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dē-dūco, dūxī, ductum, ere, I) von einem höhern Punkte nach einem niedern herabführen, leitend herab- od. hinabziehen, konstr. bei Ang. von wo hinab? m. de od. ab od. ex u. Abl. od. m. bl. Abl.; bei Ang. wohin? bis wohin? m. ad od. in m. Akk. od. m. bl. Acc. loc., 1) eig.: a) übh.: α) leb. Wesen: imbres nivesque deducunt Iovem, in Regen u. Schnee steigt Jupiter vom Himmel herab, Hor.: molliunt anfractibus modici s clivos, ut non iumenta solum, sed elephanti etiam deduci possent, Liv. – ded. alqm ad terram, Suet.: alqm contionari conantem de rostris, Caes.: per eos multitudinem aliam in subiectum viae campum, Liv.: alqm in quattuordecim, Sen., od. in quattuordecim sessum (um da seinen Sitz zu nehmen), Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: non iniquo nec perdifficili aditu super caput hostium eos ded., Liv. – v. lebl. Subjj., in praecipitia iste cursus deducit, Sen. – β) lebl. Objj.: tiaram, vom Haupte herabnehmen, Suet.: pectine crines, herabkämmen, Ov.: caesariem barbae dextrā, herabstreichen, Ov.: molli gestu brachia, herabführen, = bewegen, Prop.: ramos pondere suo (v. Obst), Ov. – vestem summa ab ora (Saum), herabstreifen, Ov.: ebenso suas a pectore vestes, Ov.: clam pedes de lecto, Plaut. – montes in planum, herabversetzen, Iustin. (bildl., ded. alqm in planum, widerlegen, Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Flacc. 2. no. 2): eluvie mons

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est deductus in aequor, Ov.: manum ded. ad imum ventrem, Quint.: sinum ad ima crura, Suet.: deduc orationem tuam de caelo ad haec citeriora (bildl.), Sen.: ebenso ded. philosophiam e fastigio in planum (bildl.), Sen.: tunicam summā orā ad mediam, herabstreifen, Ov.

b) als milit. t. t., herab- od. hinabführen, sich herabziehen lassen, herab-, hinabsteigen lassen, aciem in planum, Sall.: Poenos in plana, Frontin.: Albanum exercitum in campos, Liv.: instructos ordines in locum aequum, Sall.: paulatim suos in aequum locum, Sall.: imprudentiā suorum deductus in inferiorem collem, Frontin.: copias ex locis superioribus in campum, Caes.: equitatum od. equites ad pedes, die Reiterei absitzen lassen, Liv.

c) als naut. t. t., α) die Segel herabziehen, herablassen, entrollen, aufspannen, vela, Ov.: carbasa, Ov.: tota carbasa malo (am M.), Ov. – β) ( wie καθέλκειν) ein Schiff vom Lande ins Meer ziehen, vom Stapel laufen lassen, in See gehen ( stechen) lassen (Ggstz. subducere, griech. ἀνέλκειν; vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 17, 3), navem, naves, Verg. u. Liv.: navigia, Sen.: quadriremes, Plin. ep.: classem, Liv.: puppim, Prop.: carinas, Ov. – naves litore (vom U.), Verg.: naves in aquam, Liv. Vgl. unten no. II, A, 1, f.

d) als t. t. der Zaubersprache, durch Zaubersprüche herabziehen, lunam, Ov.: lunam e curru, Tibull.:

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lunam cursu, Ov.: Iovem caelo, Ov.: cantando rigidas montibus ornos, Verg.

2) übtr., vermindernd herabführen, auf etw. zurückführen, licet enim contrahere universitatem generis humani eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere ad singulos, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 164.

II) von einem Anfangspunkte nach einem Zielpunkt fortführen, ab-, weg-, hinführen, geleitend fortbringen, hinbringen, herbeibringen, A) im allg.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: α) leb. Wesen: pecora, Caes.: inde boves, Ov.: animalia quamlibet longo itinere deducta ad assuetas sibi sedes revertuntur, Quint.: ded. alqm a recta via (bildl.), Cornif. rhet.: alqm ex ea via (bildl.), Cic. fr.: suos ex agris, Caes.: dominam Ditis thalamo (aus dem G.), Verg.: ipsa vestigia quaerentem dominum eo (dahin) deductura erant, Liv.: Cicerones Rhodum, Cic.: alqm in aedem Proserpinae, Nep.: alqm in arcem, Liv.: alqm de suis convellere hortulis deducereque in Academiam perpauculis passibus (bildl.), Cic.: alqm in tutum (bildl.), Sen.: alqm in mare Helles, Ov.: ad eum agnum non casu sed duce deo deducitur, Cic.: ded. iuvenem ad altos currus, Ov.: silvestres capras manibus suis ad salutare auxilium herbae dictamni (bildl. v. der Natur), Val. Max. – β) lebl. Objj.: et si qua asportari possent, sibi quemque deducere (es mit sich nehmen), Tac. ann. 16, 11. – ded. atomos de via, Cic.: amnes deducunt undas

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in mare, Ov.: u. (im Bilde) ded. Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos, das äol. Lied zu ital. Weisen führen = die äol. u. sapphische Lyrik auf röm. Boden verpflanzen, Hor. carm. 3, 30, 13 sq.

b) (als milit. t. t.) eine Mannschaft von irgendwo od. irgendwohin abführen, wegziehen (einziehen), abziehen (abmarschieren) lassen, ausrücken lassen, verlegen, exercitum, Caes. u. Liv.: consularem exercitum, Liv.: classem exercitumque, Liv.: praesidium, Liv.: praesidia, Caes. u. Liv. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 25, 25, 10) u. (Ggstz. imponere) Sall. fr.: custodias, Auct. b. Alex.: militari more vigilias, die Wachen auf ihre Posten abführen, aufziehen lassen, Sall. Iug. 44, 3. – ded. inde Romanum exercitum, Liv.: undique praesidia, Frontin.: exercitum a Sicilia, Iustin.: praesidia ab urbibus, Liv. u. Iustin.: quinque legiones ab opere, Caes.: praesidia de iis oppidis, quae etc., Cic.: nostros de vallo, Caes.: praesidia Macedonum ex iis urbibus, Liv.: exercitum ex his regionibus, Caes.: Apameā (von A.) praesidium, Cic.: Orico (von O.) legionem, Caes.: praesidia arce (von, aus der B.), Aur. Vict.: civitatibus omnibus (aus a. St.) omnia praesidia, Liv.: praesidia eo (dahin), Caes.: exercitum in aciem, Liv.: classem in proelium, Nep.: propere in cornua leves armaturas, Liv.: legiones duas in ulteriorem Galliam, Caes.: impedimenta in proximum collem, Caes.: legiones in hiberna, Caes.: novos milites

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in hiberna, Liv.: exercitum mature in hiberna Lunam et Pisas (nach L. u. P.), Liv.: exercitum in hiberna in Sequanos, Caes.: milites eductos hibernis ad Ciceronem, Caes. – m. Dat. (wozu?), tres in arcem oppidi cohortes praesidio, zur Besatzung in die B. legen, Caes. b. c. 3, 19, 5.

c) begleitend, als Führer od. Begleiter mitnehmend zu jmd. od an einen Ort abführen, hinführen, fortbringen, hinbringen, herbringen, mitbringen, mitnehmen, geleiten, jmdm. zuführen, wo einführen, α) zur Besprechung, zur Audienz, cito hunc deduce ad militem, Ter.: deduci ad regem, Iustin.: deduci ad Eumenem, Nep.: deduci in conspectum Caesaris, Caes.: transfuga duci se ad consulem iubet deductusque traditurum urbem promittit, Liv. – β) aus der Provinz nach Rom (vollst. secum deducere, s. unten die Beisp.), Ennium poëtam, Cic.: Atticum, Nep.: non deduxi, inquit, Sextilium, Cic.: eos deduxi testes et eas litteras deportavi, ut etc., Cic.: hominem secum ded., Cic. – alqm ded. ex ultimis gentibus, Cic.: alqm Romam, Eutr.: alqm secum Romam, Liv.: primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas (poet. für »die griechischen Dichter auf heimatlichen [römischen] Boden verpflanzen«), Verg. georg. 3, 10 sq. – γ) als Gast in ein Haus usw., hospites domum, Cornif. rhet.: alqm in hospitale cubiculum, Liv.: alqm ad Ia-

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nitorem quendam hospitem, Cic. – δ) einen jungen Mann zu einem Staatsmanne zur weitern Ausbildung, alqm ad alqm, Cic. de amic. 1. Cic. Cael. 9. Tac. dial. 34. Quint. 12, 11, 6. – od. in eine Schule, ephebum in gymnasium (v. Mentor), Petron. 85, 3. – ε) beschützend od. bewachend fortführen, abführen, fortbringen, igitur inditus lecticae et a tribuno praetoriae cohortis deductus est, vario rumore, custos saluti an mortis exactor sequeretur, Tac. ann. 3, 14: a quo cum quaesisset, quo (wohin) deduci vellet, et ille Athenas dixisset, praesidium dedit, ut tuto perveniret, Nep.: Pydnam eum deduci iussit et quod satis esset praesidii dedit, Nep. – als Gefangenen, ex consilii sententia in custodiam coniectus Athenas deductus est, Nep.: ded. Lentulum in carcerem, Sall.: Iugurtham ad Marium, Sall.: alqm vinctum ad Caesarem, Hirt. b. G.: alqm comprehendere et custodibus publice datis deducere ad Hannibalem, Liv. – auf den Kampfplatz, alqm e spectaculis detrahere et in arenam deducere, Suet. Cal. 35, 2. – ζ) jmd. ehrenhalber geleiten, jmdm. das Ehrengeleit geben, αα) jmd., bes. einen Staatsmann vom Hause nach dem Forum od. zur Kurie (Ggstz. reducere) od. umgekehrt von da nach Hause, magnam affert opinionem, magnam dignitatem cotidiana in deducendo frequentia, Cic.: haec ipsa sunt honorabilia assurgi, deduci, reduci, Cic.: ne deducendi sui causā populum de foro abduceret, Liv.:

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plebes consules ambo sacrā viā deductos cum magno tumultu invadit, Sall. fr.: cum magna multitudo optimorum virorum me de domo deduceret, Cic. – alqm ad forum, Cic., in forum, Quint.: alqm ex patribus conscriptis aut propinquum aut paternum amicum ad curiam, Val. Max.: frequentes eum domum deduxerunt, Liv.: absol., deducam, ich will ihn nach Hause (bis an sein Haus) geleiten, Hor. sat. 1, 9, 59. – ββ) einen jungen Römer vom Hause nach dem Forum, um sein Tirocinium abzulegen (v. Vater u. v. Verwandten), filios suo quemque tirocinio in forum, Suet.: filium Drusum in forum, Suet.: deductus in forum tiro, Suet.: pueros puberes non in forum, sed in agrum deduci praecepit, Iustin. – γγ) eine Braut aus dem Elternhause in das Haus der Bräutigams geleiten, v. Vater u. v. den Verwandten = dem Bräutigam zuführen, velut auspicibus nobilissimis populis deductas esse, Liv.: eorum habentur liberi, quo (wohin = zu denen) primum virgo quaeque deducta est, Caes.: ded. virginem in domum alcis, Tac., od. ad alqm, Liv.: virginem iuveni marito, Tibull.: illa mihi dextrā deducta paternā, Catull.: quae mihi deductae fax omen praetulit, Prop.: rapi solet fax, quā praelucente nova nupta deducta est, ab utrisque † amicis, Fest. p. 289 (a), 7 sq. – v. Bräutigam selbst = eine Gattin heimführen, uxorem domum, Ter.: illam domum in cubiculum, Ter. Vgl. übh. Gronov Plaut.

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Cas. 2, 8, 36. die Auslgg. zu Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 60; zu Caes. b. G. 5, 14, 5; zu Liv. 10, 23, 5. – euphemist. = jmdm. eine Konkubine zuführen, sine prius deduci, Plaut.: so Tertia deducta est, Suet. Caes. 50, 2 (im Doppelsinn mit no. II, B, a, β): ded. ad Docimum Tertiam Isidori mimi filiam, Cic.: Liviam ad se deduci imperavit, Suet. – δδ) eine in die Provinz abgehende Magistratsperson geleiten, ut provincias cum imperio petituri hinc deducerentur, Suet. Aug. 29, 2. – einen Triumphierenden zu den Tempeln, unde populo consalutato circum templa deductus est, Suet. Tib. 17, 2. – einen vertriebenen Herrscher wieder in sein Reich einführen, alqm in regnum, Tac.: hunc in possessionem Armeniae, Tac. – εε) jmd. an einen Ehrenplatz führen, m. 2. Supin., Herennium Gallum histrionem summo ludorum die in XIIII sessum deduxit, wies er einen Platz auf einer der vierzehn Ritterbänke (in der Ritterloge) an, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep. 10, 32, 2. – ζζ) jmd. in ein Heiligtum einführen, decimo die cenatum, deinde pure lautum in sacrarium deducturam, Liv. 39, 9, 4. – ηη) jmd. zu Grabe geleiten, jmdm. das Grabgeleite geben, alqm, Augustin. serm. 17, 7 (zweimal). – η) etw. od. jmd. in einem Festzuge aufführen od. wohin abführen, tensas, Suet.: mulierem (eine Gefangene) triumpho, Hor.: elephantos Romam ingenti pompā, Eutr.: corpus Alexandri in Hammonis templum, Iustin.

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d) (als publiz. t. t.) Kolonisten, eine Kolonie irgendwohin abführen, übersiedeln, verpflanzen, Kolonisten irgendwo ansiedeln, ansässig machen, eine Kolonie irgendwo anlegen, colonos, Vell.: coloniam, colonias, Cic. u.a.: ut hic conditor urbium earum, non illi qui initio deduxerant (die ursprünglichen Kolonieführer), videretur, Nep. Timol. 3, 2; vgl. Cic. agr. 2, 92: im Passiv, deductis olim (für die vor Zeiten angesiedelten) et nobiscum per conubium sociatis haec patria est, Tac. hist. 4, 65. – m. Advv. (wohin? wo?) u. m. in u. Akk. (s. Drak. Liv. 10, 13, 1 u. 39, 44, 10) u. mit bl. Acc. loc., huc I colonorum ex lege Rulli, Cic.: emere agros a privatis, quo (wohin) plebs publice deducatur, Cic.: ded. eo (dahin) coloniam novam, Cic.: illo (dorthin) coloniam, Cic.: deducentur, inquit, coloniae. Quo? quorum hominum? in quae loca? Cic.: tu non definias, quo colonias, in quae loca, quo numero colonorum deduci velis? Cic.: ded. colonos lege Iuliā Capuam, Caes.: coloniam Casilinum, quo Caesar ante deduxerat, Cic.: colonos in omnes colonias totius Italiae, Cic.: colonias in eos agros, quos emerint, Cic.: coloniam in Asiam, Cic.: in eum locum coloniam, Cic.: negavi in eam coloniam, quae esset auspicato deducta, dum esset incolumis, coloniam no vam iure deduci, Cic.: ded. Carseolos coloniam in agrum Aequiculorum, Liv.: specie deductarum per (über) orbem terrae legionum, Tac. ann. 11,

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24. – mit in u. Abl. (s. Drak. Liv. 10, 13, 1), Ostiam coloniam in ostio Tiberis deduxit, Aur. Vict.: in colonia Capua deducti lege Iuliā coloni, Suet. – im Passiv m. Prädik.-Nom. (als wer? vgl. Drak. Liv. 39, 44, 10), coloniae deductae Ariminum in Piceno, Beneventum in Samnio, Liv. epit.: eodem anno Cales deducta colonia (als K.), Vell.: post triennium Tarracina deducta colonia (als K.) ac deinde interiecto triennio Suessa Aurunca et Saticula, Vell.: Aquileia colonia Latina (als lat. K.) eo anno in agrum Gallorum est deducta, Liv.

e) als gerichtl. t. t., vor einem Gericht als Zeugen usw. hinbringen, beiziehen, alqm (als Zeugen) ad hoc iudicium, Cic. Flacc. 9. – übtr., lis ad forum deducta est, der Streit wurde vor Gericht gebracht, es kam zum Prozeß, Phaedr. 3, 13, 3.

f) als milit. t. t.: α) ein Schiff aus den Werften ziehen, navem ex navalibus, Caes. b. c. 2, 3, 2. – u. übh. in See stechen lassen, classem in altum properiter, Pacuv. tr. 322. – feindl. = aus den Werften fortführen, unam (navem) ex navalibus eorum, Caes. b. c. 2, 3, 2: ebenso naves a Meloduno, Caes. b. G. 7, 60, 1 (vgl. 7, 58. § 2 u. 4). – β) ( wie κατάγειν) ein Schiff in den Hafen führen, einlaufen lassen, persuade gubernatori, ut in aliquem portum navem deducat, Petron. 101, 8. – feindlich = ein Schiff wohin schleppen, onerarias naves, quas ubique possunt, de-

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prehendunt et in portum deducunt, Caes. b. c. 1, 36, 2. Vgl. oben no. I, 1, c, β.

g) als t. t. der Wasserbaukunst, Wasser von irgendwo ableiten, irgendwo hinleiten, rivos (auf die Äcker), Verg.: aquam in vias, Cato: Padum in flumina et fossas, Plin.: aquam Albanam ad utilitatem agri suburbani, Cic.

h) jmd. aus einer Besitzung gewaltsam hinwegführen, ex ea possessione Antiochum, Liv. 34, 58, 6: Arsinoën ex regno, Auct. b. Alex. 33, 3. – bes. als jurist. t. t., jmd. aus einer streitigen Besitzung in Gegenwart von Zeugen scheinbar gewaltsam hinwegführen (moribus deducere, im Ggstz. zu vi armatā deducere), um ihm das Recht der Vindikationsklage zu verschaffen (eine der Klage vorausgehende symbolische Handlung), alqm de fundo (mit u. ohne moribus), Cic. Caecin. 20; de lege agr. 2, 68; pro Tullio 20 (dazu Beier exc. III p. 250 sqq.).

i) unversehens jmd. an einen Ort hinführen, wohin locken, pedester exercitus, quod in ea loca erat deductus, ut in vito Eumene elabi non posset, pacem ab eo petiit, Nep.: ab alqo consilio od. ex industria in iniqua loca deducti, Frontin.: sequentem Lucullum in insidias deduxerunt, Frontin.: Hamilcar in insidias deductus occiditur, Iustin.

k) ein phys. Übel vom Körper wegziehen, entfernen, brassica de capite et de oculis omnia deducet et

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sanum faciet, Cato r. r. 157, 6: non aeris acervus et auri aegroto domini deduxit corpore febres, non animo curas, Hor. ep. 1, 2, 47 sqq.: quoniam haec deducuntur, weil man Derartiges (derartige Fehler) vom Körper zu entfernen sucht, Cic. de fin. 5, 47.

2) übtr.: a) übh.: α) leb. Wesen = jmd. von wo abführen, abziehen, abbringen, abwendig machen, impellere voluntates quo velit, unde autem velit deducere, Cic.: ded. alqm a pristino victu, Nep.: alqm ab humanitate (menschlichen Würde), a pietate, a religione, Cic.: quod instituit referre de religione et saepe iam rettulit, ab eo deduci non potest, Cic.: magnā pecuniā a vera accusatione esse deductum, Cic.: ded. eloquentiā perterritos a timore, Cic.: alqm a tristitia acute et hilare dicto, Cic.: alqm de fide (v. Reichtum), Cic.: alqm de illa animi pravitate, Q. Cic.: alqm de hac animi lenitate, Cic.: alqm de sententia, Cic. u. Liv.: alqm prope de vitae suae statu dolore ac lacrimis suis, Cic.: ded. alqm vero (von der Wahrheit), Lucr. 1, 370. – u. jmd. wohin ohne sein Zutun bringen, versetzen, si eo (dahin) me deduxit error, Ps. Quint. decl.: cuius errore eo (dahin) deducta esset multitudo, ut omnes de salute pertimescerent, Nep.: eo deductus periculi, ut etc., so gefährdet, daß usw., Amm.: si in eum casum deducerentur, wenn es mit ihnen so weit käme, Caes.: ded. alqm in periculum, Caes.: quam in fortunam quamque in amplitudinem deduxisset

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(Aeduos), Caes.: deduci (geraten) in egestatem, Sen.: deduci in fraudem, ins Netz gelockt werden, Planc. in Cic. ep.: ded. alqm ad fletum misericordiamque, Cic.: deduci ad iniquam pugnandi condicionem, Caes. – β) lebl. Objj., von etw. abbringen, zu etw. hinführen, hinbringen, antiquissimum sollemne ab nobilissimis antistitibus eius sacri ad servorum ministerium deduxisti, hast das älteste Opfer von den vornehmsten Priestern dieses Gottesdienstes weggenommen und zu einer Verrichtung der Sklaven erniedrigt, Liv. 9, 34, 18. – audi, quo rem deducam, wohin ich am Ende kommen, wo ich hinaus will (in der Darstellung), Hor. sat. 1, 1, 15. – ded. rem huc, ut etc., es dahin zu bringen suchen, daß usw., Cic.: u. so rem in eum locum, ut etc., Caes.: ergo huc universa causa deducitur, utrum... an etc., Cic.: ded. rem ad arma, Caes.: rem ad otium, Caes.: rem in summum periculum, Caes.: rem in controversiam, Caes.

b) jmd. von seiner Partei abwendig machen, verleiten, verführen, a quibus deductum ac depravatum Pompeium queritur, Caes. b. c. 1, 7, 1: adulescentes et oratione magistratus et praemio deducti, Caes. b. G. 7, 37, 6.

c) jmd. zu etw. bringen = bestimmen, gewinnen, im üblen Sinne = verleiten, α) übh.: alqm ad eam sententiam, Caes.: Pompeium ad turpissima foedera, Vell.: quae tandem est ea disciplina, ad quam me de-

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ducas, si ab hac abstraxeris? Cic. – mit folg. Infin., inde deducimur etiam imaginem mortis iam tunc eum (somnum) recensere, Tert. de anim. 43. – bei vorhergeh. Negation m. folg. quominus u. Konj., neque legis improbissimae poenā deductus est, quominus hospitii et amicitiae ius officiumque praestaret, Cic. ep. 14, 4, 2. – β) jmd. zu einer polit. Sache od. Partei bringen, für sie gewinnen, in sie verflechten, Philippum et Macedonas in societatem belli, Liv.: Macedonas in bellum civile, Iustin.: quasdam civitates dissentientes in causam, Liv.: petebant, ne se temere in causam deduceret, Liv.

d) den Ursprung von etw. ableiten, herleiten, mos unde deductus, Hor.: originem ab ea (femina), Plin.: genus ab Anchise ac Venere, Vell.: genus ab Achille, Curt. – u. den Namen von etw. entlehnen, entnehmen,nomen ab Anco, Ov. fast. 6, 803: u. so nomen ab alqa re u. ab alqo, Lact. 4, 28, 12. Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 14; apol. 3: nomen ex ea significatione, Tert. de virg. vel. 5.

B) prägn.: a) vermindernd abziehen, α) als t. t. der Athletik = dem Kämpfer die Speise entziehen, damit er schmächtiger werde, cibum, Ter. eun. 315. – β) als t. t. der Geschäftsspr. = von einer Summe abziehen (Ggstz. addere), addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqua summa fiat, Cic.: ded. centum nummos, Cic.: Tertia (ein Drittel) deducta est,

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Suet. Caes. 50, 2 (im Doppelsinn auch = »die Tertia ist zugeführt worden«, s. oben no. II, A, 1, c, ζ, γγ): id viri boni arbitratu (nach der Taxierung) deducetur, Cato. – m. in u. Akk., in singulas deportationes (auf od. für jede entwendete Tracht) SS. N. II (= 2 Sesterze) deducentur, Cato. – mit de u. Abl., de capite deducite quod usuris pernumeratum est, Liv. – m. Dat. (welcher Summe?), deducto summae aeris alieni, si quid usurae nomine numeratum aut perscriptum fuisset, Suet. – mit Dat. (für wen?), de his divitiis sibi drachumam ded., Enn. scen. 323. – absol. prägn. = jmdm. einen Abzug machen, arbitratu deducetur, Cato r. r. 144, 2 zw. – Partiz. subst., dēducta, ae, f. (verst. pecunia od. pars), der Abzug, den der Legatar an dem ihm ausgesetzten Legate machen durfte, um dadurch der lästigen Verpflichtung der auf dem Vermögen des Testators haftenden sacra zu entgehen, si in testamento deducta scripta non sit, Cic. de legg. 2, 50.

b) fortführend, fortziehend bilden, α) einen Bau fortführen, latum sulcum, Iuven, 1, 157: fossam superiori parte post castra, Frontin. 1, 5, 4: vallum per triginta duo milia passuum a mari ad mare, Eutr. 8, 19. – β) schreibend, zeichnend ziehen, entwerfen, litteram mero, Ov. her. 16 (17), 88: tamquam linea uno calamo deducta, Cassiod. de instit. div. lit. 1. p. 510 (a) ed. Garet. – im Bilde, ded. formam bonorum

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schwächen, übtr., vocem, Pompon. com. 57 u. 60: Ὀδυσσεύς ad Ulixem deductus est, Quint. 1, 4, 16; vgl. PAdi. deductus no. II. – ⇒ Imperat. deduc, Cic. de rep. 1, 34. Stat. Theb. 12, 266. Augustin. serm. 109, 4: arch. deduce, Plaut. truc. 479. Ter. eun. 538.

2. prō (altind. prá, griech. πρό), vor, für, I) Adv. in den Verbndgg. proquam, prout, w. s. – II) Praep. m. Abl. (spätlat. m. Acc., Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 81 u. 224 461), A) eig., vom Raume, von der Richtung nach vorwärts od. vornhin, u. zwar: 1) über etwas hinaus, so daß man sich außerhalb eines Gegenstandes, ihm gegenüber, vor ihm befindet, vor, im Angesichte: a) auf die Frage wo? sedens pro aede, Cic.: copias pro oppido collocaverat, Caes.: legiones pro castris constituit, Caes.: stabat pro litore classis, vor, an dem Ufer, Tac. – b) auf die Frage wohin? Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit, vor... hinaus, Caes. b. G. 1, 48, 3. – 2) vorn in, vorn an, vorn auf, wobei man an den Begriff des Hervortretens zu denken hat, so daß der Sprechende oder Handelnde den Gegenstand, auf dem er sich befindet, im Rücken hat, pro suggestu, auf der Tribüne, in der Versammlung, Caes.: pro tribunali, Cic.: pro contione, vor, in der Versammlung, Liv.: u. Tac. (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 4, 24, 16): pro rostris, Suet. – B) übtr., zur Bezeichnung: 1) des Schutzes, Vorteils, für, zum Vorteile, zugunsten (Ggstz. contra alqm), dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patria, Cic.: hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius, zu meinem Vorteile, Cic.: sive illud pro plebe sive contra plebem est, Liv.: orationes et pro se multae et pro aliis et in alios, Liv.:

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metuo enim, ne scelerate dicam in te, quod pro Milone dicam pie, Cic. – 2) der Stellvertretung, Verwechselung, Gleichgeltung usw.: a) statt, anstatt, pro consule, Cic.: pro collegio, im Namen des K., Liv.: pro magistro esse od. operas dare, Vizedirektor sein, Cic.: alci pro quaestore esse, bei jmd. die Quästorstelle vertreten, Liv.: pro patre esse alci, Vaterstelle vertreten, Ter.: in vulgus pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv.: pro vallo carros obicere, Caes. – b) wie, so gut wie, als, pro victis (abierunt), wie Besiegte, Liv.: Cato est mihi unus pro multis milibus, Cic.: nonnulli ab insciis pro noxiis concīduntur, als Schuldige, Nep.: pro certo scire, für gewiß, Liv.: so auch pro certo polliceri, Cic.: pro infecto habere, für ungeschehen halten, Cic.: pro damnato esse, so gut wie verurteilt, Cic.: hunc amavi pro meo, wie meinen eigenen Sohn, Ter.: transire pro transfuga, als Überläufer, Liv.: stare pro contione, als V., Tac.: dicere pro testimonio, im Zeugenverhöre aussagen, Cic.: pro amicis, als Freunde, freundschaftlich, Liv.: se pro cive gerere, sich als Bürger betragen, d.i. die Pflichten u. Rechte eines Bürgers ausüben, Cic. – dah. auch pro eo, ac si etc., gleich als wenn usw., Cic. – 3) der Vergeltung od. eines Ausgleiches, für, zum Lohne (als Belohnung) für etw., pro vectura solvere, Cic.: pro tribus corporibus XXX milia talentûm auri accipere, Curt.: (alci) pro

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meritis gratiam referre, Caes. u. Nep.: pro vita hominis hominis vitam reddere, Caes.: pro Caesaris in se meritis ei plurimum debere, Caes.: petere honorem pro flagitio, Plaut.: pro tali facinore stirpem ac nomen civitatis tollere, Caes.: alqm pro scelere suo ulcisci (bestrafen), Caes. – 4) eines Verhältnisses, nach, nach Beschaffenheit, im Verhältnis zu, vermöge, für od. gemäß, infolge, auch im Vergleiche zu (griech. ἀντί), da gebraucht, wo der Wert zweier Dinge gegeneinander gehalten wird, duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis, im V. zu meinem Vermögen, Ter.: pro multitudine hominum et pro gloria belli atque fortitudinis, im V. zu ihrer Bevölkerung und für ihren Kriegsruhm und ihre Tapferkeit, Caes.: sunt impii cives, pro caritate rei publicae nimium multi, pro multitudine bene sentientium admodum pauci, Cic.: proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit, Liv.: hoc tibi pro servitio debeo, infolge des Skl., Ter.: u. so sedulo moneo, quae possum pro mea sapientia, Ter.: latius quam pro copiis, Liv.: pro dignitate populi Romani, Liv.: pro patriae caritate, Nep.: agere pro viribus, Cic.: pro virili parte, Cic.: pro portione, Liv.: pro tempore et pro re, nach Zeit und Umständen, Caes.: pro tempore, Liv.: pro mea parte, für meinen Teil, Cic.: dah. pro se quisque, jeder für sich, nach Maßgabe seiner Kräfte, Cic. u.a.: pro eo, vermöge dessen, nach dem, nach Be-

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schaffenheit dessen, mit folg. ac od. atque ( wie) od. quam, quantum, wie, pro eo ac debui, nach dem wie usw., nach meiner Pflicht, Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: pro eo, quanti te facio, nach dem wie ich dich schätze, vermöge meiner großen Achtung vor dir, Cic.: pro eo est atque etc., ist ebenso gut wie usw., ICt.: ferner pro eo quod, weil demnach, Cic.: dagegen auch pro eo habeamus, halten es dafür, Cic.: ferner pro eo ut = prout, je nachdem wie, Cic. Verr. 3, 126: pro imperio, gebieterisch, auf gebieterische Art, Ter.: dah. auch pro tua prudentia, deiner Klugheit gemäß, nach deiner Klugheit, Liv.: pro tuo amore, Liv. – 5) der Veranlassung, Bewirkung durch etwas, durch, fieri pro tribuno aedilem, Liv.: ut pro suffragio renuntiaretur, Cic.: pro praede litis vindiciarum cum satis accepisset, Cic. – ⇒ In Zusammensetzungen ist das lateinische pro gew. lang, zuw. aber kurz (z.B. prŏfanus), das griechische pro (πρό) dagegen gew. kurz, zuw. aber lang (z.B. prōlogus).

ratio, ōnis, f. (reor, ratus), das Abrechnen, Berechnen, die Rechnung, Berechnung, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: a) Sing.: magna r., Cic.: auri r. constat, die Rechnung stimmt, Cic.: u. so par est ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic.: rationem ducere, Cic.: habere rationem, Cic.: rationem referre, Cic.: ratio repeti solet, Cic.: in rationem inducere, in Rechnung bringen, verrechnen, Cic.: rationem inire, eine B. anstellen, Caes. (u. so inibitur ratio quaestus de pecunia tua, es wird der mögliche Gewinn mit deinem Gelde berechnet, Cic.): r. aeraria, die Berechnung u. Verminderung auf Kupfergeld, der verminderte Münzfuß, Cic. Quinct. 17. – b) Plur.: libri rationum, Rechnungsbücher, Aur. Vict.: rationes cum alqo putare, Cic.: rationes subducere, die R. abschließen, Cic. (vgl. no. II, A): rationes accipere, sich Rechnung stellen lassen, Sen.: u. so rationes ab alqo accipere, Cic.: rationes conferre, Cic.: rationes eferre, Cic., deferre, Cic.: falsas rationes inferre, Cic.: rationes familiares componere, Tac.

B) übtr.: 1) statistische Übersicht, statistischer Abriß, Verzeichnis, Liste, Protokoll, cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur, Cic. Verr. 5, 147: rationes imperii, Suet. Cal. 16, 1.

2) Summe, Zahl, ea nimia est ratio, Plaut.: hem ista ratio maxima est, Plaut.

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3) Geschäftsangelegenheit, Geschäftsache, Geschaftsverhältnis, Geschäftsführung, Geschäft, übh. Angelegenheit, Carpinatius, qui iam cum isto summā consuetudine, praeterea re ac ratione coniunctus esset, Cic.: de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana, Cic.: illa de ratione nummaria non sunt eiusmodi, Cic.: quamquam haec quidem res non solum ex domestica est ratione (innere Politik), attingit etiam bellicam, Cic.: quae domi gerenda sunt, ea per Caecilium transiguntur, fori iudiciique rationem Messala suscepit, seine Angelegenheiten vor der Öffentlichkeit u. vor Gericht, Cic.: ut rationes nostras explicares, unsere Geldgeschäfte abwickelst, Cic.: u. so ut res rationesque vestrorum omnium bene expedire voltis, Plaut.: in publicis privatisque rationibus, im öffentlichen u. Privatverkehr, Caes.: in explicandis rationibus rerum civilium, Cic.: r. civitatis, Cic.: r. comitiorum, Cic.: propter rationem Gallici belli, Cic. – dah. meae (tuae etc.) rationes, mein (dein usw.) Interesse, mein (dein usw.) Vorteil (vgl. unser »bei etw. seine Rechnung finden«), rationes meas vestrae saluti anteposuissem, Cic.: me ad eius rationes adiungo, quem tu in meis rationibus tibi esse adiungendum putasti, Cic.: meis alienissimum rationibus, Cic.

II) bildl.: A) Rechnung, Berechnung, Rechenschaft, Aufschluß, Belehrung, (Medea et Atreus) initā subductāque ratione (nach angestellter u. abge-

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schlossener B.) nefaria scelera meditantes, Cic.: numquam ita quisquam bene subductā ratione ad vitam fuit, quin etc., Ter.: habere rationem, berechnen, Cic.: exigere rationem, Rechenschaft fordern, Val. Max. u. Plin. ep.: rationem reddere alci, Rechenschaft ablegen, Aufschluß geben, Cic. u.a.: u. so rationem reddere alcis rei, Cic., de alqa re, Cic. u. Vitr.: rationem vitae reposcere, Cic.: negotii rationem exstare oportere, müsse Rechenschaft gegeben werden können, Cic.: ratio alcis rei od. alci rei constat, die R. steht für etw. gleichs. fest, d.i. ich bin mit etwas im reinen, oft bei Plin. ep.; s. Döring Plin. ep. 1, 5, 16.

B) übtr.: 1) übh. Rechnung, Berechnung, a) = Verhältnis, Beziehung zu usw., Rücksicht auf usw., Verbindung, Verkehr mit usw., rationem habere, aliquid rationis habere cum alqo, Rechnung haben, in Rechnung, in Verbindung, in Verkehr stehen mit usw., Cic.: quibuscum r. huic est, Cic.: quae r. tibi cum eo intercesserat? Cic.: pacis quae potest esse cum eo ratio, in quo etc.? Cic.: habenda cum M. Latrone pacis r., Cic.: et Graeciae quidem oratorum partus atque fontes vides ad nostrorum annalium rationem veteres, ad ipsorum sane recentes, in Rücksicht auf unsere Annalen, Cic. – b) Berechnung = berechnende, beachtende Rücksicht, Berücksichtigung, Beachtung, Erwägung, Sorge für usw., piorum et impiorum habere rationem, Cic.: vel dignitatis vel com-

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modi rationem habere, Cic.: non ullius rationem sui commodi ducere, Rücksicht nehmen auf usw., Cic.: salutis meae rationem ducere, Cic., officii, Cic.: suam rationem ducere, seinen Vorteil bedenken, Cic.: conservare rationem alcis rei, Cic.: omnis hac in re habenda r. et diligentia est, ut etc., Cic.: habeo rationem, quid acceperim, ziehe in Erwägung, erwäge, Cic.: neque illud rationis habuisti, si forte etc., Cic.: hoc rationis habebant, facere eos nullo modo posse, ut etc., Cic. – salva utriusque temporis ratio est, man hat beide Zeiten gut berechnet, berücksichtigt, jeder Zeit ist ihr Recht geschehen, Tac.; vgl. salvā diligentiae tuae ratione, unbeschadet deiner Vorsicht, Plin. ep. – c) die auf Berechnung begründete Vermutung, quantum in ratione esset, soviel sich berechnen, vermuten ließ, Hirt. b. G. 8, 6, 1. – d) das Sichverhalten zu od. bei etw., d.i. subj. = das Verfahren, die Verfahrungsart, das Verhalten, die Maßregel, Methode, Weise, der Plan, obj. = das Verhältnis, die Beschaffenheit, Natur, Art und Weise, Einrichtung, α) subj.: ita fiet, ut tua ista ratio existimetur astuta, meum hoc consilium necessarium, Cic.: scribendi consilium ratioque, Cic.: haec cogitandi pronuntiandique ratio, Cic.: eligendi et collocandi ratio, disponendi ratio, Quint. (s. Herbst Quint. 10, 1, 4): ratio docendi nec una omnibus nec singulis eadem semper fuit, Suet.: eadem defensionis ratio viaque,

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Cic.: r. in dicendo, Cic.: ineunda r. est, Cic.: a me inita ratio est (ist ein Verfahren angewandt, ein Weg eingeschlagen worden), quam quidem omnes non solum probant, sed etiam laudant, Cic.: inita tandem ratio est, ut etc., es wurden Mittel u. Wege eingeschlagen usw., Liv.: ad hunc interficiendum talem iniit rationem, Nep.: cuius ratio (Plan) etsi non valuit, tamen etc., Nep.: u. so vicit ratio parcendi, Tac.: sic neque agricultura nec ratio atque usus belli intermittitur, die planmäßige Kriegführung u. die Kriegsübung, Caes.: istam rationem otii tui probo, jenes geschäftslose Leben, wie du es planmäßig führst, Cic. – im Plur., rationes belli gerendi, Maßregeln, Caes.: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae, Lebensplan, Cic.: rationes rerum publicarum aut constituendarum aut tuendarum, Cic. – β) obj.: tempestatum ratio (Stand) et praedonum et locorum, Cic.: ratio pecuniarum, Geldverhältnisse (in Rom), Cic.: ut ceteri menses in suam rationem reverterentur, in ihr richtiges Verhältnis (durch Einschaltung), Cic.: ita ratio comparata est vitae naturaeque nostrae, Cic.: quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava, diiudicant, in den K. u. ihren Verhältnissen, Cic.: disseruerunt de generibus et de rationibus civitatum, Cic.: quod ad rationes omnium rerum pertineret, Cic.: quoniam eadem est r. iuris in utraque, Cic.: quā ratione, Cic.

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2) insbes., die Rechnung, Berechnung, als höhere Geistestätigkeit, das Denken, die bewußte, vernünftige Überlegung, konkret = die der Geistestätigkeit zugrunde liegende höhere Geisteskraft, das Denkvermögen, die Vernunft, die Einsicht, Klugheit u. dgl. (bei Cicero oft verb. mens et ratio et consilium, oder ratio, consilium, prudentia u. dgl.), quod facinus aut scelus suscipitur nisi consilio capto, aut sine animi motu et cogitatione, id est ratione, perficitur? Cic.: motus iste celer cogitationis, acumen, sollertia, quam rationem vocamus, Cic.: homo rationis particeps, Cic.: ratio ac disputatio, Vernunft und Nachdenken, Cic. – illa revoces ad rationem, Cic.: moneo, ut agentem te ratio ducat, non fortuna, Liv.: consilio et ratione, Cic.: quod nobis nullā ratione factum a Pompeio videtur, Caes.: magis ratione quam vi persuasit, Vell.: quod domi te inclusisti, ratione fecisti, vernünftig, einsichtsvoll, klug, Cic. – ratio est (es ist vernünftig, erscheint rätlich), od. ratio non est m. Infin., cui acquiescere Cremonae ratio fuit, Tac.: minari divisoribus r. non erat, Cic.: u. so minime est rationis m. folg. Infin., Colum.: u. rationis est m. folg. Infin., Plin. ep. – dah. a) der einen Ggstd. erklärende vernünftige Grund, Vernunftgrund, Beweggrund (vgl. argumentum no. II), α) übh.: est aliqua huiusce rei ratio, dafür gibt es einen vernünftigen Gr., darin liegt noch etwas, was zu rechtfertigen ist, Cic.: no-

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stra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus, Cic.: consilii causa ratioque, Cic.: r. quaerenda, Cic.: quam habet rationem, non quaero aequitatis, sed ipsius improbitatis atque impudentiae? Cic.: quod quidem rationem habeat (vernünftigen Grund hat), recte fit, Sen. rhet.: facti aliquam rationem afferre, Cic.: nihil rationis affers, quamobrem etc., Cic.: tertiam rationem affertis, quod etc., Cic.: rationem subicit, Cic.: ad hanc sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod etc., Caes.: r. cunctandi, Tac.: liberalitas, cui ratio non constat, zu der kein (edler) Beweggrund vorhanden ist, Plin. pan.: ratio nulla est m. Infin., es ist kein Grund vorhanden, nullam esse rationem amittere eiusmodi occasionem, Cic. – β) rhet. t. t., Grund, Begründung einer Behauptung, s. Cic. de inv. 1, 18. Quint. 3, 11, 4: ad propositum subiecta ratio et item in distributis supposita ratio, Cic. de or. 3, 207. – b) Vernunftmäßigkeit, Vernünftigkeit, das vernünftige Verhältnis, -Maß, Gesetzmäßigkeit, Gesetz, Regel, Ordnung, Methode, ut ratione et viā procedat oratio, methodisch, wissenschaftlich, Cic.: modo et ratione omnia facere, Cic.: ratione et numero moveri, Cic.: intervallis imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis, in ungleichen, jedoch gesetzmäßig nach gleichen Verhältnissen getrennten Intervallen, Cic.: moderatā ratione, in gleichmäßigem Verhältnisse, Cic.: in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed

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tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem, der vernunftmäßige Entwicklungsgang, Cic.: ad vitam usumque vivendi ea descripta r. est, Cic. – c) Denkart = Richtung, Prinzip, das jmd. verfolgt, florens homo in populari ratione, der Hauptvertreter der demokratischen Richtung, Cic.: neminem alterius rationis et partis offendit, Cic.: una in causis ratio quaedam eius orationis, quae etc., hat lediglich eine R., Cic.: bona ratio cum perdita confligit, es kämpft das gute (konservative) Prinzip mit den Grundsätzen der Umsturzpartei (die überall tabula rasa machen will), Cic. – d) Grundsatz, Prinzip, Lehre, Teorie, System, Wissenschaft, subj. = theoretische-, wissenschaftliche Kenntnis, α) obj.: erat enim tunc haec nova et ignota r. solem lunae oppositum solere deficere, Cic.: animum conferre in istam rationem, Cic.: sine ulla arte aut ratione diiudicant, ohne Anwendung theoretischer Kunstregeln, Cic.: laus rationis aut scientiae, Cic.: continet totam hanc quaestionem ea ratio, Cic.: Epicuri r., Lehre, System, Philosophie, Cic.: formula Stoicorum rationi disciplinaeque consentanea, Cic.: Cynicorum r., Cic.: de ratione vivendi, Lebenswissenschaft, Cic.: r. civilis et disciplina populorum, Staatswissenschaft, Cic.: geometrica, die Geometrie (als wissenschaftliche Theorie), Macr. u. Amm. (versch. von unten no. f): vitae r., Cic.: – β) subj.: si qua (est in me) exercitatio dicendi aut si

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huius rei ratio aliqua, ab optimarum artium studiis ac disciplina profecta, Cic. Arch. 1. – e) Ansicht, Meinung, mea sic est ratio et sic induco animun meum, Ter.: tuae epistulae perdiligenter in eandem rationem scriptae, Cic.: cum in eam rationem quisque loqueretur, Cic. – f) Beweisführung, Argumentation, der Beweis, summa uniuscuiusque rationis, Cic.: concludatur igitur ratio, Cic.: ratio ipsa coget mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic.: ut nunc ratio cogit, Cic.: geometricis rationibus non credere, Cic.: haec omnia geometricis evidentissimisque rationibus probare, Macr. – ⇒ Genet. Sing. apok. rationi', Lucr. 2, 53: Abl. Sing. rationi, Lucr. 6, 66.

vicis (als Genet.; Nom. kommt nicht vor), vicem, vice; Plur. vicēs (Nom. u. Akk.) u. vicibus (Dat. u. Abl.), f. (vgl. ahd. wëhsal, Wechsel, Austausch), der Wechsel, die Abwechselung, Wechselseitigkeit, I) eig.: A) im allg.: 1) übh.: vice fortunarum humanarum, Liv.: mutuā vice, Colum.: versā vice, umgekehrt, Sen. poët., Iustin, u.a.: hāc vice sermonum, Wechselgespräch, Verg.: solvitur acris hiems gratā vice veris et favoni, Hor.: deus haec fortasse benignā reducet in sedem vice, Hor.: nox peragit vicem, vollbringt den Wechsel, d.i. wechselt mit dem Tage, Ov. – Plur., gratae divitibas vices, Hor.: et interrogandi se ipsum et respondendi sibi solent esse non ingratae vices, Quint.: lectionis taedium vicibus levatur, Quint.: habet has vices condicio mortalium, Plin.: per vices annorum, ein Jahr um das andere, Plin.: mutat terra vices, erneut den Wechsel, wechselt mit neuen Gestalten, Hor.: peragere vices, Wechsel erleiden, Ov.: cur vicibus factis convivia ineant, abwechselnd, Ov. – 2) adv., a) per vices, abwechselnd, clamare, Ov.: subire, Plin. – b) in vicem (in einem Worte invicem), seltener bl. vicem, in vices, zur-, in Abwechselung, abwechselnd, wechselweise, einer um den anderen, gegenseitig, α) in vicem: hi rursus in vicem anno post in armis sunt, Caes.: missis in vicem earum (legionum) quinque milibus sociorum, Liv.: multis in

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vicem casibus victi victoresque, Liv.: inque vicem tua me, te mea forma capit, Ov. – β) vicem: ut unus fasces haberet et hoc insigne regium suam cuiusque vicem per omnes iret, Liv. 3, 36, 3. – γ) in vices: agri pro numero cultorum ab universis in vices occupantur, Tac.: inque vices illum tectos qui laesit amores, laedit amore pari, Ov.: inque vices equitant, Iuven.

B) insbes.: 1) die Entgegnung, Erwiderung, Gegenleistung, der Gegendienst, die Vergeltung (griech). ἀμοιβή, ἀντίποινα), recito... vicem officii praesentis, Cic.: tanto proclivius est iniuriae quam officio civem exsolvere, Tac.: redde vicem meritis, Ov.: referre vicem, Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten, Ov. u.a.: so auch reddere vicem, Plin. ep. u. Treb. Poll. – Plur., qui magis vices exigat, Plin. pan.: multarum miseras exiget una vices, Prop.: sequenti redde vices, Ov.: vices superbae te maneant ipsum, Vergeltung des Übermutes (= die der Üb. über dich bringt), Hor. – bes. im Acc. u. Abl. bei Adjj. der Gemütsbewegung, sollicitus meam vicem, Liv.: solliciti vicem imperatoris, Liv.: anxius od. maestus suam vicem, Liv. u. Curt.: exanimes vice unius, Liv.: vice eorum sollicitus, Curt. Vgl. Fabri u. Weißenb. Liv. 21, 34, 5. Mützell Curt. 7, 11 (43), 20. – 2) der Wechsel des Schicksals, das Schicksal, Los, vicem suam conquestus est, Suet.: tacite gementes tristem fortunae vicem, Phaedr.: convertere humanam vicem, Hor. – 3) der

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Wechsel des Kampfes, die Kampfgefahr, der Kampf, vicis meritique labore aequato, Sil. – Plur., vitare vices Danaûm, Verg.

II) übtr., die Seite, der Platz, die Stelle, Rolle, das Geschäft, Amt, a) übh.: heredum causa iustissima est; nulla est enim persona, quae ad vicem eius, qui e vita emigrarit, propius accedat, Cic.: fungi vice suā (lovis) erga omne humanum genus, seine Stelle (als Regierer der Welt) vertreten, Plin. pan.: fungi cotis vice, Hor.: ne sacra regiae vicis desererentur, Liv.: vestram meamque vicem explete, Tac.: vicem aerarii praestare, die Stelle des Är. vertreten, Sall. fr.: ut assuetam fortius praestes vicem (Amt), Phaedr.: adverbiorum obtinere vicem, Quint. – Plur., quando divisae professionum vices essent, Quint. – b) adv., vicem, vice, in vicem, ad vicem, anstatt, für, wegen, nach Art von, gleich wie, α) vicem (s. Brix Plaut. capt. 394): male occĭdo eri vicem meamque, Plaut.: in qua re tuam vicem saepe doleo, Cic.: et nostram et illorum vicem, Plaut.: ne nostram vicem irascaris, Liv.: cogor vestram omnium vicem unus consulere, für euch alle allein zu sorgen, Liv.: Sardanapali vicem in suo lectulo mori, wie Sardanapal, Cic.: ceteri vicem pecorum obtruncabantur, Sall. fr. – β) vice: in pane salis vice utuntur nitro, Plin.: temonis vice trahitur, Plin.: quaeque dixerat, oracli vice accipiens, wie ein O., Tac.: diebus ac noctibus vice mundi circumagi,

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Suet.: moveri periclitantium vice, Quint.: vice pecorum interficiuntur, Dict. – γ) in vicem: defatigatis in vicem integri succedunt, an ihre Stelle, Caes.: potest malleolus protinus in vicem viviradicis conseri, Colum. – δ) ad vicem: ad tegularum imbricumque vicem, Plin.: ad parentum vicem, gleich den Eltern, Gell.: ad vicem obsidis teneri, Aur. Vict.

ex-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive out or forth, to thrust out, to take or turn out.

Lit.

In gen.:

reges ex civitate,

to expel, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

hostem e campo,

Liv. 3, 61, 8: exigor patria, Naev. ap. Non. 291, 4:

aliquem domo,

Liv. 39, 11, 2:

aliquem campo,

id. 37, 41, 12:

omnes foras,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7:

adcolas ultra famam,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 175:

exacti reges,

driven away, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; cf.:

Tarquinio exacto,

id. Rep. 1, 40:

anno post Tarquinios exactos,

Tac. A. 11, 22:

Orestes exactus furiis,

driven, tormented, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 70:

virum a se,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 62:

uxorem,

to put away, divorce, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Claud. 26; cf.: illam suam (uxorem) suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis; claves ademit;

exegit,

turned her out of the house, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69: aliquem vitā, i. e. to kill, Sen. de Ira, 1, 6: corpus e stratis, to raise up or out, Sil. 16, 234:

maculam,

to take out, Suet. Aug. 94: et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, pours out into the sea, Ov. H. 2, 114; of weapons, to thrust from one, thrust, drive:

non circumspectis exactum viribus ensem Fregit,

thrust, impelled, Ov. M. 5, 171; so,

ensem,

Luc. 8, 656; cf.:

ensem per medium juvenem,

plunges through the middle, Verg. A. 10, 815:

gladium per viscera,

Flor. 4, 2, 68:

tela in aliquem,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16;

hence: aliquem hastā,

i. e. to thrust through, transfix, Val. Fl. 6, 572.—Mid.:

quae (hasta) cervice exacta est,

passed out, passed through, Ov. M. 5, 138: prope sub conatu adversarii manus exigenda, to be put forth, raised (for a blow), Quint. 6, 4, 8 Spald.:

(capellas) a grege in campos, hircos in caprilia,

to drive out, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8:

sues pastum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

radices altius,

to send out, Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf.:

vitis uvas,

Col. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 2; Cels. 8, 1 med. —

In partic.

A scenic t. t., to drive off, i. e. hiss off a piece or a player from the stage (rare):

spectandae (fabulae) an exigendae sint vobis prius,

Ter. And. prol. 27 Ruhnk.; so, fabulas, id. Hec. prol. alt. 4; id. ib. 7.—

To demand, require, enforce, exact payment of a debt, taxes, etc., or the performance of any other duty (very freq.;

syn.: posco, postulo, flagito, contendo, etc.): ad eas pecunias exigendas legatos misimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: pecunias a civitatibus, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 10, 33:

acerbissime pecunias imperatas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Pis. 16, 38; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84:

quaternos denarios,

id. Font. 5, 9:

tributa,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 3:

pensionem,

id. ib. 6, 18, 5:

nomina sua,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

mercedem,

id. Lael. 21, 80 et saep.:

equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus Siciliae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 4:

obsides ab Apolloniatibus,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

viam,

to demand the construction of a road, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Liv. 42, 3, 7:

a quoquam ne pejeret,

Juv. 13, 36.—Esp.: rationem, to exact an account:

ut Athenienses rationibus exigendis non vacarent,

Val. Max. 3, 1, ext. 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 81, 1:

libertorum nomina a quibus ratio exigi posset,

Suet. Aug. 101 fin. —

In pass.: exigor aliquid, to be solicited, dunned for money, etc. (post-class.): exigor portorium, id est, exigitur de me portorium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 5; id. ap. Non. 106, 24: (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 51): sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 2; Dig. 23, 4, 32.—

To examine, inquire into (post-Aug.):

nec illae (conjuges) numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,

Tac. G. 7 fin. (so Ritter, Halm, with all MSS., cf. Holzmann ad loc.; al. exugere, said to have been the read. of a lost codex, the Arundelianus; cf. exsugo); cf.:

exactum et a Titidio Labeone, cur omisisset, etc.,

id. A. 2, 85.—

Of places, to go or pass beyond, to pass by, leave behind ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

cum primus equis exegit anhelis Phoebus Athon,

Val. Fl. 2, 75; cf. Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3 M.):

Troglodytae hibernum mare exigunt circa brumam,

Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 87.—

In mercant. lang., to dispose of, sell:

agrorum exigere fructus,

Liv. 34, 9, 9 Drak.: mercibus exactis, Col. poët. 10, 317. —

Mathemat. t. t., to apply to a standard or measure, i. e. to examine, try, measure, weigh by any thing:

ad perpendiculum columnas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133:

materiam ad regulam et libellam,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

pondus margaritarum sua manu,

Suet. Caes. 47; cf.:

aliquid mensura,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159.

Trop.

In gen., to drive out, expel (very rare):

locus, Ubi labore lassitudo exigunda ex corpore,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 4: frigus atque horrorem vestimentis, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 8.—Far more freq. and class.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To require, demand, claim any thing due:

ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris, neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

Cic. Brut. 4, 17:

aliquid exigere magis quam rogare,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

longiores litteras exspectabo vel potius exigam,

id. ib. 15, 16, 1:

omnibus ex rebus voluptatem quasi mercedem,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

ab hoc acerbius exegit natura quod dederat,

demanded back, reclaimed, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93 Klotz.:

non ut a poëta, sed ut a teste veritatem exigunt,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

has toties optata exegit gloria poenas,

has cost, Juv. 10, 187:

poenas,

to take vengeance, id. 10, 84:

de vulnere poenas,

Ov. M. 14, 478: poenam (alicui), Sen. de Ira, 2, 22 fin.; Ov. F. 4, 230:

gravia piacula ab aliquo,

Liv. 29, 18, 18 et saep.—With ut:

exigerem ex te cogeremque, ut responderes,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119; 4, 28, 80; cf.:

Calypso exigit fata ducis,

questions, inquires into, Ov. A. A. 2, 130:

exactum a marito, cur, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 85:

exigite ut mores seu pollice ducat,

Juv. 7, 237 sq. —With an object-clause:

exigimus potuisse eum eo tempore testamentum facere,

Dig. 29, 7, 8; 24, 3, 2.— Absol.:

in exigendo non acerbum,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

cum res exiget,

Quint. 5, 11, 5; 10, 3, 3; cf.:

ut res exiget,

id. 12, 10, 69:

si communis utilitas exegerit,

id. 12, 1, 37.— Esp.: rationem, to require an account:

rerum gestarum,

Just. 19, 2, 6:

numquid rationem exiges, cum tibi aliquis hos dixerit versus?

an explanation, Sen. Ep. 94, 28; Plin. Ep. 19, 9.—

Of time, life, etc., to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish:

non novisse quicum aetatem exegerim,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 111; id. Capt. 3, 5, 62:

tecum aetatem,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 48; 4, 6, 60; id. Cas. 2, 5, 12:

ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

id. Aul. 1, 1, 4: vitam taetre, Cat. Or. inc. 15; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 39:

cum maerore graviorem vitam,

Sall. J. 14, 15; 85, 49; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 139; Vitr. 2, 1, 4; Val. Max. 3, 5, 4 al.:

vitae tempus,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 6:

jam ad pariendum temporibus exactis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48: qui exacta aetate moriuntur, at the close of the vigorous period of life, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21; Sall. J. 6, 2; Liv. 2, 40, 11 al.:

mediam dies exegerat horam,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 1:

aevum,

Lucr. 4, 1235; Verg. A. 7, 777; Ov. M. 12, 209:

tristissimam noctem,

Petr. 115:

diem supremum noctemque,

Tac. A. 3, 16:

ullum tempus jucundius,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1:

jam aestatem exactam esse,

Sall. J. 61, 1:

per exactos annos,

at the end of every year, Hor. C. 3, 22, 6:

exacto per scelera die,

Tac. H. 1, 47; id. A. 3, 16; so,

exacto quadriennio,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130; Verg. G. 3, 190; Stat. S. 2, 2, 47.—

To conduct, urge forward, superintend, drive:

opus,

Ov. M. 14, 218; Col. 3, 13, 11.—

To bring to an end, to conclude, finish, complete a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 1:

opus,

Ov. R. Am. 811; id. M. 15, 871:

exactus tenui pumice versus eat,

Prop. 3, 1, 8; Verg. A. 6, 637:

commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut, etc.,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

eandem gracilitatem stilo exigere condiscant,

to reach, attain to, id. 1, 9, 2.—

To determine, ascertain, find out:

sociisque exacta referre,

his discoveries, Verg. A. 1, 309:

non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum,

before he has ascertained, Hor. S. 2, 4, 36.— Pass. impers.:

non tamen exactum, quid agat,

Ov. F. 3, 637; cf. id. Am, 3, 7, 16. —

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider, = examinare, ponderare (class. but perh. not in Cic.): si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: nolite ad vestras leges atque instituta exigere ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, to estimate by the standard of, etc., Liv. 34, 31, 17; so,

opus ad vires suas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 502:

si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 5, 1; cf.:

principatus tuus ad obrussam exigitur,

id. de Clem. 1, 1, 6:

se ad aliquem,

id. Ep. 11 fin.:

regulam emendate loquendi,

Quint. 1, 5, 2:

illa non nisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos,

are judged of, id. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. 1, 4, 7.—

To treat, consult, deliberate respecting something, = considerare, deliberare (class. but not in Cic.): de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Furnio mandavi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7:

cum aliquo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 3; cf.:

secum aliquid,

Verg. A. 4, 476; Ov. M. 10, 587; Sen. Ep. 27:

de aliqua re coram,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13:

haec exigentes hostes oppressere,

Liv. 22, 49, 12:

quid dicendum, quid tacendum, quid differendum sit, exigere consilii est,

Quint. 6, 5, 5.—

To endure, undergo:

aerumnam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 12. —Hence, exactus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 5., measured; hence), precise, accurate, exact (poet and in post-Aug. prose):

difficile est, quot ceciderint, exacto affirmare numero,

Liv. 3, 5, 12:

acies falcis,

Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251:

fides,

Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 46.— Comp.:

cura,

Suet. Tib. 18; Mart. 4, 87, 4. — Sup.:

diligentia,

Front. Aquaed. 89:

vir,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—With gen.:

Mamurius, morum fabraene exactior artis, Difficile est dicere,

Ov. F. 3, 383.— Adv.: exacte, exactly, precisely, accurately:

ut exacte perorantibus mos est,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9.— Comp.: dicere, disserere, Mel. Prooem. § 2; Gell. 1, 3, 21.— Sup.:

pascere,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

săcer, sā̆cra, sā̆crum (ante-class. collat. form sacer, sacris, sacre; plur.:

sacres porci,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 4, 16; sing. acc.: sacrem porcum, Fest. s. h. v. p. 318 Müll.), adj. [root sa-; Gr. saos, sôos, safe; whence Lat. sānus], dedicated or consecrated to a divinity, holy, sacred, = hieros (cf.: sanctus, augustus): Gallus Aelius ait, sacrum esse quocumque modo atque instituto civitatis consecratum sit, sive aedis, sive ara, sive signum, sive locus, sive pecunia, sive quid aliud quod dis dedicatum atque consecratum sit, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.; cf.:

quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3.

In gen.

Absol.:

quicquam (opp. profanum),

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27; id. Trin. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 129; so,

locus sacer et profanus,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 38:

miscebis sacra profanis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 54; id. A. P. 397; Nep. Them. 6, 5; Sall. C. 11, 6:

villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31; so (with religiosus) id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; Suet. Tib. 61:

mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 37:

(legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

Quint. 2, 4, 33; cf. in the sup.:

deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

Ov. H. 9, 159:

aedes,

Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 14, 315:

lucus late sacer,

Verg. A. 5, 761:

arvum Martis,

Ov. M. 7, 101:

ara,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20:

aurum,

Liv. 5, 50; cf.

pecunia (opp. privata),

Quint. 4, 2, 8:

arma,

Liv. 24, 21:

tus,

Ov. M. 14, 130:

sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

Cat. 68, 75:

ales (so called from its use in augury),

Verg. A. 11, 721:

luces (with profestae),

Hor. C. 4, 15, 25; cf.

dies (with religiosus),

Suet. Tib. 61:

tempus,

Hor. C. S. 4:

commissum,

a crime against religion, Cic. Leg. 2, 9 et saep.— Poet.: vitis (as sacred to Bacchus), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 149 Vahl.); Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; so,

laurus,

id. ib. 3, 4, 18; Verg. A. 7, 60:

robur,

Ov. M. 8, 752:

aqua,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 22:

fontes,

Ov. M. 2, 464; Verg. E. 1, 53:

focus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

Tarentum,

id. C. 1, 28, 29:

fines,

Sil. 3, 501; cf.

montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

id. 4, 70;

vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

Hor. C. 4, 9, 28; Tib. 2, 5, 113; cf.:

sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

Hor. A. P. 391;

and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 11; so,

Cybebe,

id. 3 (4), 22, 3 (but in Liv. 3, 19: ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, so used only on account of the lusus verbb. with sacrosancti;

v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

a hill about three miles from Rome, beyond the Anio, and on the right of the Via Nomentana, to which the Roman people retired during their controversy with the Senate, Liv. 2, 32; 3, 52; Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; id. Brut. 14, 54:

os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4: Sacra Via, or ( poet.) Sacer Clivus, a street in Rome leading from the Forum to the Capitol, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; Hor. S. 1, 9, 1; id. C. 4, 2, 35; Mart. 1, 70, 5;

v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

the epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4:

sacer lapis,

a stone landmark, a mere-stone, Liv. 41, 13: os sacrum, anatom. t. t., = Gr. hieron osteon, the lowest bone of the spine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 24:

litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

the Scriptures, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 15.—For its combinations with ignis, via, etc., v. those words.—

With gen. (class.):

ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 38; so,

urna Veneris,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 16 (for which:

urna Veneria,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18):

Dianae celebris dies,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 20:

sepulcrum Batti veteris,

Cat. 7, 6; cf. Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.—As a predicate: terra, ut focus domiciliorum, sacra deorum omnium est (a transl. of the Platon. Gê hiera pantôn theôn), Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48.—

With dat. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

Ov. M. 7, 623:

esculus Jovi sacra,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 11:

Nymphis cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 109:

Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

Verg. A. 6, 484:

pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

Tac. A. 15, 53:

cupressus Diti sacra,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

aesculus Jovi,

id. 16, 4, 5, § 11.—As a predicate:

Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

Ov. F. 2, 52, quercus antiqua, quae erat Marti sacra, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. sacrata).—

Transf., in gen., holy, sacred, awful, venerable (not till after the Aug. per., and very rare):

silentium,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 29:

laedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 11:

lingua (Ciceronis),

Mart. 5, 69, 7:

Maro,

id. 8. 56, 3:

quaedam patris memoria,

Quint. 11, 1, 59:

O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

Luc. 9, 983:

heu sacri vatum errores,

Sil. 8, 100.—So used of the emperors;

disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

Suet. Tib. 27.—But soon after Tiberius in general use:

auris Caesaris,

Mart. 7, 99, 4:

sacri lateris custos,

id. 6, 76, 1:

apud aures sacras mentitus est,

Amm. 28, 6, 26 (cf.:

se Imperatori mentitum,

id. 28, 6, 26, § 21); and hence, for ecclesiastical: domus, comitatus, scrinia, largitiones, etc., in the law books et saep.

In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.

With dat.: si quisquam aliuta faxit, ipsos Jovi sacer esto, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.; cf.: ut caput ejus Jovi sacrum esset, an ancient plebiscitum ap. Liv. 3, 55, 7:

non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 7.—

Absol.: homo sacer is est, quem populus judicavit ob maleficium; neque fas est eum immolari; sed qui occidit, parricidii non damnatur. Nam lege tribuniciā primā cavetur: si quis eum, qui eo plebei scito sacer sit, occiderit, parricida ne sit. Ex quo quivis homo malus atque improbus sacer appellari solet, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.: PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, LEX XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 181:

eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

Liv. 3, 55.—

Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14; Afran. ap. Non. 397, 22 (with malus); Lucil. ib. 397, 27.— Sup., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 67:

homo sacerrimus,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Rud. 1, 2, 69; Turp. ap. Non. 397, 29 (with pessimus). —

Of things: sacerrimum domicilium, Turp. ap. Non. 397, 30:

di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

Cat. 14, 12:

hircus alarum,

id. 71, 1:

auri fames,

Verg. A. 3, 57 (for which:

aurum fame,

Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6:

venenum (Medeae),

Val. Fl. 7, 165:

nox,

id. 8, 25:

arma metu,

id. 4, 185; cf.

pavor,

id. 1, 798:

insania,

Stat. Th. 10, 804:

morbus,

i. e. epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.—With dat.:

ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 20.— Comp. and adv. do not appear (as for the comp. v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.).—Hence, subst.: sā̆crum, i, n., something consecrated; a holy or sacred thing, a sacred vessel or utensil; a sanctuary, a temple; a religious act, a sacrifice, etc.; in plur. in gen., sacred rites, religious worship, religion (both of the State and of single races and families; and even of individuals; v. infra, b; class.; most freq. in plur.).

Lit.

Sing.:

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 52:

metuens velut contingere sacrum,

id. S. 2, 3, 110:

apud Cluacinae sacrum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 6:

Minervae,

Dict. Cret. 5, 12 fin.:

theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

Quint. 3, 8, 29: [p. 1611] quae (sacerdos Cereris) Graecum illud sacrum monstraret et faceret, Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

sacrum Herculi facere,

Liv. 1, 7:

facere Junoni,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 43:

facto per Magos sacro,

Suet. Ner. 34:

sollemne sacrum conficere,

Flor. 1, 13, 16:

ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

Quint. 1, 5, 67:

arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

Liv. 41, 12:

sacrum piaculare fieri,

id. 29, 19:

sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

Suet. Aug. 94; Ov. M. 12, 33:

pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

id. ib. 14, 80:

nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 13:

neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

according to the Grecian rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 26:

morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

in sacro est,

id. 18, 12, 30, § 118.—

Plur.: sacra deosque penates.. ex aedibus suis eripuisse dixit, sacred vessels or utensils, holy things, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; cf. Liv. 5, 40:

sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

Ov. M. 2, 713:

Troïa,

Tib. 2, 5, 40:

velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11; cf.

of the same,

Verg. A. 2, 293; 2, 717 Heyne; Ov. F. 1, 527; id. H. 7, 80; 7, 158:

cumque suis penetralia sacris,

i. e. the images of the gods, Penates, id. M. 1, 287:

jactata aequoribus sacra,

Hor. C.4,4,54:

pueri Sacra canunt,

sacred songs, Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

sacred gifts, offerings, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 11:

neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84 (for which:

sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

(Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

Liv. 1, 7; cf.:

sacra Jovi facturus erat,

Ov. M. 3, 26:

sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

Verg. A. 4, 638:

ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

Liv. 1, 20:

densi circumstant sacra ministri,

Ov. M. 2, 717:

arcana sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; Ov. M. 10, 436:

fera,

id. ib. 13, 454:

nefanda,

id. ib. 10, 228:

mystica,

id. H. 2, 42:

horrida,

Sil. 3, 140:

veneranda,

id. 7, 382:

casta,

Stat. Achill. 1, 370.

Divine worship or religion in gen.: publica sacra, quae publico sumptu pro populo fiunt, quaeque pro montibus, pagis, curiis, sacellis: at privata, quae pro singulis hominibus, familiis, gentibus fiunt, Fest. pp. 244 and 245 Müll.; Liv. 5, 52:

quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 18; so,

religio sacrorum,

id. Fl. 28, 69:

sacra Cereris conficere,

id. Balb. 24, 55; so,

Cereris,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14 (cf. supra, a fin.):

Eleusina,

Suet. Claud. 23:

Junonis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11:

Orphica,

rites, solemnity, festival, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58:

Bacchia,

Ov. M. 3, 518:

trieterica Bacchi,

id. ib. 6, 587:

Dianae,

id. ib. 7, 94;

15, 489: Isidis,

Suet. Oth. 12 et saep.—

The private religious rites of a gens, a family, etc. (observed by the Romans with the greatest care):

sacra privata perpetua manento,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 47:

an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

Liv. 5, 52:

ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

Cic. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 49:

magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

id. Off. 1, 17, 55; cf.:

ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

Liv. 4,2:

sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

sacrorum alienatio,

id. Or. 42, 144 (v. alienatio); cf. sing.:

sacrum familiare,

Macr. S. 1, 16:

nuptialia,

marriage solemnities, Quint. 1, 7, 28;

called also jugalia,

Ov. M. 7, 700; cf. respecting the sacra privata of the Romans, Savigny, in his Zeitschr. 2, p. 397 sq.—

Poet., poems (as sacred to the Muses):

mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

vatum,

Pers. prol. 7:

Maronis,

Mart. 7, 63, 5. —

Prov.

Inter sacrum saxumque stare, to stand between the victim and the knife, i. e. to be between the door and the wall, to be in great straits, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 84; cf.:

inter sacrum et saxum positus,

App. M. 11, p. 271 fin. —

Hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great profit without trouble, = a rose without thorns, meat without bone, etc. (because the keeping up of the sacra privata was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8, and id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—

Transf., in gen. (the figure being borrowed from secret religious rites), in plur.: sacra, secrets, mysteries (not till after the Aug. period, and very rare):

sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

Ov. M. 7, 709:

peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

Quint. 5, 14, 27 (cf.:

omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

id. 5, 13, 60):

litterarum colere,

id. 10, 1, 92:

studiorum profanare,

Tac. Or. 11.

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.—