam in thesauris,

    Liv. 29, 18, 15 Weissenb.; 31, 13; cf.:

    ornamenta templorum in pristinis sedibus,

    Val. Max. 5, 1, 6:

    infans repositus in cunas,

    Suet. Aug. 94:

    ossa in suas sedes,

    Cels. 8, 10, 1:

    femur ne difficulter reponatur vel repositum excidat,

    set again, id. 8, 20; 8, 10, 7: se in cubitum, to lean on the elbow again (at table), Hor. S. 2, 4, 39:

    insigne regium, quod ille de suo capite abjecerat, reposuit,

    Cic. Sest. 27, 58:

    columnas,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    tantundem inaurati aeris,

    Suet. Caes. 54:

    togam,

    to gather up again, Quint. 6, 3, 54; 11, 3, 149:

    capillum,

    id. 11, 3, 8, prooem. §

    22: excussus curru ac rursus repositus,

    Suet. Ner. 24:

    nos in sceptra,

    to reinstate, Verg. A. 1, 253; cf.:

    reges per bella pulsos,

    Sil. 10, 487:

    aliquem solio,

    Val. Fl. 6, 742:

    veniet qui nos in lucem reponat dies,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 10:

    ut mihi des nummos sexcentos quos continuo tibi reponam hoc triduo aut quadriduo,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 38; Sen. Ben. 4, 32 fin.:

    quosdam nihil reposuisse,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6:

    donata,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 39:

    flammis ambesa reponunt Robora navigiis,

    to replace, restore, Verg. A. 5, 752:

    aris ignem,

    id. ib. 3, 231:

    molem,

    Sil. 1, 558:

    ruptos vetustate pontes,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    fora templaque,

    id. H. 3, 34:

    amissa urbi,

    id. A. 16, 13:

    statuas a plebe disjectas,

    Suet. Caes. 65:

    cenam,

    Mart. 2, 37, 10;

    so esp. freq. in Vergil, of the serving up of a second course, as of a renewed banquet: sublata pocula,

    Verg. A. 8, 175:

    plena pocula,

    id. G. 4, 378:

    vina mensis (soon after, instaurare epulas),

    id. A. 7, 134:

    epulas,

    id. G. 3, 527:

    festas mensas,

    Stat. Th. 2, 88:

    cibi frigidi et repositi,

    Quint. 2, 4, 29.—
    2.
    Trop., to put or bring back; to replace, restore, renew:

    ut, si quid titubaverint (testes), opportuna rursus interrogatione velut in gradum reponantur,

    Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf.:

    excidentes unius admonitione verbi in memoriam reponuntur,

    id. 11, 2, 19:

    nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, Curat reponi deterioribus,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 30.—
    (β).
    To represent or describe again, to repeat:

    fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi,

    Hor. A. P. 190:

    Achillem (after Homer),

    id. ib. 120; cf.:

    dicta paterna,

    Pers. 6, 66.—
    (γ).
    To repay, requite, return:

    cogitemus, alios non facere injuriam, sed reponere,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 28; cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    semper ego auditor tantum? nunquamne reponam?

    repay, Juv. 1, 1.—
    (δ).
    To put back, put to rest, quiet:

    pontum et turbata litora,

    Val. Fl. 1, 682; cf.:

    post otiosam et repositam vitam,

    Amm. 29, 1, 44.—
    B.
    To bend backwards, lay back: (grues) mollia crura reponunt, bend back (in walking), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.);

    imitated by Virgil: pullus mollia crura reponit,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    cervicem reponunt et bracchium in latus jactant,

    Quint. 4, 2, 39:

    tereti cervice repostā,

    Lucr. 1, 35:

    interim quartus (digitus) oblique reponitur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 99:

    hic potissimum et vocem flectunt et cervicem reponunt,

    id. 4, 2, 39:

    membra (mortui) toro,

    Verg. A. 6, 220:

    membra stratis,

    id. ib. 4, 392.—
    C.
    To lay aside or away for preservation; to lay up, store up, keep, preserve, reserve (class.; cf.: regero, reservo).
    1.
    Lit.: nec tempestive demetendi [p. 1571] percipiendique fructūs neque condendi ac reponendi ulla pecudum scientia est, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

    cibum,

    Quint. 2, 4, 29:

    formicae farris acervum tecto reponunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 403:

    Caecubum ad festas dapes,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

    mella in vetustatem,

    Col. 12, 11, 1; 12, 44, 7:

    alimenta in hiemem,

    Quint. 2, 16, 16:

    (caseum) hiemi,

    Verg. G. 3, 403:

    omnia quae multo ante memor provisa repones,

    id. ib. 1, 167:

    thesaurum,

    Quint. 2, 7, 4:

    scripta in aliquod tempus,

    id. 10, 4, 2.— Poet.:

    eadem (gratia) sequitur tellure repostos, i. e. conditos,

    buried, Verg. A. 6, 655; cf.:

    an poteris siccis mea fata reponere ocellis? (= me mortuum),

    Prop. 1, 17, 11:

    tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 17:

    repono infelix lacrimas, et tristia carmina servo,

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 47.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    opus est studio praecedente et acquisitā facultate et quasi repositā,

    Quint. 8, prooem. §

    29: aliquid scriptis,

    id. 11, 2, 9:

    manet altā mente repostum Judicium Paridis,

    Verg. A. 1, 26:

    reponere odium,

    Tac. Agr. 39 fin.:

    sensibus haec imis... reponas,

    Verg. E. 3, 54.—
    D.
    To put in the place of, to substitute one thing for another (class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    non puto te meas epistulas delere, ut reponas tuas,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2:

    Aristophanem pro Eupoli,

    id. Att. 12, 6, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 49:

    eorumque in vicem idonea reponenda,

    Col. 4, 26, 2:

    dira ne sedes vacet, monstrum repone majus,

    Sen. Phoen. 122.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    at vero praeclarum diem illis reposuisti, Verria ut agerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52.—
    E. 1.
    Lit.:

    remum,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

    arma omnia,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

    caestus artemque,

    Verg. A. 5, 484:

    feretro reposto,

    id. ib. 11, 149:

    onus,

    Cat. 31, 8:

    telasque calathosque infectaque pensa,

    Ov. M. 4, 10; Sil. 7, 507:

    rursus sumptas figuras,

    Ov. M. 12, 557:

    bracchia,

    to let down, Val. Fl. 4, 279.— Poet.:

    jam falcem arbusta reponunt,

    i. e. permit to be laid aside, Verg. G. 2, 416.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    brevem fugam,

    to end the flight, Stat. Th. 6, 592:

    iram,

    Manil. 2, 649.—
    II.
    With the idea of the verb predominant, to lay, place, put, set a thing anywhere (freq. and class.; syn. colloco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    grues in tergo praevolantium colla et capita reponunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    colla in plumis,

    Ov. M. 10, 269:

    litteras in gremio,

    Liv. 26, 15:

    hunc celso in ostro,

    Val. Fl. 3, 339:

    ligna super foco Large reponens,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 6:

    (nidum) ante fores sacras reponit,

    Ov. M. 15, 407.— With in and acc.:

    uvas in vasa nova,

    Col. 12, 16:

    data sunt legatis, quae in aerarium reposuerant,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 9:

    anulos in locellum,

    id. 7, 8, 9; cf.:

    mergum altius in terram,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 205.—
    B.
    Trop., to place, put, set; to place, count, reckon among:

    in vestrā mansuetudine atque humanitate causam totam repono,

    Cic. Sull. 33, 92:

    vos meam defensionem in aliquo artis loco reponetis,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 198:

    suos hortatur, ut spem omnem in virtute reponant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    in se omnem spem,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    nihil spei in caritate civium,

    Liv. 1, 49; 2, 39:

    salutem ac libertatem in illorum armis dextrisque,

    id. 27, 45:

    verum honorem non in splendore titulorum, sed in judiciis hominum,

    Plin. Pan. 84, 8; id. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    plus in duce quam in exercitu,

    Tac. G. 30; Liv. 24, 37:

    plus in deo quam in viribus reponentes,

    Just. 24, 8, 2:

    fiduciam in re reponere,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16; 1, 8, 14:

    ea facta, quae in obscuritate et silentio reponuntur,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 6:

    quos equidem in deorum immortalium coetu ac numero repono,

    place, count, reckon among, Cic. Sest. 68, 143; so,

    sidera in deorum numero,

    id. N. D. 2, 21, 54; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 47 Mos. N. cr.:

    Catulum in clarissimorum hominum numero,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210: aliquem in suis, Antonius ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1.— With in and acc.:

    homines morte deletos in deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

    in deorum numerum reponemus,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 47:

    Isocratem hunc in numerum non repono,

    id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:

    aliquid in fabularum numerum,

    id. Inv. 1, 26, 39; and:

    hanc partem in numerum,

    id. ib. 1, 51, 97:

    in ejus sinum rem publicam,

    Suet. Aug. 94.—Hence, rĕpŏsĭ-tus ( rĕpostus), a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Remote, distant (syn. remotus;

    very rare): penitusque repostas Massylum gentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 59:

    terrae,

    id. ib. 3, 364:

    populi,

    Sil. 3, 325:

    convalles,

    App. M. 4, p. 145, 6.—
    II.
    Laid aside, stored up:

    spes,

    Vulg. Col. 1, 5:

    corona justitiae,

    id. 2, Tim. 4, 8.

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  • 93 repraehendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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  • 94 repraendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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  • 95 reprehendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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  • 96 sarcio

    sarcĭo, sarsi, sartum, 4, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. rhaptô], to patch, botch, mend, repair, restore, etc.: sarcire est integrum facere, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. sarte, p. 323 Müll. (class.; cf.: renovo, instauro, redintegro).
    I.
    Lit.:

    funes veteres, centones, cuculiones,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 3; cf.:

    in vestimento sartum quod comprehensum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

    corbulas,

    Cato, R. R. 23, 1; 31, 1:

    dolia,

    id. ib. 39, 1 sq.; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 68; 1, 2, 34:

    seminaria,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 243:

    rupta intestina,

    id. 28, 14, 58, § 210:

    perniones rimasque pedum,

    id. 28, 16, 62, § 221.— Poet.:

    generis (apum) lapsi ruinas,

    Verg. G. 4, 249. — Transf.:

    sartum vulnus,

    healed, Scrib. Comp. 206.—
    II.
    Trop., to make good, make amends for; to correct, repair:

    detrimentum in bello acceptum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, acceptum detrimentum, id. B. C. [p. 1631] 1, 45;

    3, 67: acceptum incommodum virtute,

    id. ib. 3, 73:

    damna,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 5; Liv. 9, 23; Col. 9, 15, 3; cf.:

    sarcito in XII. Servius Sulpicius ait significare damnum solvito, praestato,

    Fest. p. 322 Müll.:

    injuriam,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

    tantum studium infamiae sarciendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

    usuram longi temporis,

    to restore, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1:

    an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31.—Hence, sartus, a, um, P. a., mended, repaired, put in order, only in the phrase sartus tectus, adj.; or more freq. subst. in the neutr. plur. sarta tecta, buildings in good repair:

    sarte ponebant pro integre. Ob quam causam opera publica, quae locantur, ut integra praestentur, sarta tecta vocantur,

    Fest. p. 322 Müll.; cf. Charis. p. 195 fin., and Inscr. Orell. 2488:

    cum consules aedes sacras locavissent neque potuissent omnia sarta tecta exigere...factum est senatus consultum: quibus de sartis tectis cognitum non esset... Quaesivit quis aedem Castoris sartam tectam deberet tradere... Monumentum quamvis sartum tectum integrumque esset, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130 sq.; so,

    sarta tecta,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 40, § 103; 2, 1, 49, § 128 Zumpt N. cr.; 2, 1, 50, § 130; 2, 1, 51, § 136; Liv. 42, 3; Dig. 1, 16, 7; 7, 1, 7; 7, 8, 18; cf.:

    sarta tecta aedium sacrarum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Vulg. 4 Reg. 12, 5; id. 2 Par. 24, 5.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    sarta tecta tua praecepta usque habui mea modestia,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 36:

    hoc mihi da, ut M'. Curium sartum et tectum, ut aiunt, ab omnique incommodo sincerum integrumque conserves,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 50, 2.—Hence, adv.: sartē pro integre... Porphyrio ex Verrio et Festo in Auguralibus, inquit, libris ita est:

    sane sarteque,

    Charis. p. 195 fin.; 196 init. P.; cf. supra the pass. from Fest.<

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  • 97 satis

    sătis, and abbreviated, săt (cf. the letter S.: satin', contr. for satisne; v.the foll.), adv. [root in Gr. adên, hadên, orig. a comp. form, weakened from satius; cf.: magis, nimis, etc.], enough, sufficiently (objectively, so that one needs nothing more; whereas affatim subjectively, so that one wishes nothing more).
    I.
    Posit.
    1.
    Adject., enough, sufficient, satisfactory.
    a.
    Form sătis:

    quod (faenum et pabulum) bubus satis siet, qui illic sient,

    Cato, R. R. 137: cui, si conjuret populus, vix totu' satis sit, were enough, adequate, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 193 P.: libram aiebant satis esse ambobus farris Intritae, Titin. ap. Non. 81, 13; Hor. S. 1, 5, 68:

    duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Ad. 5, 3, 24:

    dies mihi hic ut sit satis vereor Ad agendum,

    id. And. 4, 2, 22; cf. Liv. 21, 17:

    quicquid adjecissent ipsi terroris satis ad perniciem fore rati,

    id. 21, 33; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    animo satis haec vestigia parva sagaci Sunt, per quae possis cognoscere cetera tute,

    Lucr. 1, 402:

    satis est tibi in te, satis in legibus, satis in mediocribus amicitiis praesidium,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

    ut semper vobis auxilium adversus inimicos satis sit,

    Liv. 6, 18:

    satis esse Italiae unum consulem censebat,

    id. 34, 43; Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

    ipse Romam venirem, si satis consilium quādam de re haberem,

    id. Att. 12, 50:

    id modo si mercedis Datur mihi... satis Mihi esse ducam,

    will content myself, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 16:

    satis hoc tibi est,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 40:

    animo istuc satis est, auribus non satis,

    Cic. Or. 63, 215:

    dicebant de re publicā quod esset illis viris et consulari dignitati satis,

    id. Brut. 35, 135; hence, in a play on the word: Le. Jam satis est mihi. Li. Tum igitur tu dives es factus? Plaut. As. 2, 2, 64:

    quidvis satis est, dum vivat modo,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 28; id. Hec. 5, 2, 17:

    qui non sentirent, quid esset satis,

    Cic. Or. 22, 73:

    sum avidior etiam, quam satis est, gloriae,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 2:

    plus quam satis doleo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123:

    semel fugiendi si data est occasio, Satis est,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 9:

    satis esse deberet, si, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 174:

    satin' habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11:

    ars satis praestat, si, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 10, 15:

    non satis efficit oratio, si, etc.,

    id. 8, 3, 62:

    satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14:

    poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 66:

    satis superque habere dicit, quod sibi ab arbitrio tribuatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

    tanta repente caelo missa vis aquae, ut ea modo exercitui satis superque foret,

    Sall. J. 75, 7; cf.:

    satis una excidia,

    Verg. A. 2, 642 (v. infra, g and 2. b); cf.:

    plura quam satis est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 46:

    ultra quam satis est,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 16.—
    (β).
    Satis est (habeo, credo, etc.), with inf. or a subject- ( object-) clause:

    huic satis illud erit planum facere atque probare,

    Lucr. 2, 934; Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

    satis erat respondere Magnas: ingentes, inquit,

    id. Lael. 26, 98:

    velut satis sit, scire ipsos,

    Quint. 8, 2, 19:

    si oratori satis esset docere,

    id. 10, 1, 78:

    nunc libertatem repeti satis est,

    Liv. 3, 53 fin.:

    vos satis habebatis animam retinere,

    Sall. J. 31, 20:

    illud satis habeo dicere,

    Quint. 6, 5, 11: satis habeo with si, Nep. Them. 8, 4; id. Timol. 2, 4; Liv. 5, 21, 9; Tac. A. 2, 37; 4, 38.—With quod, Liv. 40, 29, 13; Just. 22, 8, 14:

    satis putant vitio carere,

    Quint. 2, 4, 9:

    si res nudas atque inornatas indicare satis videretur,

    id. 2, 4, 3:

    Herennium et Numisium legatos vinciri satis visum,

    Tac. H. 4, 59. —Rarely with ut:

    Fabio satis visum, ut ovans urbem iniret,

    Liv. 7, 11, 9.—Negatively:

    quarum (rerum) unam dicere causam Non satis est, verum plures,

    Lucr. 6, 704:

    nec vero habere virtutem satis est, nisi utare,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

    opera exstruentibus satis non est, saxa atque materiam congerere,

    Quint. 7, prooem. §

    1: non satis est, pulchra esse poëmata,

    Hor. A. P. 99 et saep.—With inf. perf. (not freq. till after the Aug. period; cf.

    Zumpt, Gram. § 590): nunc satis est dixisse: ego mira poëmata pango, etc.,

    Hor. A. P. 416:

    quod hactenus ostendisse satis est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 62:

    atque id viro bono satis est, docuisse quod sciret,

    id. 12, 11, 8:

    illud notasse satis habeo,

    id. 9, 4, 15.—Negatively:

    non ille satis cognosse Sabinae Gentis habet ritus,

    Ov. M. 15, 4:

    non satis credunt excepisse quae relicta erant,

    Quint. 2, 1, 2.— Absol.: gaudeo. Ch. Satis credo, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 21.—
    (γ).
    With gen.: As. Salve. St. Satis mihi est tuae salutis, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4:

    satis historiarum est,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 48:

    verborum,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 16:

    satis mihi id habeam supplicii,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 15:

    ea amicitia non satis habet firmitatis,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 19:

    ad dicendum temporis satis habere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 2; cf. Quint. 10, 2, 15: satis praesidii, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84 Madv. N. cr.:

    satis poenarum dedisse,

    Quint. 7, 4, 18:

    jam satis terris nivis atque dirae Grandinis misit pater,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 1:

    satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 45; so, satis superque, with gen.:

    vitae,

    Liv. 2, 42, 6; 63, 67, 3; 25, 32, 6; 28, 29, 7; Hor. Epod. 17, 19.— Comp.: satius; v. infra, B. —
    b.
    Form săt (most freq. in the poets):

    quibus (dis) sat esse non queam?

    to be sufficient, equal to, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 27:

    pol vel legioni sat est (obsonium),

    id. Aul. 3, 6, 24:

    in jure causam dicito, hic verbum sat est,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 28; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37; id. Truc. 2, 8, 14:

    tantum quantum sat est,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    tantum sat habes?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 40:

    si hoc sat est,

    Quint. 2, 11, 7:

    amabo jam sat est,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 117; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; id. Eun. 4, 4, 38; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 34:

    paene plus quam sat erat,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 14:

    sat habeo,

    id. And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 22 et saep.—
    (β).
    Sat est (habeo, credo, etc.), with inf. or a subject- ( object-) clause:

    nonne id sat erat, Accipere ab illo injuriam?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3:

    perdere posse sat est,

    Ov. H. 12, 75: qui non sat habuit conjugem illexe in stuprum, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 79: Ar. Mater salve. Art. Sat salutis't, id. As. 5, 2, 61:

    vocis,

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 29:

    signi,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 39:

    poenae,

    Prop. 1, 17, 10 et saep.—
    2.
    Adverb., enough, sufficiently.
    a.
    Form sătis.
    (α).
    With verbs:

    si sis sanus, aut sapias satis,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 23:

    satis deludere,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 45:

    satis jam dolui ex animo et curā me satis Et lacrimis maceravi,

    id. Capt. 5, 1, 7:

    satin' me illi hodie scelesti ceperunt dolo?

    id. ib. 3, 4, 120:

    ego istuc satis scio,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 37; Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 53:

    satis ostenderit, reliquos, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 31, 54 et saep.: quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 322 Müll.:

    neque audio neque oculis prospicio satis,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 7:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; cf.:

    quidque furor valeat, Penthea caede satisque Ac super ostendit,

    Ov. M. 4, 429 (v. in the foll. II. D. 1. a).—
    (β).
    With adjectives:

    satis dives,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 74:

    dotata,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

    dicacula,

    id. As. 3, 1, 8:

    satis multa restant,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:

    video te testimoniis satis instructum,

    id. ib. 1, 38, 59:

    rura tibi magna satis,

    Verg. E. 1, 48 et saep.:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53 fin. —Sometimes, like the Engl. enough, it denotes diminution, tolerably, moderately:

    videor mihi nostrum illum consularem exercitum bonorum omnium, etiam satis bonorum, habere firmissimum,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 4:

    satis litteratus (with nec infacetus),

    id. Off. 3, 14, 58:

    satis bonus (locus),

    Cato, R. R. 136:

    res satis amplae,

    Just. 2, 1, 1; cf. the foll. g and b. b.—
    (γ).
    With adverbs or adverbial phrases:

    satis audacter,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 208:

    satis certo scio,

    id. Ps. 4, 5, 5:

    satis superbe illuditis me,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 22:

    satis scite,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:

    non satis honeste,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

    satis cum periculo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 104: et quidem hercle formā luculentā (haec meretrix). Ch. Sic satis, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 12:

    satis opportune occidisse,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    satis recte,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 53:

    satis saepe,

    Sall. J. 62, 1:

    satis bene ornatae,

    dressed well enough, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73; hence satis bene sometimes, like the Engl. well enough, = tolerably, moderately, or pretty well:

    a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere. Quid quartum? Arare,

    Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89 (for which, in the same narration, mediocriter pascere, Col. 6, praef. § 4; and Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30); cf. supra, a. b, and infra, b. b.—
    b.
    Form săt.
    (α).
    With verbs:

    sat scio,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 25; Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 34; id. Ad. 3, 2, 41; 3, 3, 6; 4, 1, 10; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 31:

    sat prata biberunt,

    Verg. E. 3, 111.—
    (β).
    With adjectives:

    accusator sat bonus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 89:

    non sat idoneus Pugnae,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 26: sat planum. Liv. 6, 18 fin. —Signifying diminution, like the Engl. enough, tolerably, moderately, passably:

    laetantibus omnibus bonis, etiam sat bonis,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1; so, sat bonus (less than bonus): [p. 1634] sl me voltis esse oratorem, si etiam sat bonum, si bonum denique, non repugnabo, id. de Or. 3, 22, 84.—
    (γ).
    With adverbs:

    qui sat diu vixisse sese arbitrabitur,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 12:

    sat commode,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 17:

    sat recte,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43.—
    B.
    Comp.: satius (prop. more satisfying; hence), better, more serviceable, fitter, preferable.
    1.
    Adject., in the phrase satius est, with a subject-clause (cf. supra, 1. a. b, and b. b) followed by quam:

    scire satius est quam loqui Servum hominem,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 11; id. Cas. 1, 24; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 66; 5, 2, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Att. 7, 1, 4; id. Inv. 2, 32, 100; Liv. 26, 29; 42, 23 fin. al.; cf.:

    nimio satius est, ut opu'st, te ita esse, quam ut animo lubet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 30:

    quanto satius est, te id dare operam... Quam id loqui, etc.,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 7; cf.

    also: satius multo fuisse, non moveri bellum adversus eum, quam omitti motum,

    Liv. 34, 33:

    nonne fuit satius tristis Amaryllidis iras pati?

    Verg. E. 2, 14:

    hos te satius est docere, ut, quando agas, quid agant, sciant,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 49:

    mori me satius est,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 2; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63; cf.:

    repertus est nemo, qui mori diceret satius esse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

    mortuom hercle me duco satius,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 34:

    terga impugnare hostium satius visum est,

    Liv. 3, 70; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 34.—In a positive signif., it serves, benefits, is of use: nihil phluarein satius est, miles (perh. in reference to the preceding speech of the miles:

    mortuum me duco satius),

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 36: satius putare, with an object-clause, to believe it to be better, Nep. Paus. 5, 1.—
    * 2.
    Adverb., with a verb, rather (syn. potius):

    ego quod magis pertineat ad Fundanii valetudinem, satius dicam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26.
    II.
    Particular phrases.
    A.
    Sat agito (also in one word, satagito), and sat agere suarum rerum, to have enough to do, have one ' s hands full; to be busy, be troubled (only in the foll. passages):

    nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23:

    is quoque suarum rerum sat agitat, tamen, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 13 Bentl., followed by Umpfenb.; and so ap. Charis. p. 193 P. (Fleck. sat agit, tamen).—
    B.
    Satis ago or sat ago (also in one word, satago).
    1.
    T. t. in business lang., to satisfy, content, pay a creditor:

    nunc satagit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34.—
    2.
    To have enough to do, have one ' s hands full; to be in trouble (the predom. signif. of the word).
    (α).
    Form satis ago (class.): jam apud vallum nostri satis agebant, Cato ap. Charis. p. 193 P.:

    cum Pyrrhus rex in terrā Italiā esset satisque agerent Romani,

    Gell. 3, 8, 1:

    ego nocte hac proximā In somnis egi satis et fui homo exercitus,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 4:

    complorantibus omnibus nostris atque in sentinā satis agentibus,

    Gell. 19, 1, 3; 9, 11, 4:

    satis agentes rerum suarum,

    App. M. 8, p. 209, 6.— Impers. pass.:

    pugnatur acriter: agitur tamen satii,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9.—
    (β).
    Form sat ago (satago) (very rare): Caesar alte-ram alam mittit, qui satagentibus celeriter occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 7; cf. supra, II. A.—
    3.
    To bustle about, make a to-do, be full of business, polupragmoneuô (postAug. and very rare):

    (Domitius) Afer venuste Mallium Suram multum in agendo discursantem, salientem, manus jactantem, etc.... non agere dixit, sed satagere. Est enim dictum per se urbanum satagere, etc.,

    Quint. 6, 3, 54; cf. id. 11, 3, 126:

    curris, stupes, satagis tamquam mus in matellā,

    Petr. 58, 9.—Also act.: interea haec satagens, busily doing or performing, Petr. 137, 10.—
    C.
    Satis accipio, caveo, do, exigo, peto, offero, etc., t: t. of business lang., to take, give, ask, offer, etc., sufficient bail or security:

    satis accipio,

    Cic. Quint. 13, 44 sq.; id. Rosc. Com. 14, 40; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115; Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 4; Dig. 36, 4, 5; 45, 1, 4; 46, 1, 33.— Pass., Cato, R. R. 2, 6:

    satis acceptum habere,

    to be fully assured, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 90; 1, 3, 67:

    satis caveo,

    Dig. 7, 1, 60 (cf. caveo, II. 2.):

    satis do (also as one word, satisdo),

    Cic. Quint. 13, 44 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146; 2, 2, 24, § 60; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35; id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2; id. Att. 5, 1, 2; Dig. 1, 2, 8; 1, 2, 7 fin.; 36, 4, 1; 36, 4, 5; 46, 6, 1.—With gen.:

    judicatae pecuniae,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 8:

    damni infecti,

    Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6:

    fidei commissi,

    Dig. 36, 4, 5; 46, 4, 5: satisdato (caveo, promitto, debeo, etc.), by giving bail or security, ib. 5, 1, 2 fin.; 2, 11, 4 fin.; 40, 5, 4; Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2:

    satis exigo,

    Dig. 26, 7, 45 fin.; 36, 3, 18:

    satis offero,

    to tender security, ib. 26, 10, 5; 36, 4, 3; 48, 17, 1:

    satis peto,

    to demand security, ib. 35, 1, 70.—
    D.
    Sătis făcĭo, or, in one word, sătisfăcĭo ( pass. satisfacitur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 789 P.), to give satisfaction, to satisfy, content:

    satisfacere dicimur ei, cujus desiderium implemus,

    Dig. 2, 8, 1 (very freq. and class.).
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    ut illis satis facerem ex disciplinā,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 28:

    Siculis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

    alicui petenti,

    id. Or. 41, 140:

    operam dabo ut tibi satisfaciam,

    id. Att. 2, 4, 3:

    deo pie et caste,

    id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

    domino vel populo (gladiatores),

    id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—In mal. part., Petr. 75; 77.—Of things:

    cum aut morte aut victoriā se satisfacturum rei publicae spopondisset,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 9, 26:

    cui (vitae meae) satis feci vel aetate vel factis,

    id. Fam. 10, 1, 1:

    me omnibus satis esse facturum,

    id. Balb. 1, 2:

    causae atque officio satis facere,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; cf.:

    satis officio meo, satis illorum voluntati, qui a me hoc petiverunt, factum esse arbitrabor,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 130:

    gravibus seriisque rebus,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

    etsi nullo modo poterit oratio mea satis facere vestrae scientiae,

    id. Phil. 2, 23, 57; cf.:

    qui et naturae et legibus satis fecit,

    id. Clu. 10, 29:

    amicitiae nostrae,

    id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

    me plus satis nostrae conjunctioni amorique facturum,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 2:

    ut omnium vel suspicioni vel malevolentiae vel crudelitati satis fiat,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 45:

    mihi vero satis superque abs te videtur istorum studiis... esse factum,

    id. de Or. 1, 47, 204:

    se avarissimi hominis cupiditati satis facere posse,

    id. Verr. 1, 14, 41:

    odio alicujus,

    Suet. Tib. 66 fin.:

    libidini alicujus,

    Lact. 6, 11, 23:

    voluntati voluntate satisfecimus,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 35, 1:

    condicioni,

    Dig. 36, 1, 77.—
    (β).
    With in aliquā re:

    qui (histriones) in dissimillimis personis satisfaciebant,

    Cic. Or. 31, 109; so,

    in historiā,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    in jure civili,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

    in omni genere,

    id. Att. 16, 5, 2.—
    (γ).
    With dat. and obj.-clause (rare):

    quibus quoniam satisfeci me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod ad sanandum me pertineret, reliquum est, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Att. 21, 5.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quamobrem tandem non satisfacit?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—With de:

    nos plene et statim de eo satis esse facturos,

    Quint. 4, 5, 18.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    T. t. of business lang., to satisfy, content (by payment or security), to pay or secure a creditor:

    pecunia petitur ab Hermippo: Hermippus ab Heraclide petit, ipse tamen Fufiis satisfacit absentibus et fidem suam liberat,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    cum de visceribus tuis et filii tui satis facturus sis quibus debes,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7: ut si mihi in pecuniā minus satisfecisset, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 60 fin.; Dig. 40, 1, 4:

    omnis pecunia exsoluta esse debet aut eo nomine satisfactum esse: satisfactum autem accipimus, quemadmodum voluit creditor, licet non sit solutum, etc.,

    ib. 13, 7, 9; so (opp. solvere) ib. 18, 1, 19:

    Stichus servus meus heredi meo mille nummos si solverit, satisve fecerit, etc.,

    ib. 40, 4, 41; 40, 7, 39, § 1.—With gen. of the thing:

    cui ususfructus legatus esset, donec ei totius dotis (sc. nomine) satis fieret, etc.,

    Dig. 33, 2, 30.—
    b.
    To give satisfaction (by word or deed); to make amends or reparation; to make excuse; to ask pardon, apologize to a person offended, injured, etc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    aut satisfaciat mihi ille, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8:

    si Aeduis de injuriis... item si Allobrogibus satisfaciant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

    deinde reliquae legiones per tribunos militum egerunt, ut Caesari satisfacerent, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 41:

    acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut mihi satisfieri paterer a te,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 49.—
    (β).
    With de and abl.:

    omnibus rationibus de injuriis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    injuriarum satisfecisti L. Labieno,

    Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    missis ad Caesarem satisfaciundi causā legatis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 54:

    in quā civitate legatus populi Romani aliquā ex parte violatus sit, nisi publice satis factum sit, el civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    satisfacientes aut supplicantes summittimus (manus),

    Quint. 11, 3, 115 et saep.—
    c.
    To give satisfaction by suffering a penalty: saepe satisfecit praedae venator, Mart. 12, 14, 3.

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  • 98 sensus

    1.
    sensus, a, um, Part. of sentio.
    2. I.
    Corporeal, perception, feeling, sensation:

    omne animal sensus habet: sentit igitur et calida et frigida et dulcia et amara, nec potest ullo sensu jucunda accipere et non accipere contraria: si igitur voluptatis sensum capit, doloris etiam capit. etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 13, 32:

    moriendi sensum celeritas abstulit,

    id. Lael. 3, 12:

    si quis est sensus in morte,

    id. Phil. 9, 6, 13:

    (Niobe) posuit sensum saxea facta mali,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 32:

    sensum voluptatemque percipere,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12. [p. 1671] —
    B.
    A sense, capacity for feeling:

    ut idem interitus sit animorum et corporum nec ullus sensus maneat, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    tactus corporis est sensus,

    Lucr. 2, 435:

    oculorum,

    id. 3, 361; so,

    oculorum, aurium,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111; id. Fin. 2, 16, 52; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; cf.

    videndi,

    id. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    audiendi,

    id. Rep. 6, 18, 19:

    quod neque oculis neque auribus neque ullo sensu percipi potest,

    id. Or. 2, 8:

    quamquam oriretur (tertia philosophiae pars) a sensibus, tamen non esse judicium veritatis in sensibus,

    id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:

    res subjectae sensibus,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 31:

    gustatus, qui est sensus ex omnibus maxime voluptarius,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

    sensus autem interpretes ac nuntii rerum in capite et facti et conlocati sunt,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omne animal sensus habet,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 32:

    carent conchae visu, omnique sensu alio quam cibi et periculi,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 90:

    ab eā parte opus orsus, ut a sensu ejus, averteret,

    Curt. 4, 6, 9.—
    II.
    Mental, feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind, etc.:

    ipse in commovendis judicibus eis ipsis sensibus, ad quos illos adducere vellem, permoverer,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

    an vos quoque hic innocentium cruciatus pari sensu doloris adficit?

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123:

    vestri sensus ignarus,

    id. Mil. 27, 72:

    humanitatis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154:

    applicatio animi cum quodam sensu amandi... ut facile earum (bestiarum) sensus appareat... sensus amoris exsistit, etc.,

    id. Lael. 8, 27; cf.:

    ipsi intellegamus naturā gigni sensum diligendi,

    id. ib. 9, 32:

    meus me sensus, quanta vis fraterni sit amoris, admonet,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    utere argumento ipse sensus tui,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

    nihil est tam molle, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos sensusque civium,

    id. Mil. 16, 42:

    quae mihi indigna et intolerabilia videntur, ea pro me ipso et animi mei sensu ac dolore pronuntio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 44, 129.—
    2.
    Opinion, thought, sense, view:

    animi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 148:

    valde mihi placebat sensus ejus de re publicā,

    id. Att. 15, 7:

    (orator) ita peragrat per animos hominum, ita sensus mentesque pertractat, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222 sq.:

    qui est iste tuus sensus, quae cogitatio? Brutos ut non probes, Antonios probes?

    id. Phil. 10, 2, 4:

    dissidenti sensus suos aperire,

    Nep. Dion, 8, 2:

    sensus reconditi,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 2.—
    3.
    Esp., the common feelings of humanity, the moral sense, taste, discretion, tact in intercourse with men, often called in full sensus communis (sometimes with hominum), and often in other phrases of similar force:

    ut in ceteris (artium studiis) id maxime excellat, quod longissime sit ab imperitorum intellegentiā sensuque disjunctum, in dicendo autem vitium vel maximum sit a volgari genere orationis atque a consuetudine communis sensus abhorrere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    quae versantur in sensu hominum communi,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 68; id. Planc. 13, 31:

    communis ille sensus in aliis fortasse latuit,

    id. ib. 14, 34; Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

    sit in beneficio sensus communis,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; id. Ep. 5, 4; 105, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 20:

    rarus sensus communis in illā fortunā,

    Juv. 8, 73. — Plur., Cic. Clu. 6, 17:

    ea sunt in communibus infixa sensibus,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; so,

    vulgaris popularisque sensus,

    id. ib. 1, 23, 108:

    haec oratio longe a nostris sensibus abhorrebat,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 83; cf.:

    mirari solebam istum in his ipsis rebus aliquem sensum habere, quem scirem nullā in re quicquam simile hominis habere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33.—
    B.
    Transf. (in the poets, and also in prose after the Aug. per.), of the thinking faculty, sense, understanding, mind, reason (syn.: mens, ratio).
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    misero quod omnes Eripit sensus mihi,

    Cat. 51, 6; cf.:

    tibi sensibus ereptis mens excidit,

    id. 66, 25; Ov. M. 3, 631; 14, 178:

    (quibus fortuna) sensum communem abstulit,

    common sense, Phaedr. 1, 7, 4 (in another signif., v. supra, II. A. fin., and infra, 2. fin.):

    eam personam, quae furore detenta est, quia sensum non habet, etc.,

    Dig. 24, 3, 22, § 7:

    nec potest animal injuriam fecisse, quod sensu caret,

    ib. 9, 1, 1, § 3.—
    2.
    In partic., of discourse.
    a.
    Abstr., sense, idea, notion, meaning, signification (syn.: sententia, notio, significatio, vis; poet. and post-Aug.; freq. in Quint.): nec testamenti potuit sensus colligi, Phaedr. 4, 5, 19:

    verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 103:

    is verbi sensus,

    Ov. F. 5, 484:

    quae verbis aperta occultos sensus habent,

    Quint. 8, 2, 20:

    ambiguitas, quae turbare potest sensum,

    id. 8, 2, 16:

    verba duos sensus significantia,

    id. 6, 3, 48: allêgoria aliud verbis, aliud sensu ostendit, id. 8, 6, 44:

    Pomponium sensibus celebrem, verbis rudem,

    Vell. 2, 9, 5:

    horum versuum sensus atque ordo sic, opinor, est,

    Gell. 7, 2, 10:

    egregie dicta circa eumdem sensum tria,

    Sen. Ep. 7, 10.—Introducing a quotation:

    erat autem litterarum sensus hujusmodi,

    Amm. 20, 8, 4.—With gen. person:

    salvo modo poëtae sensu,

    the meaning, Quint. 1, 9, 2.—
    b.
    Concr., a thought expressed in words, a sentence, period (postAug.):

    sensus omnis habet suum finem, poscitque naturale intervallum, quo a sequentis initio dividatur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 61; 7, 10, 16; cf. id. 11, 2, 20:

    puer ut sciat, ubi claudatur sensus,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    ridendi, qui velut leges prooemiis omnibus dederunt, ut intra quattuor sensus terminarentur,

    id. 4, 1, 62:

    verbo sensum cludere multo optimum est,

    id. 9, 4, 26 et saep.—Hence, communes sensus (corresp. with loci), commonplaces, Tac. Or. 31.

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  • 99 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > solutum

  • 100 solvo

    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > solvo

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  • actus Dei nemini facit injuriam — /aektas diyay nemanay feysat anjuriyam/ The act of God does injury to no one. 2 Bl.Comm. 122. A thing which is inevitable by the act of God, which no industry can avoid, nor policy prevent, will not be construed to the prejudice of any person in… …   Black's law dictionary

  • actus legis nemini facit injuriam — /aektas liyjas nemanay feysat anjuriyam/ The act of the law does injury to no one …   Black's law dictionary

  • constructio legis non facit injuriam — /kanstraksh(iy)ow liyjas non feysat injuriyam/ The construction of the law (a construction made by the law) works no injury. The law will make such a construction of an instrument as not to injure a party …   Black's law dictionary

  • defendit vim et injuriam — /dafendat vim et injuriyam/ He defends the force and injury …   Black's law dictionary

  • executio juris non habet injuriam — /eksakyuwsh(iy)ow juras non heybat anjuriyam/ The execution of law does no injury …   Black's law dictionary

  • fictio legis inique operatur alicui damnum vel injuriam — /fiksh(iy)ow liyjas inakwiy opareytar aslak(yuw)ay dimnam vel injuriyam/ A legal fiction does not properly work loss or injury. Fiction of law is wrongful if it works loss or injury to anyone …   Black's law dictionary

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