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1. dō (δῶ d.i. δῶμα) = (Acc.) domum, Enn. b. Auson. Technop. (XXVII) 13, 18. p. 139 Schenkl.

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2. do, dedī, datum, dare (altind. dádā-ti, er gibt, griech. δίδωμι), I) geben, reichen (Ggstz. accipere, annehmen, empfangen, reddere, zurück-, abgeben, remittere, zurück-, dagegenschicken, adimere, nehmen, ferre, davontragen, auferre, mit sich nehmen, entziehen, detrahere, entziehen, eripere, entreißen, poscere, fordern), I) alqd: A) eig.: I) die Hand od. mit der Hand geben, reichen, hergeben, herreichen, hingeben, hinreichen, darreichen, überreichen, schenken, dare (alci) manum, Ov. u. Quint.: dare dextram, Nep. (vgl. dextra unter dexter): alci primum digitum, Catull.: alci assem, Phaedr.: (alci) librum, Hor. u. Nep.: poculum veneni, Cic.: frumentum plebi, Vell.: alci triremem, Nep.: populo Romano hunc vestitum atque arma, Cic.: (alci) viaticum, Plaut. u. Plin. ep.: alci vinum, Verg. – m. Ang. von wo? u. dgl., ut quodcumque opus esset sciret unde daret et meminisset atque annotaret quid et quando et cui dedisset, Col. 12, 3, 4: pretium dedit. Cui dedit? per quem dedit? unde aut quantum dedit? Cic. Rosc. Am. 74: de pane tuo da esurienti et de vestimentis tuis nudis, Ambros. de Tob. 4. – m. Ang. auf welchem Wege? alci per fenestras gladium, Nep. Dion. 9, 6. – m. Ang. wofür? praemium pro pietate, Cic.: cum praemia mihi tanta pro hac industria sint data, Cic. – m. Ang. als was? durch Acc., dextram fidei suae pig-

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nus, Curt. 8, 12 (43), 10: pabula utilitatis eorum praemia (als B.) causā, Lucr. 5, 867: merces mihi gloria detur, Ov. fast. 3, 389: od. durch Partiz. Fut. Pass., alci librum ad alqm perferendum dare, Cic. ad Att. 2, 1, 1: saepe ferenda dedit blandis sua verba tabellis, gab zu bestellen, Ov. met. 14, 707. – m. Ang. zu welchem Zweck? fruges in (zur) segetem, Acc. tr. 672. Hyg. fab. 2. – quid do m. folg. ne u. Konj., was gäbe ich darum, daß usw., Sen. contr. 9 (3), 26. § 11 u. 12. Insbes.: a) Geschenke od. Mitgift od. als (zum) Geschenk od. zur Mitgift geben, bescheren, überreichen, schenken, dare donum, Ter. u. Cic.: alci dona, Plaut.: dona amicis ceterisque pro cuiusque merito, Curt.: (alci) munus, Verg. u.a.: dotes, Nep.: paulum des crebro, Nov. com. fr.: ut haberet quod statim daret, Nep.: si suum munus qui dedissent (die Geber) adimere vellent, Liv. – m. Ang. als was? alci canem munus (als G.), Ov.: alqd (alci) dotem (als M.), Komik. – mit Ang. zu welchem Zweck? maestas munus in (zu) exsequias, Tibull. 2, 4, 44. – m. Ang. wozu? durch Dat., alci alqd dono, Ter. u. Nep.: muneri alqd, Nep. u. Quint.: doti alci alqd, Nep. – quod praesens tamquam in manus datur iucundius est, Geschenke, die uns gleichsam bar in die Hand gedrückt werden, Cic. de off. 2, 60. – absol., illos qui dant, eos derides, Plaut.: prior ad dandum qui est, Ter. – Partiz. subst., α) dāns, antis, m., der Geber,

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Hor. ep. 2, 1, 246. – β) datum, ī, n., die Gabe, das Geschenk, Sing. bei Augustin. solil. 18, 5 (Liv. 22, 10, 3 Glossem); Plur. bei Plaut. asin. 166 u. Pseud. 306. Ov. met. 6, 463. Prop. 3, 15, 6.

b) den Göttern, Manen od. übh. jmdm. ein Weihgeschenk, Opfer u. dgl. geben, bringen, darbringen, weihen, opfern, α) den Göttern, munera, Ov.: Apollini donum, Nep.: Apollini signa inaurata, Liv.: alci templum, Ov.: alci victimam, porcam, Ov.: alci piaculum porco, Macr.: sacra piaculaque apud lucum Dianae per pontifices, Tac.: more Romano suovetaurilia, Tac.: exta deo, Ov.: exta perperam, Liv.: tus, Ov.: tura, Tibull.: divis tura benignis, Hor.: tura focis vinumque, Ov.: Oceano libamenta, Iustin. – β) den Manen u. Toten, inferias manibus, Ov. u. Suet. (vgl. inferiae): germanae iusta ante suae, Ov. – γ) jmdm.: alci lacrimam od. lacrimas, Ov.: o quantum patriae sanguinis ille dedit! Ov.

c) Briefe usw. jmdm. geben, u. zwar; α) jmdm. (zur Bestellung) geben, einhändigen, mitgeben, litteras od. epistulam alci, Cic.: alci litteras ad alqm, Cic.: datis iam epistulis diem commutare, Cic.: erit cotidie cui des, du wirst ja täglich Gelegenheit finden, Cic. – β) jmdm. geben = an jmd. abgeben, jmdm. einhändigen, alci litteras, Cic.: epistulam accubanti in convivio, Nep. – γ) (v. Briefschreiber) an jmd. geben, senden, absenden, tres epistulae eodem

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abs te datae tempore, Cic.: litteras ex Trebulano a Pontio, Cic.: litteras Trallibus (zu T., von T. aus), Cic.: ut quo dem (wir: wohin ich adressiere) posthac litteras sciam, Cic.: litteras publicas sine subscriptione ad alqm dare, Suet.: ante lucem V III. Kal. litteras ad alqm, Cic.: discedens dabo ad te aliquid, Cic.: data pridie Kal. Decembr., Cic.: datum VI. Id. Ian., Cic.

d) Geld usw. (u. übtr. Strafe) geben, beitragen, zahlen, bezahlen, auszahlen, entrichten, für jmd. od. etw. ausgeben, α) eig.: symbolam, Ter.: aes u. aera, Hor. u. Ov.: pecuniam, Cic.: decies centena huic parco, Hor.: quantum quisque daret, Nep.: huic aliquid paulum prae manu, Ter.: dic, quid vis dari tibi in manum? Ter. – mit Ang. als was? alci magnam pecuniam mutuam, Cic. ad Att. 11, 3, 3: huic salarium (als B.) de nostro privato aerario annuos frumenti modios tria milia, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14, 3. – m. Ang. woher? pecuniam a se, Plaut, trin. 182 (vgl. im folg. aus Monum. Anc.): omnia ex sua re familiari, Nep. Att. 7, 1. – m. Ang. wofür? pecuniam pro praediis a se, Monum. Anc. col. I, 1, 19. p. LXVIII ed. Momms.: quantum pro Caesaris ipse avolsa cervice daret, Lucan. 8, 11: cogitans et in pontibus pro transitu dari, Passierzoll gegeben werde, Sen. de const. sap. 14, 2. – m. Ang. wozu? durch Dat., dare milia terna macello, Hor. sat. 2, 4, 76. – Partiz. subst, data, ōrum, n., die Ausgaben (Ggstz. accepta, die Einnah-

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men), ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. de amic. 58. – β) übtr., Strafe usw. geben, dare poenas, Str. leiden, bestraft werden (Ggstz. poenas accipere, büßen lassen, bestrafen), Cic. u.a. (s. poena das Nähere): d. damnum, s. damnum: pretium pro noxa, Liv. Andr. fr.: Novio Prisco et Glitio Gallo data exsilia, traf das Los der v., Tac.: daturos quod Lars Tolumnius dedisset responderi iussit. Liv.

e) einen Stoff spenden, liefern, volucres mella daturae, Ov. fast. 5, 271: nec scombris tunicas (Hüllen zum Einpacken) dabis molestas, Mart. 4, 86, 8: u. so et laxas scombris saepe dabunt (Volusi annales) tunicas, Catull. 95, 8: im Bilde, materiam dare invidiae, Cic. Phil. 11, 21: materiam omnem sermonem eorum, qui de te detrahere vellent, Statium dedisse, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 2. 3.

f) als publiz. t.t., dem Richter die Stimmtäfelchen einhändigen, an die Richter austeilen, tabellam dare de alqo, Cic.: alci dare in iudicando litteram salutarem od. tristem (ein Stimmtäfelchen mit A = absolvo, od. mit C = condemno), Cic.: tabellae ministrabantur ita, ut nulla daretur UTI ROGAS, Cic.

g) als t.t. des Brettspiels, dare calculum, einen Stein ziehen (Ggstz. reducere, zurückziehen), Cic. Hortens. fr. 60 M. Quint. 11, 2, 88.

h) eine Klageschrift abgeben, einreichen, dare libellum, s. libellus.

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i) (v. Reiter, Wagenlenker) die Zügel schießen lassen (Ggstz. premere), dare lora, Verg.: frena, Ov.: laxas habenas, die Z. verhängen, Verg.

k) Speisen auf die Tafel geben, setzen, aufsetzen, austragen lassen, vorsetzen, partem ceteram (carnium) mensis, Ov.: alci turdum, Hor.: semesi lardi frusta, Hor.: absol., quid dem? quid non dem? renuis tu, quod iubet aster, Hor.: ›sume, catelle‹, negat; si non des, optat, Hor.

l) Nahrung usw. od. zur Nahrung usw. reichen, α) übh., alimenta lactis puero, Ov.: u. (übtr.) ali menta igni, Curt.: de mensa sua ossa, Phaedr. – m. Ang. wozu? durch Dat., alqd esui dare, Plin.: potioni dare aquam, Cels. – m. Infin., dare bibere, Plaut. u. Cato: bibere da usque plenis cantharis, Plaut. – β) Arznei usw. reichen, geben, eingeben, beibringen, pueris absinthia taetra, Lucr.: abrotonum aegro, Hor.: aliquid potionis, Plaut.: alci potionem, Cels. u. Quint., potiones, Scrib.: alci medicamentum, Cels. u.a.: patri soporem, Nep.: alci venenum, Curt. u.a. (vgl. venenum).

m) eine Mahlzeit, Festlichkeit geben, anstellen, veranstalten, alci cenam, Komik., Cic. u.a.: alci epulum, Cic. u.a. (dah. dans epulum, der Gastgeber, Sen.): alci epulas, Tac.: (alci) prandium, Cic. u.a.: nataliciam in hortis, Cic.: exsequias, Ov.: ludos, Suet.: munus (gladiatorium), s. munus: fabulam, zur

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Aufführung bringen, Ter. u. Cic.: so auch Menandri Phasma, Ter.

n) einen Schlag geben, Wunden beibringen (Ggstz. accipere, ferre), dare alci alapam, Vulg., colaphum, Spart.: (alci) vulnus, vulnera, Ov. u.a. (vgl. vulnus).

o) etw. einer Sache übergeben, überlassen, preisgeben, corpus quieti, Acc. fr.: ventis colla comasque, Verg.: undis latus (v. Schiffe), Verg.: boum caesorum membra palato, Ov.: telo pectus inermum, Verg. – bes. vela dare ventis, die Segel den Winden überlassen, preisgeben, Verg. u.a.: ebenso dare classem ventis, Pacat. pan. – u. vela od. lintea dare (die Segel richten) m. Advv. u. dgl., s. velum u. linteum.

p) wohin geben, bringen, legen, tun, werfen, α) m. Advv., scripta foras, herausgeben, Cic. ep.: alqd praeceps (bildl. = in Gefahr bringen, famam), Tac.: retro capillos, Ov.: iugulum retro, Cels.: arida circum nutrimenta, Verg.: d. pessum, s. pessum. – β) m. Dat., bald = auf etw. od. in etw. werfen, vagae arenae ossibus particulam, Hor.: ignibus ista, Prop. – bald = in etw. legen, corpus tumulo, Ov.: urnae ossa, Pers. – bald = etw. an od. um etw. legen, einer Sache anlegen, brachia collo, Verg.: brachia nitidis virginibus, Hor.: alci rei frenos (bildl.), Liv. 34, 2, 13: posti florida serta, Tibull.: septena fila lyrae, Ov.: picta carinae vela (poet. = die Segel aufhissen), Ov. – γ) m.

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Praepp.: αα) m. in od. m. circum od. m. super u. Akk., funera in altos rogos, Ov.: in fluvios gelidos ardentia morbo membra, tauchen, Lucr.: pleraque secum in profundum, stürzen lassen, Curt.: in aurem castoreum cum aceto, Cels.: id in suam sedem, in seine gehörige Lage, Cels.: Tyrias circum illota toralia vestes, breiten um usw., Hor.: alteram fasciam ab altera parte super caput, führen, Cels.: u. so a (von) sinistro (iugulo) ad (bis zu) dextram alam rursusque sub ala sana (unter der gef. A. durch) fasciam d., Cels. – ββ) m. ad u. Akk., ad intortos brachia funes, ausstrecken nach usw., Ov. met. 3, 679.

q) m. prädik. Acc. des Adi. = etw. so u. so geben, stellen, saepe dabis nudum latus, Tibull. 1, 4, 52.

2) ein Zeichen (Kennzeichen, Merkmal) mit der Hand, mit einem Blasinstr. od. sonstwie geben, s. signum, indicium, nota.

3) die Kehle, den Nacken, den Rücken geben, hinreichen, reichen, hinhalten, iugulum (alci), Cic.: alci cervices, Cic.: cervicem ad ictum alcis, Vell.: cervices crudelitati nefariae, bildl. = sich fügen od. schmiegen unter usw., Cic.: terga verberibus, Pacat. pan. 30, 5. – insbes., als milit. t.t. u. übtr., terga dare, den Rücken wenden, fliehen, s. tergum.

4) den Mund, einen Kuß geben, dare (alci) oscula, Ov. (vgl. osculum): alci basium, Petron., basia mille, Catull.: alci savium, Komik, u. Cic.

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B) übtr.: 1) geben, gewähren, verleihen, bestimmen, erweisen, a) übh.: α) im guten Sinne: da, nate, petenti, quod etc., Verg.: quod petis a nobis, obrutus ille dabit, Ov.: dare alci somnum (v. der Arbeit), Ov.: (alci) quietem, Cic. u. Curt.: requiem terrae, Ov.: tres horas exercitui ad quietem, Caes.: alci vitam, Cic.: his lacrimis vitam, schenken, Verg.: dare beneficia (Ggstz. reddere od. accipere), Cic. u. Sall.: merita (Ggstz. accipere), Cic.: alci civitatem (das Bürgerrecht), Vell.: nomen alci, Hor., alci rei, Liv. (vgl. nomen): alci cognomen pingui, Hor.: alci od. facto impunitatem, Iustin.: servis libertatem, Iustin.: honores, Hor.: alci caelestes honores, Curt.: alci od. huic consilio palmam, Cic. u. Ter.: alci pro tantis meritis honoris coronam, Nep.: alci caelum, Ov. u. Curt., aditum ad caelum, Cic.: alci victoriam, s. victoria: hanc gratiam, Ter.: alci multa solacia, Cic.: alci laetitiam, Cic.: soli et lunae divinitatem, Cic.: precibus eventum vestris, Liv.: mobilibus decorem naturis, Hor.: famam rebus, Pacat. pan.: novum his erroribus orbem, Tibull.: alci veniam, s. venia. – datum hoc nostro generi est, ut etc., es ist Bestimmung unseres G., daß usw., Liv. 10, 28, 13. – m. folg. Infin., est cui cognomen corvus habere dedit, Prop. 3, 11, 64: mihi multa vetustas scire dedit, Ov. met. 14, 696: u. so auch Lucan. 6, 775. Pers. 5, 104. – Partiz. subst., dāns, antis, m., der Geber (Ggstz. accipiens, der Empfänger), si

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summa petantur, et dantem et accipientem praegravatura, Liv. 35, 42, 14. – β) im üblen Sinne, jmdm. etw. bescheren, einbrocken, heimgeben (s. Brix Plaut, capt. 463. Lorenz Plaut. Pseud. 151. p. 94, b. Spengel Plaut. truc. 2, 8, 4), observa quid dabo, Plaut.: specta quid dedero, Plaut.: sic datur, da hast du deinen Lohn! Plaut.; od. so wird's gelohnt! da haben wir's! Plaut.

b) insbes.: α) v. den Göttern: quod boni di mihi danunt, Plaut.: dato quae precamur tempore sacro, Hor.: si di dare cuncta potestis, Ov.: hoc tantum boni, quod vobis a dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est, Cic.: d. alci augurium, Ov.: nobis victoriam, Liv.: alci mentem, ut faciat huic insidias, Cic. – m. folg. Infin., di tibi dent captā classem reducere (al. deducere) Troiā, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 191: u. so Lucr. 3, 1028. Verg. Aen. 1, 79 u.ö. Ov. met. 1, 486 u.ö. Plin. ep. 6, 16, 3. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., quod nostrae aetati dii dederunt, ut videremus, Liv. 1, 19, 3: u. so Liv. 1, 54, 5; 30, 12, 12. – m. folg. ne u. Konj., da femina ne sim, Ov. met. 12, 202: u. so ibid. 12, 206.

β) v. Schicksal usw., Cinarae breves annos fata dederunt, Hor.: ea fato quodam data nobis sors est, ut etc., Liv.: principatum fato dari, Suet.: quotiens fortuna contra daret, Tac. – m. folg. Infin., si vivere nobis fata diu dederint, Ov. met. 7, 692: u. so ibid. 14, 843. Sil. 13, 144: v. der Parze, Hor. carm. 2, 16, 39. – m.

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folg. ut u. Konj., quod mihi si tantum fata dedissent, ut etc., Prop. 2, 1, 17: u. so Plin. ep. 8, 18, 5. – absol., si fors dedit, Calp.: sat patriae Priamoque datum est, ist geschehen für usw., Verg.

γ) v. der Natur, verleihen, oculos natura nobis ad motus animorum declarandos dedit, Cic.: illis maiorem natura modum dedit, his breve pondus, Hor.: leges, quae naturā sunt omnibus datae, Quint.: noli affectare quod tibi non est datum, Phaedr.: quod paucis datum est, Plin.: pennis non homini datis, Hor. – m. folg. Infin., varieque datum sit membra movere, Lucr. 4, 875: si modo senescere datum est, Plin. ep. 3, 1, 1; vgl. Hor. ep. 1, 1, 32.

2) ein Geschäft, einen Auftrag, ein Amt usw. jmdm. geben, übergeben, zuteilen, erteilen, übertragen, überweisen, a) ein Geschäft, einen Auftrag, dare alci negotium, s. negotium; alci mandata, s. mandatum. – u. bl. dare alci m. folg. Infin., datum (es wurde der Auftrag gegeben) posthac C. Cassio deducere iuvenem ripam ad Euphratis, Tac. ann. 12, 11. – b) ein Amt usw., dare alci potestatem, imperium, legationem u. dgl., s. potestas usw.: dare alci fasces, Cic. u. Hor.: alci summam imperii, Nep.: alci provinciam, Cic.: alci Cappadociam, Nep.: alci regnum, Eutr.: alci diadema, Curt.

3) einen Ort, eine Zeit usw. jmdm. anweisen, zuweisen, bestimmen, alci sedem inter inferos, Suet.:

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alci locum in theatro, Suet.: alci locum in theatro inter viatores tribunicios, Tac.: eum locum colloquio, Liv.: media acies Ubiis Lingonibusque data, Tac.: mille pedes in fronte, trecentos in agrum, Hor.: requiem modumque voce remis, gebieten, Ov.: detur nobis locus, hora, custodes, Hor.: nuptiis hanc diem, Pacuv. fr.: relicum noctis utrimque quieti datum, Liv.

4) etw. bieten, α) darbieten, praeclare convenit, aut da melius, Cic.: accipio quod datur, Cic. – β) anheimgeben, ultionem privato odio magis quam publicae vindictae, Vell. 2, 7, 6.

5) Zeit, Studium usw. einer Sache widmen, auf etw. verwenden, α) m. Dat.: corpori omne tempus, Cic.: agris tempus, Pacat. pan.: lucis partem ultimam mensae, Ov.: noctem somno, Ov.: prima tempora illis, Ov.: aestivos menses reliquos rei militari, hibernos iurisdictioni, Cic.: reliquam partem diei tribunali, Plin. ep.: studiis annos septem. Hor.: iis artibus a primis temporibus aetatis studium suum, Cic.: ingenium illustre altioribus studiis, Tac.: u. insbes., operam dare m. Dat. (wem?), s. opera. – β) m. ad od. in u. Akk., aliquid temporis ad ludum aetatis, Cic.: plus in hoc studii, Quint.

6) einräumen = zugeben, zugestehen, das Zugeständnis machen, willfahren, nachlassen, a) übh.: id gratiae, Liv.: id misericordiae, Cic.: id precibus Artabani, Tac.: hoc precibus meis, Curt.: consanguinitati

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hoc, ut etc., Liv.: aliquid famae, Hor.: multa famae, Sen.: quantum autem consuetudini famaeque dandum sit, id curent vivi, Cic.: nihil neque gratiae dari neque de iure patriae decīdi posse, Iustin.: m. folg. ut u. Konj., dabat et famae (auch der öffentlichen Meinung tat er es zuliebe), ut etc., Tac. ann. 1, 7. – b) als philos t.t., einräumen, zugeben, zugestehen, si das hoc, Hor.: da supremum tempus, nimm das äußerste Lebensziel an, Cic.: id quoque damus et libenter quidem, Cic.: quem tibi hoc daturum putas? Cic.: quae dederam supra relego (nehme ich zurück), Pers. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. Acad. 2, 50; de fin. 2, 86; Verr. 3, 218. Lucr. 3, 539. Hor. sat. 1, 4, 39. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., da nunc, ut crimine manifesto prematur dux bonus, Quint. 12, 1, 43. – c) als publiz. t.t., v. Behörden, bewilligen, zugestehen, überlassen, gewähren, anordnen, dare alci senatum, Sall. u.a.: alci contionem, Cic.: iudicium iniuriarum, actionem rei, Cic.: alci pacem, Liv. u.a.: foedus et amicitiam, Sall.: alci indutias, Liv. (s. indutiae das Nähere). – bes. v. Prätor, dessen Vefugnis ist do (ich gewähre, näml. Klagen, Rechte), dico (ich spreche, näml. das Urteil), addico (ich spreche zu, näml. das Eigentum), Varro LL. 6, 30. Macr. sat. 1, 16, 14. – d) obszön, leisten, quod nec das et fers saepe, facis facinus, Catull. 110, 4: quando notum est, et quid ille tibi et quid illi tute dederis, Cic. fr. bei Suet. Caes.

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49, 3: absol., nulla est poscendi, nulla est reverentia dandi, Prop. 3, 13, 13.

7) einräumen = gestatten, zugestehen, bewilligen, überlassen, lassen, dare locum, spatium, viam, aditum, accessum, ascensum u. dgl., dare otium, tempus u. dgl., dare copiam, potestatem, facultatem, occasionem, optionem u. dgl., dare usum, usuram, s. alle diese Substst. – dah. dare m. Infin., da mihi fallere, Hor. ep. 1, 16, 61: u. so Iuven. 14, 30. Amm. 16, 12, 11. – dare (alci) m. ut u. Konj., Cic. Acad. 1, 24; ad Att. 14, 13. litt. A. § 3. Liv. 41, 8, 9. Tac. ann. 3, 69. – m. bl. Konj., Orest. tr. 15. – u. datur, es wird od. ist verstattet, erlaubt, man darf, man kann, m. Infin., Verg. Aen. 1, 409. (u.a. Dichter). Quint. 10, 7, 22. Plin. ep. 1, 10, 5. Tac. ann. 3, 67: m. folg. ut u. Konj., Tac. ann. 2, 53 u.a.: m. folg. ne u. Konj., Tac. ann. 3, 23. – absol., coëant in foedera dextrae, quā datur, Verg.: in quantum praeumbrante imperatoris fastigio datur, clarus, Tac. ann. 14, 47 in.

8) alci m. prädik. Dat. (zu), zu od. als etw. anrechnen, in den Redensarten laudi, vitio, crimini dare od. dari, s. laus, vitium, crimen.

9) einem Zustande aussetzen, preisgeben, überlassen, anheimgeben, dare alqd exitio, Lucr.: summas arces Italûm excidio, Verg.: urbem excidio ac ruinis, Liv.: captum oppidum praedae, Liv.: alia oblivioni aut neglegentiae, Liv. – m. in u. Akk., in praedas

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stantem urbem, Sil. 1, 455.

10) m. in od. ad u. Akk., a) in eine Lage usw. bringen, stellen, alqd in conspectum, zur Schau stellen, Curt.: alqd in medium, der Öffentlichkeit übergeben, verraten, Lucr.: alqd ad populi partes, der Teilnahme des V. eröffnen, Cic. – b) in einen Zustand versetzen, in splendorem bullas has foribus nostris, Plaut. asin. 426.

11) m. prädik. Partiz. Perf. od. Gerundivum, übergeben, darbieten, überlassen, lassen, Caere intactum inviolatumque crimine belli hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis darent, Liv. 7, 20, 7. – d. vineas colendas, Eutr.: diripiendam urbem, Cic.: laceranda suae viscera matri, Ov.: id alci cogitandum, zu bedenken geben, Cic.: tantas res alci scribendas, Cic.: librum ipsi legendum, Nep.: omnia in medium discenda, allen zum Lernen darbieten, Ov.

II) alqm (auch corpus, membra, animum): A) eig.: 1) im allg., geben, überweisen, hanc mi in manum dat, sie legt unsere Hände ineinander, Ter. Andr. 297: alqm dare mancipio, s. mancipium.

2) wohin bringen, infans aliorsum (anderswohin, aus dem Hause) datus, Gell. 12, 1, 22: alqm in hanc domum, Ter. eun. 365: hostem in medium, in die Mitte nehmen, einschließen, Lucan. 7, 366. – od. wohin stecken, m. Dat., catenis fatale monstrum, Hor. carm. 1, 37, 20: mollibus ora capistris, Verg. georg.

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3, 188: m. in u. Akt., alqm in caveam, Plaut. capt. 124. – od. wo hinein tauchen, in fluvios gelidos ardentia morbo membra, Lucr. 6, 1171. – od. wohin strecken, stürzen, maerore dari in lectum, Lucr.: u. dare alqm ad terram, Plaut. u. Suet.: alqm in terram, Lucr.: alqm praecipitem ad terram, Liv.: u. bl. dare alqm praecipitem, zu Falle bringen, Ter., od. aus dem Hause werfen, Ter. (vgl. bildl., postea ambitione praeceps datus est, kam zu Falle, Sall. Iug. 63, 6): eoque ictu me ad casum dari, zum Falle gebracht werden, Acc. fr.

3) jmd. (einem) in irgend einer Eigenschaft geben, a) geben = beigeben, stellen, vatem, Hor.: duos collegas, Nep.: alci uxorem, s. uxor: comites, Curt.: duces itineris de captivis, Curt.: obsides (alci), Caes.: milites, Eutr.: nullum militem dare posse, Liv.: dare arbitrum, Cic.: iudicem, praedem, testem, vadem, s. iudex, praes, testis, vas: alci custodem et paedagogum, Sen.: alci tutorem, Eutr.: alci successorem, Suet.: alqm alci in consilium, Nep.: dabo, cui credas, Tac. – m. dopp. Acc. (jmd. als od. zu usw.), alqm comitem, Curt.: Phrygias catervas comites, Lucr.: alqm arbitrum inter etc., Cic.: libertinum militem, Vell.: obsidem filium, Eutr.: alqm alci coheredem, Suet.: alqm alci successorem, Suet. u. Iustin.: alqm vicarium, Traian. in Plin. ep. – im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., Hadrianus decemvir litibus iudicandis datus, Spart.:

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u. im Abl. absol. m. dopp. Abl., dato adiutore Pharnabazo, Nep. Con. 4, 2. – b) geben, verleihen, übergeben, anvertrauen, alci cognatos (v. der Natur), Hor.: natam od. filiam genero, Verg. u. Ov.: infantem nutrici, Ov.: alqm grammatico, Capit.: u. poet., fidibus divos puerosque deorum, Hor. – m. dopp. Acc. (jmd. als od. zu), alci alqm virum (zum M. = zum Gatten), Ter.: alqm alci socerum, Ov.: nobilem virginem servo suo pelicem, Curt. – m. 1. Supin., dare alqam alci nuptum, eine an jmd. verheiraten, Komik., Nep. u.a. (s. Drak. Liv. 1, 49, 9). – u. alqm alci m. Gerundiv, dilaceranda feris dabor alitibusque, Catull.: datur mihi custodiendus, Afran. fr.: exsulibusne datur ducenda (wird hingegeben, um sie als Frau heimzuführen) Teucris? Verg. – zugl. m. dopp. Acc., equites pignora (als U.) pacis custodiendos Luceriam, Liv. 9, 15, 7.

4) jmdm. geben = über jmd. setzen, an die Spitze stellen von usw., Albanis regem, Eutr.: Orienti Caesarem, Eutr.: principem Romanae rei publicae, Spart. – m. dopp. Acc. (jmd. als od. zu), alqm tribunum quintae legioni, Treb. Poll.: trecentos exsules iudices rectoresque civitati, Iustin.: im Passiv mit dopp. Nom., leviter armatis dux (als A.) datus est Mullinus, Curt. B) übtr.: 1) in ein Verhältnis, eine Lage geben, hingeben, illam sine dote in tantas divitias (in ein so reiches Haus), Plaut.: filiam in sortem, der Losung

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unterwerfen, zum Losen stellen, Suet.: alqm in adoptionem, zur A. entlassen, Quint.: in adoptionem od. in familiam alcis dari, von jmd. adoptiert werden, Vell.: alqm aut vivum aut mortuum in potestatem, Liv.: alqam in matrimonium, zur Frau geben od. geben wollen (anbieten), Caes. u. Liv.: alqm in omnem memoriam, dem ewigen G. übergeben, Sen.

2) jmd. in eine schlimme Lage bringen, alqm in praeceps (Gefahr), Liv.

3) jmd. in einen andern äußern od. innern Zustand versetzen (s. Brix Plaut. capt. 959), alqm in ruborem dare totum, Plaut.: alqm in timorem, Plaut.: animum in luctus, in Tr. versenken, Ov.: alqm ad languorem, Komik.

4) jmd. einem Zustande überlassen, placido sua corpora somno, Ov. met. 6, 489: caput et ceterum truncum sepulturae, begraben, Suet. Galb. 20, 2.

5) jmd. einem Zustande aussetzen, preisgeben, im Passiv = anheimfallen, alqm tormentis, Capit.: alqm exitio, Lucr. u. Ov.: alqm morti, Hor.: catervatim morbo mortique dari, Lucr.: alqm neci, Acc. fr. u. Verg.: alqm leto, Enn. fr., Pacuv. fr., Ov. u.a. ( leto datus auch Cic. de legg. 2, 22 im archaist. Gesetzstil): fortia corpora leto, Verg. – m. ad u. Akk., alqm ad iniurias alcis, Cic.

6) jmd. in einen Zustand nötigen, hostes in fugam, zur Fl. nötigen, in die Fl. schlagen, Caes.: Sestum

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incolentes in deditionem, zur Üb. zwingen, Liv.

III) dare se (u. im Passiv dari), v. Pers.u.v. Lebl., A) eig.: 1) sich in den Bereich jmds. od. einer Örtl. begeben, sich jmdm. od. wo zeigen, det mihi se, käme er nur in meinen Bereich, mir zu nahe, Ov. met. 12, 12, 594: mi ipsum iam dudum optabam te dari, daß ich dich antreffe, Ter. heaut. 758: dare populo se et coronae, Cic. Verr. 3, 49: da te urbi, da te curiae, zeige dich in der St., zeige dich in der K., Vopisc. Florian. 16 (6), 5: non aequo dare se campo, sich nicht in das Blachfeld wagen, sich nicht zum Kampfe stellen, Verg. Aen. 9, 56: spumantem dari votis optat aprum, in seinen Jagdbereich komme, anlaufe, Verg. Aen. 4, 158. – mit in u. Akk., se in medias acies, mitten hinein in das Heer treten, Verg. Aen. 12, 227. – m. prädik. Acc., da mihi te talem, zeige dich (erscheine mir) als solcher, Ov. met. 3, 295.

2) sich dem Feinde ergeben, dare se ultro, Amm. 15, 2, 60: sponte se propriā, Amm. 17, 2, 3.

3) sich wohin begeben, werfen, stürzen, m. Advv., se intro, Cic. Caecin. 13: se super (sc. in ignem), Verg. Aen. 4, 606: exinde se ilico protenam, Plaut. Curc. 363: dari alci obviam, begegnen, Ter. adelph. 311: v. Lebl., hāc se foras, Lucr. 1, 1105 (1113). – m. Dat., pedibus se protinam, sich auf die Beine machen (Fersengeld geben), Naev. com. 35. – sese fluvio, Verg. Aen. 11, 565: u. (im Bilde) se civi-

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libus fluctibus, Nep. Att. 6, 1. – m. Praepp., sese in pedes, sich auf die Beine machen (Fersengeld geben), Plaut.: se in viam, Cic.: e scopulo se in pontum, Ov.: se iactu aequor in altum, Verg.: v. Lebl., dabit se in tormenta vita beata, wird mit auf die Folter gehen, Cic. Tusc. 5, 80. – zugl. m. prädik. Nom. od. Acc., praeceps saltu sese dedit in fluvium, Verg.: semet ipsi in pelagus ex certa rupe praecipites dant, Mela: quo nunc me praecipitem darem, Ter.: hic se praecipitem tecto dedit, Hor.: dare se (alci) obvium, jmdm. entgegenkommen, -treten, Liv. 1, 16, 6, u. in den Wurf kommen = einfallen (v. Versen), Macr. 5, 3, 1: u. so (v. leb. Wesen) obvium dari, entgegen-, in den Wurf kommen, Liv. 26, 27, 12.

4) sich einer Sache hingeben, α) tätig, v. Pers., an etw. teilnehmen, dare se convivio, Suet. Caes. 31: se haec in bella, Verg. Aen. 12, 633. – β) passiv, v. Schiffen, vento dare se, vor dem W. fahren, Caes. b.G. 3, 13, 9.

B) übtr.: dare se, 1) sich fügen, sich hingeben, da modo te, Ov. her. 15, 57 R. (16, 161): dent modo se superi, seien mir gnädig, Sil. 3, 150: si se dant, wenn sie sich fügen, d.i. empfänglich sind, Cic. de or. 2, 187.

2) sich zeigen, sich finden, sich darbieten, sich einstellen, v. Lebl., quocumque tempore se dabunt vires, Verg. Aen. 4, 627: an nesciebas, quam eius

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modi homini raro tempus se daret? sich die Gelegenheit uns bietet, Plaut. Bacch. 676: uni se ex Sabinis fors dare visa est privato consilio imperii recuperandi, Liv. 1, 45, 3.

3) sich jmdm. hingeben, ergeben, sich an jmd. anschließen, jmdm. zu Willen sein, sich in jmds. Willen fügen, se alci, Komik., Cic. u.a.: se regibus, Cic.: se legionibus, Tac. – m. prädik. Acc. des Gerundiv, demus nos huic excolendos (zur Ausbildung), Cic. Tusc. 4, 84. 4) sich einer Lage, einem Zustande hingeben, überlassen, dare se somno, Cic.: se quieti, Caes. u. Plin. ep.: iterum se quieti et somno, Val. Max. (dah. im Passiv quieti datus, eingeschlummert, Arnob. 2, 21): se fugae, sich auf die Fl. begeben, Cic.: se gemitui, Cic. – m. in u. Akk., sese in fugam, Fersengeld geben, Cic. Verr. 4, 95: se in casum irrevocabilem, Liv.: se rempublicamque in casus, Tac. – m. ad u. Akt., se ad lenitatem, Milde eintreten lassen, Cic. ep. 13, 1, 4.

5) sich in etw., bes. in ein Verhältnis einlassen, in etw. eintreten, treten, dare se in sermonem, Comic. fr. bei Cic.: familiariter se in eorum sermonem insinuare ac dare, Cic.: dare se in consuetudinem sic, ut etc., Cic.: bene penitus in istius familiaritatem sese dare, Cic.: u. dare alci se in adoptionem, sich von jmd. adoptieren lassen, Suet.

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sich an etw. machen, sich auf etw. legen, α) m. Dat., se labori et itineribus, Cic.: se duritiae, Nep.: se rei familiari vitaeque rusticae, Cic.: se voluptatibus, Turpil. fr. u. Cic.: se iucunditati, Cic.: se historiae, Cic.: se philosophiae, Capit.: se huic generi litterarum, Cic.: se auctoritati senatus, das A. des S. zu sördern suchen, Cic.: mit prädik. Acc. eines Adi., se totos libidinibus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 72: des Gerundivi, non se luxu neque inertiae corrumpendum dare, Sall. Iug. 6, 1. – β) m. in u. Akk., in eam exercitationem ita se studiose, ut etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 7. – γ) m. ad u. Akk., se ad συντάξεις, Cic. ad Att. 15, 14, 1. – bes. m. ad u. Akk. des Gerundii u. Gerundivi, se ad docendum, Cic.: se ad ius respondendum, Cic.: se ad defendendos homines, Cic.: se non modo ad legendos libros, sed etiam ad totam philosophiam pertractandam, Cic.

7) dare se m. prädik. Acc., α) eines Subst., sich hergeben zu usw., temeritatis me omnium potius socium (zum G.) quam unius prudentiae dedi, Liv. 6, 24, 9. – β) eines Adi., sich so u. so zeigen, dare se facilem, Ter.: se alci hilarum, Plaut.: se alci placidum, Ov.

8) dare se m. Adv., a) v. Pers., sich so u. so geben, -halten, -benehmen, mirum ni ego me turpiter hodie hic dabo, mich blamiere, Ter. eun. 230: usque quaque, inquis, se Domitii male dant, bringen uns Unglück, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 15, 2. – b) v. Lebl., sich

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so u. so machen, sich so u. so gestalten, ut se initia dederint perscribat, Cic. ad Att. 3, 23, 5: omnibus nobis ut res dant sese, ita etc., Ter. Hec. 380: ita dat se res, ut operam dabit, Enn. fr. scen. 269: eaque ferme se dedēre melius consultoribus quam etc., *Afran. com. 332: multa adeo gelidā melius se nocte dedēre, macht sich (wird getan) vorteilhafter, Verg. georg. 1, 287: omnibus feliciter hic locus se dedit, kam glücklich zustatten, Sen. ep. 79, 5: negotia ingentia nec se dant facile et etc., Sen. de ira 3, 7, 1.

II) von sich geben, A) eig.: 1) aus sich hervorgeben, castum cruorem, vergießen, Ov.: u. so lacrimas, Tr. vergießen, weinen, Ov.: ore colores, strahlen lassen, Verg.: v. Lebl., ara dabat fumos, ließ aufsteigen, Ov.

2) Töne od. Worte von sich geben, a) Töne von sich geben, hören-, verlauten-, vernehmen lassen, sonum, Verg.: sonitum, Lucr. u. Ov.: fragorem, Ov.: balatus, Hyg.; mugitum, mugitus, Ov.: plausum, Cic. u. Hor.: clamorem, Verg.: cantus, Verg.: Phrygios modos, Ov.: gemitum u. gemitus, Ov.: sibila vibratā linguā, Ov.: felices cantus ore sonante, Tibull.

b) Worte von sich geben, hören-, vernehmen lassen, lingua vix tales icto dedit aëre voces, hauchte kaum hörbar solcherlei Worte, Ov.: talia dicta dabat (dedit), er ließ sich also vernehmen, Verg. u. Ov.: u. so haec dicta dabat, Liv.

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3) in Worten von sich geben, a) angeben, anzeigen, mitteilen, nennen, sagen, berichten, erzählen, ipsa quod res dedit ac docuit nos, Lucr.: cum auctoribus hoc dedi, quibus dignius credi est, Liv.: unum da mihi ex oratoribus illis, qui dicat etc., Cic. – m. dopp. Acc., qualem te fama dabat videmus, Val. Flacc. 5, 506. – m. folg. inoir. Fragesatz, da, si grave non est, quae prima iratum ventrem placaverit esca, Hor.: sed tamen iste qui deus sit, da nobis, Verg.: da, dea, quem sciter, Ov.: nunc quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo, Ter.: immo etiam dabo, quo (damit du) magis credas, Ter.: m. Acc. u. mit indir. Fragesatz, dabis igitur tribunatum (das Jahr des Tr.) et, si poteris, Tubulus quo crimine (sc. accusatus fuerit), Cic. ad Att. 12, 5, 3. – datur mit folg. Nom. u. Infin., Aeneas eripuisse datur, Ov. fast. 6, 434 M. (Riese ferunt): quis tot templa, tot aras promeruisse datur, Stat. silv. 3, 3, 80; u. so auch Stat. Theb. 7, 315; 11, 572. Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 337.

b) mündlich verbreiten, hic primo sensim temptantium animos sermo per totam civitatem est datus, Liv. 2, 2, 4: sceleris data fama per urbes finitimas, Stat. Theb. 3, 10: inde dato passim varias rumore per urbes, Stat. Ach. 2, 352.

c) mündlich geben, erteilen, lehren, dare alci consilium, Ter., Cic. u.a. (s. consilium no. II, b, S. 1531): dare (alci) responsum, Cic., Hor. u.a.: dare

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(alci) praecepta, Cic. u.a. (s. praeceptum das Nähere): alci haec promissa, Catull.: dare testimonium, s. testimonium: dare legem, leges, s. lex: dare ius, iura, s. ius: alci fidem, s. fides (= Wort, Versprechen, sicheres Geleit; versch. alci rei fidem dare, Glauben verschaffen, bestätigen, s. fides = Glaubwürdigkeit). – dah. als t.t., α) ein Orakel, eine Weissagung geben, abgeben, erteilen, sortem, Ov. u. Suet.: oracula, Spart.: data dictio erat, caveret etc., Liv.: prägn., data fata, das (durch das Orakel) verheißene Geschick, Verg. Aen. 1, 382. – β) als jurist. t.t., dare alci diem, Frist geben, Plin. ep. 3, 9, 32. – dare litem secundum alqm, den Prozeß zugunsten jmds. entscheiden, Cic. u. Liv.: u. so bl. dare secundum alqm, zugunsten jmds. entscheiden, Sen. rhet. u.a. – γ) als geschäftl. t.t., dare rationem, Rechnung ablegen, Plaut. u. Cic.: übtr., dare rationem alcis rei, von etwas Rechenschaft geben, Plaut. u. Cornif. rhet.

d) als milit. u. publiz. t.t., anmelden, melden, nomen dare, sich melden, v. Soldaten zum Kriegsdienst, Cic. u.a., von neuen Kolonisten, Plaut, u. Liv., u. zu andern Diensten, Tac. (s. nomen das Nähere).

4) schaffend hervorbringen, a) erzeugen, α) v. leb. Wesen, αα) leb. Wesen: geminam partu prolem, Verg.: fetus, Tibull.: liberos, Catull.: progeniem vitiosiorem, Hor.: Augustos multos de se daturum, Treb.

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Poll. – ββ) lebl. Objj., entstehen lassen, non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo lucem, Hor. de art. poët. 143. – β) v. Lebl., hervorbringen, erzeugen, entstehen lassen, aus sich liefern, quod sol atque imbres dederant, Lucr.: tellus dedit ferarum ingentia corpora partu, Lucr.: terra fabas tantum duraque farra dabat, Ov.: cum segetes occat tibi mox frumenta daturas, Hor.: quercus singulos ramos a frutice dedit (trieb), Suet.

b) machen, bilden, α) im engern Sinne: cuneum, Verg.: sinum in medio, Liv.: gremium (v. der Erde), Mela: locum, Platz machen (Raum geben), Ov.: viam, einen Weg bahnen, Platz machen, Plaut., alci, Liv. u. Curt. – β) im weitern Sinne, umschreibend, αα) m. Objj., die den Begriff einer Bewegung enthalten, machen, tun, si quid proprio dat corpore motus, Lucr.: nullos audet dare corpore motus, wagt nicht sich zu rühren, Ov.: haud indecoros motus more Tusco dabant, Liv.: longos dat corpore tortus, krümmt sich in langen Windungen, Verg.: amplexus od. complexus d., umarmen, auch alci (jmd.), Ov.: dare saltum, Ov., dare undique saltus, Ov., in aëra saltus, Ov.: dare fugam, die Flucht ergreifen, Verg.: cursum in medios, eilen, stürmen, Verg.: impetum, Liv., impetum od. impetus in alqm, Liv.: impressionem, Liv. – ββ) m. Partiz. Perf. (f. Brix Plaut. capt. 342. Spengel Ter. Andr. 683), alqd effectum dare, Plaut.:

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perfectum hoc negotium, Plaut.: iam hoc tibi inventum dabo, Ter.: sic stratas legiones Latinorum dabo, quemadmodum etc., will so niederstrecken, Liv. 8, 6, 6: te mea dextra bello defensum dabit, wird dir Schutz gewähren im Kr., Verg. Aen. 12, 437: hanc mactatam victimam legatorum manibus dabo, will ich fällen als Sühnopfer für usw., Liv. 4, 19, 3. – γγ) m. Gerundiv, ego mecum hostium legiones mactandas Telluri et diis manibus dabo, will zum Sühnopfer für die T. usw. machen, Liv. 10, 28, 13. – δδ) m. prädik. Adi., anni multi me dubiam danunt, Plaut. Epid. 544: cautumque dabant exempla sequentem, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 77. – alterum geminata victoria ferocem in certamen tertium dabat, Liv. 1, 25, 11.

B) übtr.: 1) von sich geben, ablegen, geben, documentum dare m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Liv.: documenta dare m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Cic. u. Liv.: documenta sui dare, Curt.. legis in se documenta dare, Iustin.: u. so dare exemplum, ex-perimenfcum, specimen, w.s. – 2) geben, schaffen, verschaffen, beibringen, einflößen, animos (Mut), Ov.: spiritus, Liv.: vires, s. vis: spem, s. spes: suspicionem, s. suspicio: eo sibi minus dubitationis dari, quod etc., er könne sich um so weniger bedenken, sei vollkommen entschieden, Caes. – 3) bringen, bereiten, machen, verursachen, veranlassen, alci tussim, Catull.: risus, risus iocosque, Stoff geben zu usw., Hor.: sonitum,

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⇒ Nbf. dano, ere, wov. danunt, Naev. b. Pun. 4. fr. 4. Plaut, capt. 819 u.ö. Caecil. com. 176. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1175; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 68, 12. Non. 97, 14. – Archaist. Konj. Präs. duas, duat, Plaut. – archaist. Konj. Präs. duim, duis, duit, duint, Trag. u. Comic. vett., Cato u.a.; vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 3. S. 311 u. 312 u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 224 u. 225 u. (für Terenz) Spengel Ter. Andr. 666. – Archaist. Imperat. duitor, XII tabb. bei Plin. 21, 7 D. (wo Schöll XII tabb. X, 7 arduitur). – Synkop. Formen dan = dasne, Plaut. asin. 671 u. truc. 373: datin = datisne. Plaut. Curc. 311; truc. 631: dabin = dabisne, Plaut. Bacch. 883; Pseud. 536 u. 1078. – Apokop. Form dedistin = dedistine, Plaut. Curc. 345; trin. 127 u. 129 – Archaist. Infin. Präs. Pass. darei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 205 sq. u.ö. – Parag. Infin. Präs. Pass. darier, Lex vet. bei Fest. 189 (a), 14. – Nach Diom. 379, 25 ist. Pers. Präs. Pass. dor

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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.

To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.

In a corporeal sense.

Outwardly, to release.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.

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.—

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.—

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.—

With abl.:

complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,

Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

portu solventibus,

id. Mur. 2, 4.—

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.—

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.—

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).—

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.—

To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.

In gen.:

omne colligatum solvi potest,

Cic. Fin. 11.—

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.—

Of woven stuff:

solvens texta,

Prop. 2, 9, 6.—

Of mountains:

utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),

Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:

tridente Neptunus montem solvit,

id. Agam. 553.—

Of the neck:

soluta cervix silicis impulsu,

broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—

Of a comet:

momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

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.—

Of putrefaction:

(vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,

Verg. G. 4, 302.—

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.—

Of expansion by heat:

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

Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—

Hence, solvere, absol., to rarefy:

gravitas aeris solvitur,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 5, 1.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.

To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

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).—

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.—

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.—

From any cause of restraint.

To release from siege:

Bassanitas obsidione solvere,

Liv. 44, 30:

patriam obsidione solvere,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —

From moral restraints:

hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,

gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—

From laws and rules: legibus solvere.

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.—

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).—

To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Implying a change for the worse.

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.—

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.—

By frost ( poet.):

solvuntur illi frigore membra,

Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—

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.—

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,

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.—

To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:

deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,

Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.

To loose, remove, cancel that which binds any thing.

In a corporeal sense.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.

Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

To delay:

hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,

Sen. Troad. 1131.—

Of darkness, to dispel:

lux solverat umbras,

Stat. Th. 10, 390.—

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.—

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.—

In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.

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,

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.—

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. —

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). —

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. —

To fulfil the duty of burial.

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.—

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.—

Votum solvere, to fulfil a vow to the gods.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

Lit.

(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.—

(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.—

(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.—

Trop.

(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.—

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.—

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.—

Free from cares, undistracted:

animo soluto liberoque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,

id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 82.—

At leisure, free from labor, business, etc.:

te rogo ut eum solutum, liberum, confectis ejus negotiis a te, quamprimum ad me remittas,

Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:

quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,

id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:

Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—

Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:

quam homines soluti ridere non desinant, tristiores autem, etc.,

Cic. Dom. 39, 104:

an tu existimas quemquam soluto vultu et hilari oculo mortem contemnere?

Sen. Ep. 23, 4:

vultus,

Stat. Th. 5, 355:

(mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,

unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—

Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:

cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,

Liv. 29, 1 fin.:

Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,

Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:

incerti, solutique, et magis sine domino quam in libertate, Vononem in regnum accipiunt,

Tac. A. 2, 4:

quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,

Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:

rectore solutos (solis) equos,

Stat. Th. 1, 219.—

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

nec vero deus ipse alio modo intellegi potest, nisi mens soluta quaedam et libera,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;

cum animi sine ratione motu ipsi suo soluto ac libero incitarentur,

id. Div. 1, 2, 4:

judicio senatus soluto et libero,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:

sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

si omnia mihi essent solutissima, tamen in re publica non alius essem atque nunc sum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,

uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—

Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:

amores soluti et liberi,

Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

licentia,

id. ib. 4, 4, 4:

populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,

id. ib. 1, 34, 53:

quis erat qui sibi solutam P. Clodii praeturam sine maximo metu proponeret? Solutam autem fore videbatis, nisi esset is consul qui eam auderet possetque constringere,

id. Mil. 13, 34:

quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,

Liv. 27, 31 fin.:

adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,

id. 2, 1, 2:

solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,

a licentious life, Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:

spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,

Suet. Aug. 44:

mores soluti,

licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—

Regardless of rules, careless, loose:

orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,

Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,

Tac. A. 16, 18.—

Esp., of style, etc., free from rules of composition.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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

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

Quint. 11, 3, 146.—

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.—

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.—

(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.

Thinly:

corpora diffusa solute,

Lucr. 4, 53.—

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.—

Irregularly, loosely:

a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 30, 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.—

Of style, without connection, loosely:

enuntiare,

Quint. 11, 2, 47.—

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.—

Weakly, tamely, without vigor:

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

Cic. Brut. 80, 277.—

Of morals, loosely, without restraint:

ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,

Tac. A. 13, 47.

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.

To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.

In a corporeal sense.

Outwardly, to release.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.

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.—

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.—

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.—

With abl.:

complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,

Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

portu solventibus,

id. Mur. 2, 4.—

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.—

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.—

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).—

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.—

To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.

In gen.:

omne colligatum solvi potest,

Cic. Fin. 11.—

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.—

Of woven stuff:

solvens texta,

Prop. 2, 9, 6.—

Of mountains:

utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),

Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:

tridente Neptunus montem solvit,

id. Agam. 553.—

Of the neck:

soluta cervix silicis impulsu,

broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—

Of a comet:

momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

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.—

Of putrefaction:

(vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,

Verg. G. 4, 302.—

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.—

Of expansion by heat:

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

Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—

Hence, solvere, absol., to rarefy:

gravitas aeris solvitur,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 5, 1.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.

To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

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).—

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.—

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.—

From any cause of restraint.

To release from siege:

Bassanitas obsidione solvere,

Liv. 44, 30:

patriam obsidione solvere,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —

From moral restraints:

hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,

gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—

From laws and rules: legibus solvere.

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.—

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).—

To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Implying a change for the worse.

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.—

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.—

By frost ( poet.):

solvuntur illi frigore membra,

Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—

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.—

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,

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.—

To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:

deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,

Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.

To loose, remove, cancel that which binds any thing.

In a corporeal sense.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.

Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—