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  • 1 votum

    vōtum, ī, n. (voveo), I) das Gelübde, A) im allg.: 1) eig.: vota debere dis, Cic.: vota nuncupare od. suscipere od. concipere, Cic.: vota suscipere pro alqo, Liv.: vota facere, Cic.: cum vos vota faeeretis, ut etc., Cic.: perficere rite votum, Solin.: vota solvere od. dissolvere, Cic., od. persolvere, Cic. u.a., od. exsolvere, Tac., od. reddere, Ov.: vota persolvere pro domo Caesaris, Tac.: ebenso vota exsequi, Verg., od. voto fungi, Iustin.: votorum damnari, quae pro iis susceperant, Liv.: vota in proximum lustrum suscipere, Suet.: voti damnatus, Liv., od. reus, Verg.: voti liberari, Liv. – divos in vota vocare, Gelübde zu den Göttern tun, sie anrufen, Cic.: so auch deos votis vocare, Verg., u. vota ad deos ferre, Ov. – 2) meton.: a) das mit dem Gelübde verbundene Gebet, Ov. trist. 1, 2, 1. – b) das Gelübde = das Gelobte, spolia hostium, Vulcano votum, Liv. 23, 46, 5: pendebat vagi pastoris in arbore votum (Weihgeschenk), Tibull.: Danai in voto latent, vom gelobten trojan. Pferde, Petron. poët. 89. v. 10. – B) insbes.: 1) das feierliche Gelübde, das am 3. Januar zum Wohle des Kaisers von den Staatsbeamten getan wurde, vota (sollemnia) pro incolumitate principis nuncupare, suscipere u. dgl., Tac. u. Plin. ep.: votorum nuncupatio, Suet. – dah. auch meton., vota = der Tag der feierlichen Gelübde für den Kaiser, Capit. Pert. 6, 4. Vopisc. Tac. 9, 5. – 2) das Gelübde bei Ehebündnissen u. meton. die Hochzeit, das Ehebündnis, die Ehe, togam parari et voto et funeri, als Hochzeits- u. Leichengewand, Apul.: in alcis votum interesse, Testam. porcell. p. 232, 1 Buech.: u. so ad vota non posse pervenire, Cod. Theod. 3, 5, 7: ad tertia vota migrare, spät. ICt. – II) übtr., übh. der Wunsch, das Verlangen, nocturna vota cupiditatum, Cic.: rebus supra vota fluentibus, Sall. fr.: supra vota his cedentibus, Aur. Vict.: hoc erat in votis, das wünschte ich, Hor.: in voto erat, ich wünschte, Pers.: in votum venire, gewünscht werden, zu wünschen sein, Hor.: dah. vota facere, wünschen, Wünsche tun, Cic.: eius me compotem voti vos facere potestis, den W. könnt ihr mir gewähren, Liv.: voto potiare tuo, erreiche den W., Ov.: u. so voti potens, seines W. teilhaftig, Ov.: id votum est, ist der Wunsch, -zu wünschen, Cels.: u. so hoc votum est, Quint.: m. folg. ut u. Konj., votum est, ut tantum exulceretur, Cels. 6, 6, 1: m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., post haec indicia votum est longum morbum fieri, Cels. 2, 5 in.: u. alioqui vota arborum frugumque communia sunt (es ist für B.u. Fr. gleich wünschenswert) nives diutinas sedere, Plin. 17, 14. – / Mask. votus, Akk. votum, quem promisi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 5667.

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  • 2 votum

    vōtum, ī, n. (voveo), I) das Gelübde, A) im allg.: 1) eig.: vota debere dis, Cic.: vota nuncupare od. suscipere od. concipere, Cic.: vota suscipere pro alqo, Liv.: vota facere, Cic.: cum vos vota faeeretis, ut etc., Cic.: perficere rite votum, Solin.: vota solvere od. dissolvere, Cic., od. persolvere, Cic. u.a., od. exsolvere, Tac., od. reddere, Ov.: vota persolvere pro domo Caesaris, Tac.: ebenso vota exsequi, Verg., od. voto fungi, Iustin.: votorum damnari, quae pro iis susceperant, Liv.: vota in proximum lustrum suscipere, Suet.: voti damnatus, Liv., od. reus, Verg.: voti liberari, Liv. – divos in vota vocare, Gelübde zu den Göttern tun, sie anrufen, Cic.: so auch deos votis vocare, Verg., u. vota ad deos ferre, Ov. – 2) meton.: a) das mit dem Gelübde verbundene Gebet, Ov. trist. 1, 2, 1. – b) das Gelübde = das Gelobte, spolia hostium, Vulcano votum, Liv. 23, 46, 5: pendebat vagi pastoris in arbore votum (Weihgeschenk), Tibull.: Danai in voto latent, vom gelobten trojan. Pferde, Petron. poët. 89. v. 10. – B) insbes.: 1) das feierliche Gelübde, das am 3. Januar zum Wohle des Kaisers von den Staatsbeamten getan wurde, vota (sollemnia) pro incolumitate principis nuncupare, suscipere u. dgl., Tac. u. Plin. ep.: votorum nuncupatio, Suet. – dah. auch meton., vota = der Tag der feierlichen Gelübde für den Kaiser, Capit. Pert. 6, 4. Vopisc.
    ————
    Tac. 9, 5. – 2) das Gelübde bei Ehebündnissen u. meton. die Hochzeit, das Ehebündnis, die Ehe, togam parari et voto et funeri, als Hochzeits- u. Leichengewand, Apul.: in alcis votum interesse, Testam. porcell. p. 232, 1 Buech.: u. so ad vota non posse pervenire, Cod. Theod. 3, 5, 7: ad tertia vota migrare, spät. ICt. – II) übtr., übh. der Wunsch, das Verlangen, nocturna vota cupiditatum, Cic.: rebus supra vota fluentibus, Sall. fr.: supra vota his cedentibus, Aur. Vict.: hoc erat in votis, das wünschte ich, Hor.: in voto erat, ich wünschte, Pers.: in votum venire, gewünscht werden, zu wünschen sein, Hor.: dah. vota facere, wünschen, Wünsche tun, Cic.: eius me compotem voti vos facere potestis, den W. könnt ihr mir gewähren, Liv.: voto potiare tuo, erreiche den W., Ov.: u. so voti potens, seines W. teilhaftig, Ov.: id votum est, ist der Wunsch, -zu wünschen, Cels.: u. so hoc votum est, Quint.: m. folg. ut u. Konj., votum est, ut tantum exulceretur, Cels. 6, 6, 1: m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., post haec indicia votum est longum morbum fieri, Cels. 2, 5 in.: u. alioqui vota arborum frugumque communia sunt (es ist für B.u. Fr. gleich wünschenswert) nives diutinas sedere, Plin. 17, 14. – ⇒ Mask. votus, Akk. votum, quem promisi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 5667.

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  • 3 votum

    vōtum, ī n. [ voveo ]
    1) жертва, приношение (дар) по обету
    3) обет, торжественное обещание (ex voto templum facere O)
    vota deum (= deorum) V — обеты богам
    vota facere (ср. 5.), suscipere, concipere, nuncupare C — давать обеты
    vota solvere C (dissolvere C, reddere O, exsĕqui V) или votis fungi Just — исполнять обеты
    voti damnatus L (reus V) — обязанный выполнить обет
    4) молитва, соединённая с обетом ( vota audita VF)
    5) желание, воля, стремление
    vota omnium Q или publica Cld — всеобщее желание, т. е. предмет всеобщих желаний или общественные нужды
    vota facere C — желать (ср. 3.)
    aliquem voti compotem L (potentem O) facere — исполнять чьё-л. желание
    rebus supra vota fluentibus Just — так как дела шли лучше, чем ожидалось
    6) (тж. vota nuptiarum и matrimonii CJ) брачный союз, брак Ap, Fl

    Латинско-русский словарь > votum

  • 4 Обет

    - votum (ex voto templum facere); sponsum; nuncupatio;

    • давать обет - vovere (victimam pro reditu); vota vovere; vota facere, suscipere, concipere, nuncupare;

    • обеты богам - vota deum (= deorum);

    • давать обеты богам - divos in vota vocare;

    • исполнять обеты - vota solvere, dissolvere, reddere, exsequi; votis fungi;

    • быть связанным обетом - voto teneri, obstrictum esse;

    • обязанный выполнить обет - voti damnatus, reus;

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  • 5 solutum

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

    soluisse,

    Tib. 4, 5, 16) [for se-luo; cf. socors for se-cords], to loosen an object from any thing, to release or to loose, remove any thing which binds or restrains another.
    I.
    To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.
    A.
    In a corporeal sense.
    1.
    Outwardly, to release.
    a.
    From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:

    solvite istas,

    i. e. from fetters, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 64:

    solvite istum,

    id. Mil. 5, 32:

    numquam, nisi me orassis, solves,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 62:

    jube solvi (eum),

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 52:

    ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    ut vincti solvantur,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 6, §

    12: qui in compedibus corporis semper fuerunt, etiam cum soluti sunt, tardius ingrediuntur,

    id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

    ita nexi soluti (sunt),

    Liv. 8, 28, 9:

    solvite me, pueri,

    Verg. E. 6, 24:

    fore ut brevi solveretur,

    Suet. Vesp. 5; id. Tib. 65; id. Vit. 12.—With abl.:

    canis solutus catena,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 20. — Transf., from the fetter of frost:

    solutis amnibus (i. e. frigoris vinculo),

    Stat. Th. 5, 15:

    terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 10.—
    b.
    From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:

    solverat sol equos,

    unhitched, Stat. Th. 3, 407: currum solvere (i. e. ab equis, poet. for equos a curru), Sen. Thyest. 794: solvere epistulam, i. e. from the string by which it was tied (= to open), Nep. Hann. 11, 3:

    et tibi sollicita solvitur illa (epistula) manu,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:

    et jacet in gremio charta soluta meo,

    id. H. 11, 4:

    praecepit suis ne sarcinas solverent, aut onera deponerent,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3.—So of garments and sails, to unfurl, unfold: cum tunica soluta inambularet, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 26:

    soluta toga,

    Quint. 11, 3, 147:

    vela solvere,

    Verg. A. 4, 574.—
    c.
    From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:

    Caucasia solvet de rupe Promethei bracchia,

    Prop. 2, 1, 69:

    fraxinus solvitur,

    from the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 498:

    ceciditque soluta pinus,

    id. ib. 9, 409; cf.:

    pinus radice soluta, deficit,

    id. S. 5, 1, 152:

    solutis radicibus arbusta procumbunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 5:

    accepi epistulam quam, ut scribis, ancora soluta de phaselo dedisti, i. e. a litore,

    detached, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 B. and K. (al. sublata;

    but soluta is perh. an error of Cic. in the use of a technical term, v Orell. ad loc.).—In the same sense: solvere retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 15, 696; 8, 102:

    querno solvunt de stipite funem,

    id. F. 4, 333:

    fune soluto Currit in immensum carina,

    id. Am. 2, 11, 23:

    curvo solves viscera cultro (i. e. de corpore ferarum),

    Sen. Hippol. 53.—Of rain disengaged from the clouds:

    imber caelesti nube solutus,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 237: (Lunam) imperfecta vi solvere tantum umorem, disengage only the moisture, i. e. from the earth:

    cum solis radii absumant,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45:

    solutum a latere pugionem,

    detached from his side, Suet. Vit. 15.—
    d.
    Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.
    (α).
    With acc. alone:

    eisce confectis navem solvimus,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 91:

    navim cupimus solvere,

    id. Mil. 4, 7, 17:

    naves solvit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 36; 5, 8; id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 14; 3, 26;

    3, 102: primis tenebris solvit navem,

    Liv. 45, 6:

    postero die solvere naves (jussi),

    id. 29, 25 fin.; Nep. Hann. 8, 2:

    classem solvere,

    Liv. 45, 41; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 23.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.:

    navis a terra solverunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 101:

    quinto inde die quam ab Corintho solverit naves,

    Liv. 31, 7 med.:

    solvunt a litore puppes,

    Luc. 2, 649.—
    (γ).
    With ex and abl.:

    nam noctu hac soluta est navis nostra e portu Persico,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259:

    interea e portu nostra navis solvitur,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 54.—
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,

    Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

    portu solventibus,

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

    tertia fere vigilia solvit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

    nos eo die cenati solvimus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:

    altero die quam a Brundusio solvit,

    Liv. 31, 14 init.:

    qui inde solverant,

    Val. Max. 1, 7, 3:

    solvi mare languido,

    Sen. Ep. 53, 1:

    fortasse etiam ventis minantibus solves,

    id. Ben. 2, 35, 5:

    non eadem est his et illis causa solvendi,

    making sea-voyages, id. Q. N. 5, 18, 16.—
    (ζ).
    With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):

    naves XVIII. ex superiore portu solverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28; and by another change of construction: solvimus oram, we freed the shore, i.e. from the ship, Quint. 4, 2, 41; id. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—
    (η).
    Poet. usages:

    de litore puppis solvit iter,

    clears the voyage, Stat. S. 5, 1, 243:

    nec tibi Tyrrhena solvatur funis harena,

    Prop. 1, 8, 11 (cf.: retinacula solvere, c. supra).—
    e.
    Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    tempore eo quo menstrua solvit,

    Lucr. 6, 706:

    cruor solvitur,

    Stat. Th. 9, 530:

    lacrimas solvere,

    id. Achill. 2, 256:

    solutis lacrimis,

    Claud. Ruf. 2, 258; so,

    partus solvere,

    to bear, bring forth, be delivered of offspring, Ov. F. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 5, 461; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 33; 32, 1, 1, § 6.—
    2.
    To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.
    a.
    In gen.:

    omne colligatum solvi potest,

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

    solvere naves et rursus conjungere,

    Curt. 8, 10, 3:

    solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:

    dubitavit an solveret pontem,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere pontem,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    si pons solutus sit,

    Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 7:

    solutus pons tempestatibus,

    Just. 2, 13, 9:

    currum (solis) solutum,

    Manil. 1, 740.—
    c.
    Of woven stuff:

    solvens texta,

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

    utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:

    tridente Neptunus montem solvit,

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

    soluta cervix silicis impulsu,

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

    momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,

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

    solve capillos,

    Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:

    crinem,

    id. A. A. 3, 784; id. M. 11, 682; 13, 584; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 46:

    comas casside,

    Ov. F. 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 854.—
    h.
    Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;

    post-Aug.): ita in terrae corpore evenit ut partes ejus vetustate solvantur, solutae cadant,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 10, 2:

    ubi montis latus nova ventis solvit hiems,

    Stat. Th. 7, 745. —
    3.
    To dissolve; pass., to be dissolved, changed, to pass over into ( poet. and postclass. for dissolvere, or transire in); constr. absol., or with in and acc.
    (α).
    Of a change into air or gas:

    calor mobiliter solvens, differt primordia vini,

    dissolving, parts the molecules of the wine, Lucr. 6, 235:

    nam materiai copia ferretur per inane soluta,

    id. 1, 1018; so id. 1, 1103:

    ita fatus in aera rursus solvitur,

    Stat. Th. 5, 285;

    nec in aera solvi Passa, recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris,

    Ov. M. 15, 845.—
    (β).
    Into a liquid, to melt:

    saepe terra in tabem solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 7:

    terram quam diximus esse mutabilem et solvi in umorem,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 4:

    nullum tellus se solvit in amnem,

    Luc. 2, 408; ipsum in conubia terrae Aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo, dissolve into the embrace of the earth, i. e. change into rain, Stat. S. 1, 2, 186:

    ex Aethiopiae jugis solutas nives ad Nilum decurrere,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 17; so,

    nivem solvere,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 2; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93; Sen. Herc. Oet. 729:

    rigor auri solvitur aestu,

    Lucr. 1, 493:

    ferrum calidi solvant camini,

    Manil. 4, 250:

    cerae igne solutae,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 47:

    Iris cum vino triduo non solvitur,

    Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:

    (herba) quinto die solvitur,

    id. 26, 14, 88, § 148.—
    (γ).
    Of putrefaction:

    (vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,

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

    inque novas abiit massa soluta domos,

    Ov. F. 1, 108:

    repentino crementur incendio, atque ex tanta varietate solvantur atque eant in unum omnia (sc. all the heavenly bodies),

    Sen. Ben. 6, 22.—
    (ε).
    Of expansion by heat:

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

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

    gravitas aeris solvitur,

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

    in cacumine (herbae) capitula purpurea quae solvantur in lanugines,

    Plin. 27, 8, 39, § 61.—Of a wave:

    donec in planitiem immotarum aquarum solvatur,

    disappears in, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 2:

    postremi (equi) solvuntur in aequora pisces (= solvuntur in pisces),

    Stat. Th. 2, 47: lumina in lacrimas solventur, stream with tears. —Hence, solvere, causative, to make pass over, to make vanish in: circulum in pulverem, in quo descriptus est, solvere, Sen. Ep. 74, 27: soluti agri, the boundaries of which are effaced, Sic. Fl. Cond. Agr. p. 3 Goes.—
    4.
    To consume, to destroy, dissolve:

    solvere orbes,

    Manil. 1, 497:

    ni calor et ventus... interemant sensum diductaque solvant (i.e. sensum),

    Lucr. 3, 287:

    (Cato) ferrei prope corporis animique, quem ne senectus quidem, quae solvit omnia, fregerit,

    Liv. 39, 40, 11:

    si (cometae) sunt purus ignis... nec illos conversio mundi solvit,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 2, 2:

    (turbo) ab eo motu, qui universum trahit, solveretur,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 4:

    tabes solvit corpora,

    Luc. 6, 18; 7, 809:

    nec solum silvas, sed saxa ingentia solvit (ignis),

    id. 3, 506:

    ne tegat functos humus, ne solvat ignis,

    Sen. Thyest. 750.—So, vitam solvere, to extinguish life, esp. of gradual or easy death:

    solvas potius (vitam), quam abrumpas, dummodo, si alia solvendi ratio non erit, vel abrumpas,

    Sen. Ep. 22, 3:

    hanc mihi solvite vitam,

    Prop. 2, 9, 39.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.
    a.
    From the body, etc.:

    teque isto corpore solvo,

    Verg. A. 4, 703:

    soluta corpore anima,

    Quint. 5, 14, 13:

    qui solutas vinculis animas recipit,

    Sen. Cons. 28, 8: si animus somno relaxatus solute (i. e. free from the shackles of the body) moveatur ac libere, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100:

    vocem solvere,

    to set free the voice, to speak, Stat. S. 3, 1; Sen. Thyest. 682; so, responsa solve (pregn. = utter and disclose), Sen. Oedip. 292:

    suspiria solvit,

    Stat. Th. 11, 604:

    solvat turba jocos,

    Sen. Med. 114:

    solutos Qui captat risus hominum (= quem juvat risus hominum solvere),

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 83:

    Ausonii... versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto,

    unrestrained, free, Verg. G. 2, 386.—
    b.
    Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:

    linguam (Juno) ad jurgia solvit,

    Ov. M. 3, 261:

    lingua devincta nec in motus varios soluta,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 7:

    ut quisque contemptissimus est, ita linguae solutissimae est,

    id. Const. 11, 3:

    (fama) innumeras solvit in praeconia linguas,

    Luc. 1, 472. —Solvere bracchia, poet., to unfetter the arms, i. e. to move them:

    magna difficili solventem bracchia motu,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 604; cf.

    of the free motions of animals: columbae soluto volatu multum velociores,

    unrestrained flight, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
    c.
    From obligations and debts:

    solvit me debito,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:

    an nos debito solverit,

    id. Ep. 81, 3:

    ut religione civitas solvatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 34, 98; Liv. 7, 3, 9:

    te decem tauri... Me tener solvet vitulus (sc. religione),

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 54.—So from a military oath:

    hoc si impetro, solvo vos jurejurando,

    Just. 14, 4, 7.—Sacramento or militia solvere, to dismiss a soldier from service:

    sacramento solvi,

    Tac. A. 16, 13:

    cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,

    Dig. 49, 16, 13:

    militia solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 44.— Munere (publico) solvere, to exempt from public duties:

    ut Ilienses publico munere solverentur,

    Tac. A. 12, 58.—With obj. inf.:

    ut manere solveretur,

    that he should be excused from the duty of remaining, Tac. A. 3, 29.—
    d.
    From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):

    si ille huic (insidias fecerit), ut scelere solvamur,

    be held guiltless, Cic. Mil. 12, 31:

    atque hunc ille summus vir scelere solutum periculo liberavit,

    id. ib. 4, 9:

    sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei,

    Ov. F. 6, 452:

    ipsum quoque Pelea Phoci Caede per Haemonias solvit Acastus aquas,

    id. ib. 2, 40:

    Helenen ego crimine solvo,

    id. A. A. 2, 371:

    quid crimine solvis Germanum?

    Stat. Th. 11, 379:

    solutam caede Gradivus manum restituit armis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1342. —
    e.
    From feelings, etc.:

    quae eos qui quaesissent cura et negotio solverent,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:

    cum ego vos solvi curis ceteris,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 33:

    senatus cura belli solutus,

    Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 7:

    pectus linquunt cura solutum,

    Lucr. 2, 45:

    his terroribus ab Epicuro soluti et in libertatem vindicati,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:

    soluti metu,

    Liv. 41, 14 init.; 27, 51:

    solvent formidine terras,

    Verg. E. 4, 14:

    solve metu patriam,

    Prop. 4 (5), 6, 41:

    metu belli Scythas solvit,

    Just. 9, 2, 2; so id. 14, 2, 5:

    haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 129:

    soluti a cupiditatibus,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    his concitationibus quem vacuum, solutum, liberum videris,

    id. Tusc. 5, 15, 43: et tu solve me dementia, [p. 1726] Hor. Epod. 17, 43:

    longo luctu,

    Verg. A. 2, 26:

    tristem juventam solve (i. e. juventam tristitia),

    Sen. Hippol. 450:

    solvite tantis animum monstris, solvite, superi,

    id. Herc. Fur. 1063:

    Quis te solvere Thessalis Magus venenis poterit?

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 21. — Poet.:

    solvit animis miracula (for animos miraculis),

    the soul from superstition, Manil. 1, 103.—And of animals:

    rabie tigrim,

    Manil. 5, 707.— Absol.:

    ut ad praecepta quae damus possit ire animus, solvendus est (i. e. perturbationibus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 38:

    calices, quem non fecere contracta in paupertate solutum?

    i. e. from cares, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20:

    solvite animos,

    Manil. 4, 12.—With in:

    vix haec in munera solvo animum,

    i. e. free it from passions and so make it fit for these duties, Stat. S. 5, 3, 33.—
    f.
    From sleep, very rare:

    ego somno solutus sum,

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

    volucres videmus... solutas opere volitare,

    Cic. Or. 2, 6, 23:

    solutus onere regio, regni bonis fruor,

    Sen. Oedip. 685.— Poet.:

    Romulus excubias decrevit in otia solvi,

    to be relieved from guard and enjoy leisure, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 79.—
    h.
    From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    frontem solvere disce,

    Mart. 14, 183:

    saltem ora trucesque solve genas,

    Stat. Th. 11, 373:

    solvit feros tunc ipse rictus,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 797.— Poet.:

    solvatur fronte senectus = frons senectute (i. e. rugis), solvatur,

    be cleared, Hor. Epod. 13, 5:

    vultum risu solvit,

    relieves, Val. Max. 4, 3, 5:

    risum judicis movendo, et illos tristes affectus solvit, et animum renovat,

    Quint. 6, 3, 1; so,

    solvere judicem,

    unbend, excite his laughter, id. 11, 3, 3:

    solvere qui (potui) Curios Fabriciosque graves (sc. risu),

    Mart. 9, 28 (29), 4:

    ut tamen arctum Solveret hospitiis animum,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 83:

    cujus non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae solvant?

    Sen. Cons. Helv. 18, 5.— Transf., pregn.:

    solventur risu tabulae,

    i. e. the austerity of the judge will be relaxed by laughter, and the complaint dismissed, Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.—Imitated:

    quia si aliquid omiserimus, cum risu quoque tota res solvitur,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—
    k.
    From any cause of restraint.
    (α).
    To release from siege:

    Bassanitas obsidione solvere,

    Liv. 44, 30:

    patriam obsidione solvere,

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

    hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,

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

    Vopiscus, qui ex aedilitate consulatum petit, solvatur legibus,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11:

    cur M. Brutus legibus est solutus, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 31:

    ut interea magistratus reliquos, legibus omnibus soluti, petere possetis,

    id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:

    Lurco, tribunus plebis, solutus est (et lege Aelia et Furia),

    id. Att. 1, 16, 13:

    solvatne legibus Scipionem,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    petente Flacco ut legibus solverentur,

    Liv. 31, 50, 8:

    Scipio legibus solutus est,

    id. Epit. 56:

    Licet enim, inquiunt, legibus soluti sumus, attamen legibus vivimus,

    Just. Inst. 2, 17, 8; cf.:

    ut munere vigintiviratus solveretur,

    Tac. A. 3, 29.— Transf., of the laws of nature, etc.:

    (aestus) illo tempore, solutus legibus, sine modo fertur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:

    solus (sapiens) generis humani legibus solvitur,

    id. Brev. Vit. 15, 5:

    nec leti lege solutas,

    Lucr. 3, 687:

    nec solvo Rutulos (i. e. legibus fati),

    Verg. A. 10, 111.— With gen. (cf. libero), perh. only in phrase testamenti solvere, to release from a testamentary disposition:

    et is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solveret,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 53 (less prop. testamenti is taken as attribute of heredes); cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 175, and Hor. C. 3, 17, 16, P. a., B. 5. fin. infra.—
    (β).
    Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:

    reus Postumus est ea lege... solutus ac liber,

    i. e. the law does not apply to him, Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 12:

    soluti (lege Julia) huc convenistis, ne constricti discedatis cavete,

    id. ib. 7, 18.—Of other laws:

    solutus Legibus insanis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:

    quae sedes expectent animam solutam legibus servitutis humanae,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 20.— Transf., of things: soluta legibus scelera sunt, unrestrained by the laws, i. e. crimes are committed with impunity, Sen. Ben. 7, 27, 1.— Of the laws of versification: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, referring to dithyrambic measures, Hor. C. 4, 2, 12 (cf. P. a., B. 11. infra).—
    2.
    To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.
    (α).
    Of troops, ranks, etc.:

    ubi ordines procursando solvissent,

    Liv. 42, 65, 8:

    incomposito agmine, solutis ordinibus,

    Curt. 8, 1, 5; so id. 8, 4, 6:

    agmina Diductis solvere choris,

    Verg. A. 5, 581:

    solvit maniplos,

    Juv. 8, 154:

    solvuntur laudata cohors,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 167.—Hence, to separate armies engaged in battle:

    commissas acies ego possum solvere,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 59.—
    (β).
    Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:

    convivio soluto,

    Liv. 40, 14 fin.:

    convivium solvit,

    Curt. 8, 5, 24; 8, 6, 16:

    Quid cessas convivia solvere?

    Ov. F. 6, 675:

    coetuque soluto Discedunt,

    id. M. 13, 898.—Hence, urbem (Capuam) solutam ac debilitatam reliquerunt, disfranchised, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—
    (γ).
    Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:

    (discant) versus primo solvere, mox mutatis verbis interpretari,

    Quint. 1, 9, 2:

    quod cuique visum erit vehementer, dulciter, speciose dictum, solvat ac turbet,

    id. 9, 4, 14:

    ut partes orationis sibi soluto versu desideret et pedum proprietates,

    id. 1, 8, 13:

    non, ut si solvas Postquam discordia tetra, etc., invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 60.—
    3.
    Implying a change for the worse.
    a.
    To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):

    Hannibalem hiberna solverunt,

    Sen. Ep. 51, 5:

    usque eo nimio delicati animi languore solvuntur,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 6:

    infantiam statim deliciis solvimus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 6:

    solutus luxu,

    id. 3, 8, 28; so Tac. A. 11, 31.—With in and acc.:

    soluti in luxum,

    Tac. H. 2, 99:

    in lasciviam,

    id. ib. 3, 38.— Transf.: versum solvere, to deprive a verse of its proper rhythm:

    si quinque continuos dactylos confundas solveris versum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 49.—
    b.
    To make torpid by removing sensation.
    (α).
    To relax, benumb the limbs or body;

    as by narcotics, terror, sickness, exhaustion: multaque praeterea languentia membra per artus solvunt,

    Lucr. 6, 798:

    ima Solvuntur latera,

    Verg. G. 3, 523:

    solvi debilitate corporis,

    paralyzed, Val. Max. 1, 7, 4:

    ut soluto labitur moriens gradu,

    Sen. Hippol. 368.—In mal. part., Hor. Epod. 12, 8; cf. Verg. G. 3, 523.— Poet.:

    illum aget, penna metuente solvi, Fama superstes,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.—Of the mind:

    segnitia (oratoris) solvit animos,

    wearies, Quint. 11, 3, 52:

    mentes solvere,

    to make insane, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25.—
    (β).
    By frost ( poet.):

    solvuntur illi frigore membra,

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

    homines volucresque ferasque Solverat alta quies,

    Ov. M. 7, 186:

    corpora somnus Solverat,

    id. ib. 10, 369:

    molli languore solutus,

    id. ib. 11, 648;

    11, 612: altoque sopore solutum,

    id. ib. 8, 817:

    somno vinoque solutos,

    id. F. 2, 333; Verg. A. 9, 236:

    ut membra solvit sopor,

    id. ib. 12, 867:

    non solvit pectora somnus,

    Sen. Agam. 76.—With in:

    solvitur in somnos,

    Verg. A. 4, 530.— Transf., of the sea:

    aequor longa ventorum pace solutum,

    lulled to sleep, Stat. Th. 3, 255.—
    (δ).
    By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ipse deus, simulatque volam, me solvet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78:

    corporibus quae senectus solvit,

    Curt. 89, 32 (cf. A. 4. supra):

    (corpus) quam nullo negotio solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 2:

    alius inter cenandum solutus est,

    id. Ep. 66, 43:

    ubicumque arietaveris, solveris,

    id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:

    me fata maturo exitu facilique solvant,

    Sen. Troad. 605:

    solvi inedia,

    Petr. 111:

    sic morte quasi somno soluta est,

    Flor. 2, 21, 11.—Hence,
    4.
    Of logical dissolution, to refute:

    non tradit Epicurus quomodo captiosa solvantur,

    how fallacies are refuted, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22:

    argumentum solvere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 34:

    solutum scies quod nobis opponitur,

    Sen. Const. 12, 3.—
    b.
    To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:

    deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,

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

    post-Aug.): effringere quam aperire, rumpere quam solvere putant robustius,

    Quint. 2, 12, 1:

    qua convulsa tota operis colligatio solveretur,

    Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:

    supera compage soluta,

    Stat. Th. 8, 31.—
    2.
    To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:

    nullo solvente catenas,

    Ov. M. 3, 700: vincla jugis boum, Tib. 2, 1, 7:

    solvere frenum,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 3:

    loris solutis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 41.— Transf., of prisons:

    qui, solutis ergastulis, exercitus numerum implevit,

    Liv. Ep. 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 13; 11, 13, 2.—Of frost:

    gelu solvitur,

    it thaws, Tac. H. 1, 79:

    solvitur acris hiems,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 1.—Of clouds:

    facit igitur ventum resoluta nubes, quae plurimis modis solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, 5; 5, 12, 1.—Of the grasp of hands, fingers, etc.:

    Aeacides a corpore bracchia solvit,

    looses his hold, Ov. M. 11, 246:

    indigno non solvit bracchia collo,

    Stat. Th. 5, 217:

    digitis solutis abjecit jaculum,

    id. ib. 8, 585.—
    3.
    To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:

    solve vidulum ergo,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 98:

    eam solve cistulam,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 151:

    solve zonam,

    untie, id. Truc. 5, 62:

    solvisse jugalem ceston fertur,

    Stat. Th. 5, 62:

    animai nodos a corpore solvit,

    Lucr. 2, 950:

    nihil interest quomodo (nodi) solvantur,

    Curt. 3, 1, 18:

    quid boni est, nodos operose solvere, quos ipse ut solveres feceris?

    Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:

    solvere nodum,

    Stat. Th. 11, 646:

    laqueum quem nec solvere possis, nec abrumpere,

    Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:

    vix solvi duros a pectore nexus,

    Ov. M. 9, 58:

    fasciam solve,

    Sen. Ep. 80, 10:

    solutis fasciis,

    Curt. 7, 6, 5:

    solvi fasciculum,

    Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2:

    crinales vittas,

    Verg. A. 7, 403:

    Parmenion vinculum epistulae solvens,

    Curt. 7, 2, 25:

    equum empturus solvi jubes stratum,

    Sen. Ep. 80, 9:

    redimicula solvite collo,

    Ov. F. 4, 135:

    corollas de fronte,

    Prop. 1, 3, 21:

    solvere portas,

    Stat. Th. 3, 492:

    munimina valli,

    id. ib. 12, 10:

    ille pharetram Solvit,

    Ov. M. 5, 380.— Transf., of the veins as enclosures of the blood:

    solutis ac patefactis venis,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5:

    venam cultello solvere,

    Col. 6, 14; cf.

    also: lychnis alvum solvit,

    looses the bowels, Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; 21, 20, 83, § 140; Suet. Vesp. 24; Tac. A. 12, 67:

    ventrem,

    Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.— Absol. (sc. alvum), Mart. 13, 29:

    stomachus solutus = venter solutus,

    loose bowels, Petr. 117; Scrib. Comp. 92.—
    B.
    Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.
    1.
    Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).
    a.
    Of the mouth, etc., to open:

    talibus ora solvit verbis,

    Ov. M. 15, 74; so id. ib. 1, 181; Tib. 4, 5, 14:

    ternis ululatibus ora Solvit,

    Ov. M. 7, 191; 9, 427; id. Tr. 3, 11, 20; Stat. Achill. 1, 525:

    vix ora solvi patitur etiamnum timor,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 725; so,

    os promptius ac solutius,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.— Transf., of an abyss:

    hic ora solvit Ditis invisi domus,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 664.—
    b.
    To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:

    si mors alterutrius interveniat, solvitur mandatum,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 160:

    cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, societas solvitur,

    id. ib. 3, 151; so id. ib. 3, 152:

    morte solvetur compromissum,

    Dig. 4, 8, 27:

    soluto matrimonio,

    ib. 24, 3, 2:

    solutum conjugium,

    Juv. 9, 79:

    qui... conjugalia solvit,

    Sen. Med. 144:

    nec conjugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus,

    Ov. M. 11, 743:

    (sapiens) invitus beneficium per compensationem injuriae solvet,

    cancel the obligation of a favor by the set-off of a wrong, Sen. Ep. 81, 17.—
    c.
    To efface guilt or wrong:

    magnis injuria poenis Solvitur,

    Ov. F. 5, 304:

    solve nefas, dixit: solvit et ille nefas,

    id. ib. 2, 44:

    culpa soluta mea est,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 10:

    neque tu verbis solves unquam quod mi re male feceris (i. e. injuriam),

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10.—
    d.
    Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;

    less freq. than poenam persolvere, exsolvere): serae, sed justae tamen et debitae poenae solutae sunt,

    Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

    capite poenas solvit,

    Sall. J. 69, 4:

    meritas poenas solventem,

    Curt. 6, 3, 14:

    poenarum solvendi tempus,

    Lucr. 5, 1224:

    nunc solvo poenas,

    Sen. Phoen. 172:

    hac manu poenas tibi solvam,

    id. Hippol. 1177.—
    e.
    To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:

    atque animi curas e pectore solvat,

    Lucr. 4, 908:

    curam metumque juvat Dulci Lyaeo solvere,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 38:

    patrimonii cura solvatur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. §

    2: Pyrrhus impetus sui terrore soluto,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 14:

    solvite corde metum,

    Verg. A. 1, 562; so id. ib. 9, 90:

    solve metus animo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 356:

    solvi pericula et metus narrant,

    Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140: neque adhuc Stheneleius iras Solverat Eurystheus, [p. 1727] Ov. M. 9, 274:

    hoc uno solvitur ira modo,

    id. A. A. 2, 460:

    solvitque pudorem,

    Verg. A. 4, 55.—
    f.
    Of sleep:

    quasi clamore solutus Sit sopor,

    Ov. M. 3, 6, 30:

    nec verba, nec herbae audebunt longae somnum tibi solvere Lethes,

    Luc. 6, 768; cf.:

    lassitudinem solvere,

    Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143. —
    g.
    Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.
    (α).
    To raise a siege:

    solutam cernebat obsidionem,

    Liv. 36, 10, 14:

    soluta obsidione,

    id. 36, 31, 7:

    ad Locrorum solvendam obsidionem,

    id. 27, 28, 17; cf. id. 37, 7, 7; 38, 5, 6; 42, 56 init.; 44, 13, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1; Tac. A. 4, 24; 4, 73; Just. 9, 2, 10.—
    (β).
    Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:

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

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

    quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia corruperat,

    Sall. J. 39, 5:

    imperia solvit qui tacet, jussus loqui,

    Sen. Oedip. 525:

    sonipedes imperia solvunt,

    id. Hippol. 1084; cf.:

    sanctitas fori ludis solvitur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 58.—
    h.
    Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:

    solvendarum legum id principium esse censebant (post-Aug. for dissolvendarum),

    Curt. 10, 2, 5:

    solutae a se legis monitus,

    Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:

    cum plus quam ducentorum annorum morem solveremus,

    Liv. 8, 4, 7:

    (Tarquinius) morem de omnibus senatum consulendi solvit,

    id. 1, 49, 7:

    oportebat istum morem solvi,

    Curt. 8, 8, 18.—
    2.
    Esp. with acc. of the bond, etc. (taking the place of the constr. I. B. 1. 2. 3. supra, when the abl. of separation is not admissible).
    a.
    To subvert discipline:

    disciplinam militarem solvisti,

    Liv. 8, 7, 16:

    luxuria solutam disciplinam militarem esse,

    id. 40, 1, 4:

    quod cum, ne disciplina solveretur, fecisset,

    Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—
    b.
    Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:

    nobilitas factione magis pollebat, plebis vis soluta atque dispersa,

    Sall. J. 41, 6:

    patrios nervos externarum deliciarum contagione solvi et hebetari noluerunt,

    Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:

    vires solvere,

    Quint. 9, 4, 7:

    vis illa dicendi solvitur, et frigescit affectus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
    c.
    Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:

    segnes nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 22;

    similarly: solvit (ille deus) amicos,

    Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 5; so id. 2, 15 (3, 7), 26:

    hoc firmos solvit amores,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 385:

    amores cantibus et herbis solvere,

    Tib. 1, 2, 60.—
    d.
    Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:

    vitex dicitur febres solvere,

    Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 60:

    solvit jejunia granis,

    Ov. F. 4, 607:

    quoniam jejunia virgo Solverat,

    id. M. 5, 535; cf. Luc. 3, 282; so,

    famem,

    Sen. Thyest. 64.—
    e.
    To delay:

    hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,

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

    lux solverat umbras,

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

    aut solve bellum, mater, aut prima excipe,

    Sen. Phoen. 406:

    electus formae certamina solvere pastor,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 337:

    jurgia solvere,

    Manil. 3, 115:

    contradictiones solvere,

    Quint. 7, 1, 38.—
    h.
    Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:

    quia quaestionem solvere non posset,

    Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 3:

    aenigmata,

    Quint. 8, 6, 53:

    omnes solvere posse quaestiones,

    Suet. Gram. 11:

    haec ipsa, quae volvuntur ab illis, solvere malim et expandere,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 20; id. Q. N. 7, 14, 1:

    unum tantum hoc solvendum est,

    that one question, id. ib. 1, 7, 3:

    puta nunc me istuc non posse solvere,

    id. Ep. 48, 6:

    carmina non intellecta Solverat,

    Ov. M. 7, 760:

    triste carmen alitis solvi ferae,

    Sen. Oedip. 102:

    nodos juris,

    Juv. 8, 50:

    proponere aliquid quod solvat quaestionem,

    Quint. 5, 10, 96:

    plurimas quaestiones illis probationibus solvi solere,

    id. 1, 10, 49:

    quo solvitur quaestio supra tractata,

    id. 3, 7, 3:

    ambiguitatem or amphiboliam,

    id. 7, 2, 49; 7, 9, 10.—
    3.
    In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.
    a.
    To pay.
    (α).
    Originally, rem solvere, to free one's property and person (rem familiarem) from debts (solutio per aes et libram), according to the ancient formula:

    quod ego tibi tot millibus condemnatus sum, me eo nomine... a te solvo liberoque hoc aere aeneaque libra,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 174 Huschke; cf.:

    inde rem creditori palam populo solvit (i. e. per aes et libram),

    Liv. 6, 14, 5:

    quas res dari, fieri, solvi oportuit,

    id. 1, 32, 11. —Hence, rem solvere, to pay; often with dat. of person:

    pro vectura rem solvit?

    paid the freight, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 27:

    ubi nugivendis res soluta'st omnibus,

    id. Aul. 3, 5, 51:

    tibi res soluta est recte,

    id. Curc. 4, 3, 21:

    ego quidem pro istac rem solvo ab tarpessita meo,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 20:

    rem solvo omnibus quibus dehibeo,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 45:

    dum te strenuas, res erit soluta,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 35:

    res soluta'st, Gripe, ego habeo,

    id. Rud. 5, 3, 57.— Trop.: saepe edunt (aves);

    semel si captae sunt, rem solvont aucupi,

    they repay him, pay for his expenses, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66.—And to pay by other things than money:

    si tergo res solvonda'st,

    by a whipping, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:

    habent hunc morem ut pugnis rem solvant si quis poscat clarius,

    id. Curc. 3, 9:

    tibi quidem copia'st, dum lingua vivet, qui rem solvas omnibus,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 74.—Hence,
    (β).
    Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:

    cujus bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt,

    Cic. Fl. 18, 43:

    ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis,

    id. ib. 20, 46:

    misimus qui pro vectura solveret,

    id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

    qui nimis cito cupit solvere, invitus debet,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 5:

    ut creditori solvat,

    Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 7.— Pass. impers.:

    si dare vis mihi, Magis solutum erit quam ipsi dederis,

    it will be a more valid payment, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 46:

    numquam vehementius actum est quam me consule, ne solveretur,

    to stop payments, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

    fraudandi spe sublata solvendi necessitas consecuta est,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 84:

    cum eo ipso quod necesse erat solvi, facultas solvendi impediretur,

    Liv. 6, 34, 1.—Cf. in the two senses, to free from debt, and to pay, in the same sentence:

    non succurrere vis illi, sed solvere. Qui sic properat, ipse solvi vult, non solvere,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 27, 1.—
    (γ).
    With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:

    postquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:

    hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas,

    settled, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    solverat Castricio pecuniam jam diu debitam,

    id. Fl. 23, 54:

    ex qua (pensione) major pars est ei soluta,

    id. Att. 16, 2, 1:

    solvi aes alienum Pompejus ex suo fisco jussit,

    Val. Max. 6, 2, 11:

    aes alienum solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 5:

    quae jactatio est, solvisse quod debebas?

    id. Ben. 4, 17, 1; so,

    debitum solvere,

    id. ib. 6, 30, 2:

    ne pecunias creditas solverent,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    ut creditae pecuniae solvantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20; 3, 1:

    ex thensauris Gallicis creditum solvi posse,

    Liv. 6, 15, 5:

    ita bona veneant ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46.—And of moral debts:

    cum patriae quod debes solveris,

    Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:

    debet vero, solvitque praeclare,

    id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:

    aliter beneficium, aliter creditum solvitur,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1:

    qui grate beneficium accipit, primam ejus pensionem solvit,

    id. ib. 2, 22 fin. —
    (δ).
    By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:

    emi: pecuniam solvi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 43:

    pro frumento nihil solvit,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §

    169: legatis pecuniam pro frumento solvit,

    Liv. 44, 16:

    hanc pecuniam cum solvere in praesenti non posset,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 6:

    nisi pecuniam solvisset,

    id. Cim. 1, 1:

    condiciones pacis dictae ut decem millia talentum argenti... solverent,

    Liv. 30, 37 med.:

    pro quo (frumento) pretium solveret populus Romanus,

    id. 36, 3, 1:

    pretium servorum ex aerario solutum est dominis,

    id. 32, 26, 14:

    pretium pro libris domino esse solvendum,

    id. 40, 39 fin.:

    meritam mercedem,

    id. 8, 22, 3; so id. 8, 11, 4: sorte creditum solvere, by paying the principal (i. e. without interest), id. 6, 36, 12:

    quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:

    stipendium,

    Liv. 28, 32, 1:

    dotem mulieri,

    Dig. 24, 3, 2:

    litem aestimatam,

    the amount of a fine, Nep. Cim. 5, 18 fin.:

    arbitria funeris,

    the expenses of the funeral, Cic. Red. Sen. 7, 18:

    solvere dodrantem,

    to pay seventy-five per cent., Mart. 8, 9, 1:

    dona puer solvit,

    paid the promised gifts, Ov. M. 9, 794; so,

    munera,

    id. ib. 11, 104.— Transf., of the dedication of a book, in return for favors:

    et exspectabo ea (munera) quae polliceris, et erunt mihi pergrata si solveris... Non solvam nisi prius a te cavero, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 17 sq. —Of the delivery of slaves:

    si quis duos homines promise rit et Stichum solverit,

    Dig. 46, 3, 67; 46, 3, 38, § 3.— Transf., poet.: dolorem solvisti, you have paid your grief, i. e. have duly mourned, Stat. S. 2, 6, 98.— Pass. with personal subject:

    si (actor) solutus fuisset,

    Dig. 12, 1, 31 (cf.: solvere militem, b supra). —
    (ε).
    Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:

    aliquid praesens solvere,

    to pay in cash, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; so,

    aliquid de praesentibus solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 16:

    solvere grates (= referre gratiam muneribus): Sulla solvit grates Dianae,

    Vell. 2, 25:

    quas solvere grates sufficiam?

    Stat. S. 4, 2, 7: cum homo avarus, ut ea (beneficia) solveret sibi imperare non posset, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; cf.: non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit;

    nullum nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 9; but v. id. Ben. 2, 18, 5: in debitum solvere, to make a partial payment:

    unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,

    id. Ep. 7, 10: aliquid solvere ab aliquo (de aliqua re), to pay out of funds supplied by any one ( out of any fund):

    Quintus laborat ut tibi quod debet ab Egnatio solvat,

    Cic. Att. 7, 18, 4:

    homines dicere, se a me solvere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 11:

    (summa) erat solvenda de meo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:

    operas solvere alicui,

    to work for somebody, Dig. 40, 7, 39: solvo operam Dianae, I work for Diana, i. e. offer a sacrifice to her, Afran. ap. Non. 12, 21: judicatum solvere, to pay the amount adjudged by the court, for which security (satisdatio) was required:

    stipulatio quae appellatur judicatum solvi,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 90:

    iste postulat ut procurator judicatum solvi satisdaret,

    Cic. Quint. 7, 29; so Dig. 3, 2, 28; 3, 3, 15; 2, 8, 8;

    2, 8, 14 et saep.: auctio solvendis nummis,

    a cash auction, Mart. 14, 35.— Gerund.: solvendo esse, to be solvent; jurid. t. t., to be able to pay, i. e. one's debts; cf.

    in full: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno respublica esset,

    Liv. 31, 13:

    nemo dubitat solvendo esse eum qui defenditur,

    Dig. 50, 17, 105:

    qui modo solvendo sint,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3, 121:

    si solvendo sint,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 20, 1:

    nec interest, solvendo sit, necne,

    Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 5; so ib. 46, 1, 10; 46, 1, 27, § 2; 46, 1, 51, §§ 1 and 4; 46, 1, 52, § 1; 46, 1, 28; 50, 17, 198 et saep.: non solvendo esse, to be insolvent:

    solvendo non erat,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    cum solvendo civitates non essent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    tu nec solvendo eras, nec, etc.,

    id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

    ne videatur non fuisse solvendo,

    id. Off. 2, 22, 79;

    and very freq. in the jurists.—So, trop.: quid matri, quid flebili patriae dabis? Solvendo non es,

    Sen. Oedip. 941; cf.:

    *non esse ad solvendum (i. e. able to pay),

    Vitr. 10, 6 fin. —
    b.
    To fulfil the duty of burial.
    (α).
    Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:

    qui nondum omnia paterno funeri justa solvisset,

    who had not yet finished the burial ceremonies of his father, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    justis defunctorum corporibus solutis,

    Curt. 3, 12, 15:

    proinde corpori quam primum justa solvamus,

    id. 10, 6, 7:

    ut justa soluta Remo,

    Ov. F. 5, 452:

    nunc justa nato solve,

    Sen. Hippol. 1245.—
    (β).
    Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:

    exsequiis rite solutis,

    Verg. A. 7, 5:

    cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,

    Sen. Hippol. 1198:

    solvere suprema militibus,

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

    vota ea quae numquam solveret nuncupavit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11:

    quod si factum esset, votum rite solvi non posse,

    Liv. 31, 9 fin.:

    liberare et se et rempublicam religione votis solvendis,

    id. 40, 44, 8:

    placatis diis votis rite solvendis,

    id. 36, 37 fin.:

    petiit ut votum sibi solvere liceret,

    id. 45, 44:

    animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum,

    Sen. Ep. 73, 5:

    vota pro incolumitate solvebantur,

    Tac. A. 2, 69:

    vota pater solvit,

    Ov. M. 9, 707:

    ne votum solvat,

    Mart. 12, 91, 6; 8, 4, 2; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.; 1, 1, 8 ext. — Poet.:

    voti debita solvere,

    Ov. F. 5, 596; cf.

    the abbrev. formula V. S. L. M. (voTVM SOLVIT LIBENS MERITO),

    Inscr. Orell. 186; 1296 sq.:

    V.S.A.L. (ANIMO LIBENTI),

    ib. 2022 et saep.:

    sacra solvere (=votum solvere),

    Manil. 1, 427.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    ait sese Veneri velle votum solvere,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 60:

    vota Jovi solvo,

    Ov. M. 7, 652; 8, 153:

    sunt vota soluta deae,

    id. F. 6, 248:

    dis vota solvis,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 4:

    libamenta Veneri solvere (=votum per libamenta),

    Just. 18, 5, 4.—
    d.
    Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:

    fidem obligatam liberare,

    Suet. Claud. 9):

    illi, ut fidem solverent, clipeis obruere,

    Flor. 1, 1, 12;

    similarly: et voti solverat ille fidem (=votum solverat),

    Ov. F. 1, 642; but cf.: itane imprudens? tandem inventa'st causa: solvisti fidem, you have found a pretext to evade your promise (cf. II. A. 3.), Ter. And. 4, 1, 18: esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, by my death your promise to marry me would have been cancelled (cf. II. B. 1. 6.), Ov. H. 10, 78; similarly: suam fidem (i. e. quam Lepido habuerit) solutam esse, that his faith in Lepidus was broken, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3.—With a different construction: se depositi fide solvere, to acquit one's self of the duty to return property intrusted to him (cf. I. B. 1. c.), Val. Max. 7, 3, 5 ext.: factique fide data munera solvit, he freed the gift already given from the obligation of an accomplished fact, i. e. he revoked the gifts, although already made, Ov. M. 11, 135.—
    e.
    Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):

    perinde quasi promissum solvens,

    Val. Max. 9, 6, 1:

    solvitur quod cuique promissum est,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 20 fin.;

    similarly: solutum, quod juraverant, rebantur,

    what they had promised under oath, Liv. 24, 18, 5.—Hence, sŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:

    tibi moram facis quom ego solutus sto,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 25:

    reus solutus causam dicis, testes vinctos attines,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 63:

    cum eos vinciret quos secum habebat, te solutum Romam mittebat?

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 22:

    nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

    unbandaged, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem jussit,

    Liv. 27, 51:

    eum interdiu solutum custodes sequebantur, nocte clausum asservabant,

    id. 24, 45, 10:

    non efficiatis ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxit,

    Val. Max. 6, 2, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;

    postAug.): quo solutior terra facilius pateat radicibus,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 21;

    ordeum nisi solutum et siccum locum non patitur,

    Col. 2, 9:

    soluta et facilis terra,

    id. 3, 14;

    solum solutum vel spissum,

    id. 2, 2 init.;

    seri vult raphanus terra soluta, umida,

    Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83:

    hordeum seri non vult, nisi in sicca et soluta terra,

    id. 18, 7, 18, § 79:

    solutiores ripae,

    Front. Aquaed. 15.—Of plants:

    mas spissior, femina solutior,

    Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103.—Hence, subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., a state of looseness:

    dum vult describere, quem ad modum alia torqueantur fila, alia ex molli solutoque ducantur,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:

    turbo, quo celsior eo solutior laxiorque est, et ob hoc diffunditur,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 9, 3:

    aer agitatus a sole calefactusque solutior est,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

    debet aer nec tam spissus esse, nec tam tenuis et solutus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:

    (orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,

    Cic. Or. 47, 173:

    verbis solutus satis,

    id. ib. 47, 174:

    solutissimus in dicendo,

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

    quam ob rem viderer maximis beneficii vinculis obstrictus, cum liber essem et solutus?

    Cic. Planc. 30, 72:

    soluta (praedia) meliore in causa sunt quam obligata,

    unmortgaged, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

    si reddidi (debitum), solutus sum ac liber,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 5;

    non ut gratus, sed ut solutus sim,

    id. ib. 4, 21, 3;

    solutus omni fenore,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 4;

    nam ea (religione) magister equitum solutus ac liber potuerit esse,

    Liv. 8, 32, 5:

    Mamertini soli in omni orbe terrarum vacui, expertes soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—
    3.
    Free from punishment, not punishable, not liable, etc.: qui mancipia vendunt, certiores faciunt emptores quis fugitivus sit, noxave solutus, Edict. Aedil. ap. Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 1; Gell. 4, 2, 1; cf.:

    quod aiunt aediles noxae solutus non sit sic intellegendum est... noxali judicio subjectum non esse,

    Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17:

    apud quos libido etiam permissam habet et solutam licentiam,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum,

    i. e. let the crimes then committed be unpunished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: antea vacuum id solutumque poena fuerat, Tac. A. 14, 28.—With subj. inf.:

    maxime solutum fuit, prodere de iis, etc.,

    Tac. A. 4, 35: solutum existimatur esse, alteri male dicere, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3.—
    4.
    Free from cares, undistracted:

    animo soluto liberoque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

    sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,

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

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

    Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:

    quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:

    Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—
    6.
    Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:

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

    Cic. Dom. 39, 104:

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

    Sen. Ep. 23, 4:

    vultus,

    Stat. Th. 5, 355:

    (mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,

    unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—
    7.
    Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:

    cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

    ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,

    Liv. 29, 1 fin.:

    Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:

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

    Tac. A. 2, 4:

    quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,

    Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:

    rectore solutos (solis) equos,

    Stat. Th. 1, 219.—
    8.
    Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:

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

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;

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

    id. Div. 1, 2, 4:

    judicio senatus soluto et libero,

    id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:

    sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

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

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,

    uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—
    9.
    Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:

    amores soluti et liberi,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    licentia,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 4:

    populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 53:

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

    id. Mil. 13, 34:

    quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,

    Liv. 27, 31 fin.:

    adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,

    id. 2, 1, 2:

    solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,

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

    spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,

    Suet. Aug. 44:

    mores soluti,

    licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—
    10.
    Regardless of rules, careless, loose:

    orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

    dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,

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

    est oratio aliqua vincta atque contexta, soluta alia, qualis in sermone et epistulis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 69; 9, 4, 77.—
    (β).
    More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);

    in full: scribere conabar verba soluta modis, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 24: quod (Isocrates) verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxerit,

    Cic. Or. 52, 174:

    mollis est enim oratio philosophorum... nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius,

    id. ib. 19, 64; 71, 234;

    68, 228: si omnes soluta oratione scripserunt,

    Varr. R. R. 4, 1; de heisce rebus treis libros ad te mittere institui;

    de oratione soluta duos, de poetica unum,

    id. L. L. 6, 11 fin.:

    ut in soluta oratione, sic in poemateis,

    id. ib. 7, 1:

    primus (Isocrates) intellexit. etiam in soluta oratione, dum versum effugeres modum et numerum quemdam debere servari,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 32:

    Aristoteles judicat heroum numerum grandiorem quam desideret soluta oratio,

    id. Or. 57, 192:

    et creticus et paeon quam commodissume putatur in solutam orationem illigari,

    id. ib. 64, 215:

    a modis quibusdam, cantu remoto, soluta esse videatur oratio,

    id. ib. 55, 183; 55, 184; id. de Or. 3, 48, 184: historia est quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31.—
    (γ).
    Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:

    ut verba neque inligata sint, quasi... versus, neque ita soluta ut vagentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 176; 3, 48, 186:

    nec vero haec (Callidii verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    orator sic illigat sententiam verbis ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175; but: verba soluta suis figuris, words freed from their proper meaning, i.e. metaphors, Manil. 1, 24.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:

    soluta oratio, et e singulis non membris, sed frustis, collata, structura caret,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 9, 4, 69:

    solutiora componere,

    id. 10, 4, 1; 9, 4, 15.—
    12.
    Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):

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

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

    omnia soluta apud hostes esse,

    Liv. 8, 30, 3:

    nihil temeritate solutum,

    Tac. A. 13, 40:

    apud Achaeos neglecta omnia ac soluta fuere,

    Just. 34, 2, 2.—
    14.
    Lax, remiss, weak:

    mea lenitas adhuc si cui solutior visa erat,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    Ciceronem male audivisse, tamquam solutum et enervem,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    soluti ac fluentes,

    Quint. 1, 2, 8.—Hence:

    solutum genus orationis,

    a lifeless, dull style, Val. Max. 8, 10, 3:

    quanto longius abscederent, eo solutiore cura,

    laxer attention, Liv. 3, 8, 8.—
    C.
    (Acc. to II. B. 3. e supra.) Paid, discharged, only as subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., that which is paid, a discharged debt, in certain phrases:

    aliquid in solutum dare,

    to give something in payment, Dig. 46, 3, 45; 46, 3, 46; 46, 3, 60: in solutum accipere, to accept in payment:

    qui voluntatem bonam in solutum accipit,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 4:

    qui rem in solutum accipit,

    Dig. 42, 4, 15; 12, 1, 19;

    in solutum imputare,

    to charge as payment, Sen. Ep. 8, 10; aliquid pro soluto est, is considered as paid or cancelled:

    pro soluto id in quo creditor accipiendo moram fecit, oportet esse,

    Dig. 46, 3, 72: pro soluto usucapere, to acquire by prescription something given in payment by the debtor, but not belonging to him:

    pro soluto usucapit qui rem debiti causa recepit,

    Dig. 41, 3, 46.— Adv.: sŏlūtē.
    1.
    Thinly:

    corpora diffusa solute,

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

    non refert videre quid dicendum est, nisi id queas solute ac suaviter dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

    ita facile soluteque volvebat sententias,

    id. ib. 81, 280:

    quid ipse compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, solutius promptiusque eloquebatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    3.
    Irregularly, loosely:

    a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita,

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

    generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,

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

    enuntiare,

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

    praecipue sub imperio Cn. Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt (exercitus),

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes,

    id. 23, 37, 6.—
    7.
    Weakly, tamely, without vigor:

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

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

    ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,

    Tac. A. 13, 47.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > solutum

  • 6 solvo

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

    soluisse,

    Tib. 4, 5, 16) [for se-luo; cf. socors for se-cords], to loosen an object from any thing, to release or to loose, remove any thing which binds or restrains another.
    I.
    To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.
    A.
    In a corporeal sense.
    1.
    Outwardly, to release.
    a.
    From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:

    solvite istas,

    i. e. from fetters, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 64:

    solvite istum,

    id. Mil. 5, 32:

    numquam, nisi me orassis, solves,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 62:

    jube solvi (eum),

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 52:

    ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    ut vincti solvantur,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 6, §

    12: qui in compedibus corporis semper fuerunt, etiam cum soluti sunt, tardius ingrediuntur,

    id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

    ita nexi soluti (sunt),

    Liv. 8, 28, 9:

    solvite me, pueri,

    Verg. E. 6, 24:

    fore ut brevi solveretur,

    Suet. Vesp. 5; id. Tib. 65; id. Vit. 12.—With abl.:

    canis solutus catena,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 20. — Transf., from the fetter of frost:

    solutis amnibus (i. e. frigoris vinculo),

    Stat. Th. 5, 15:

    terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 10.—
    b.
    From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:

    solverat sol equos,

    unhitched, Stat. Th. 3, 407: currum solvere (i. e. ab equis, poet. for equos a curru), Sen. Thyest. 794: solvere epistulam, i. e. from the string by which it was tied (= to open), Nep. Hann. 11, 3:

    et tibi sollicita solvitur illa (epistula) manu,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:

    et jacet in gremio charta soluta meo,

    id. H. 11, 4:

    praecepit suis ne sarcinas solverent, aut onera deponerent,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3.—So of garments and sails, to unfurl, unfold: cum tunica soluta inambularet, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 26:

    soluta toga,

    Quint. 11, 3, 147:

    vela solvere,

    Verg. A. 4, 574.—
    c.
    From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:

    Caucasia solvet de rupe Promethei bracchia,

    Prop. 2, 1, 69:

    fraxinus solvitur,

    from the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 498:

    ceciditque soluta pinus,

    id. ib. 9, 409; cf.:

    pinus radice soluta, deficit,

    id. S. 5, 1, 152:

    solutis radicibus arbusta procumbunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 5:

    accepi epistulam quam, ut scribis, ancora soluta de phaselo dedisti, i. e. a litore,

    detached, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 B. and K. (al. sublata;

    but soluta is perh. an error of Cic. in the use of a technical term, v Orell. ad loc.).—In the same sense: solvere retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 15, 696; 8, 102:

    querno solvunt de stipite funem,

    id. F. 4, 333:

    fune soluto Currit in immensum carina,

    id. Am. 2, 11, 23:

    curvo solves viscera cultro (i. e. de corpore ferarum),

    Sen. Hippol. 53.—Of rain disengaged from the clouds:

    imber caelesti nube solutus,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 237: (Lunam) imperfecta vi solvere tantum umorem, disengage only the moisture, i. e. from the earth:

    cum solis radii absumant,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45:

    solutum a latere pugionem,

    detached from his side, Suet. Vit. 15.—
    d.
    Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.
    (α).
    With acc. alone:

    eisce confectis navem solvimus,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 91:

    navim cupimus solvere,

    id. Mil. 4, 7, 17:

    naves solvit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 36; 5, 8; id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 14; 3, 26;

    3, 102: primis tenebris solvit navem,

    Liv. 45, 6:

    postero die solvere naves (jussi),

    id. 29, 25 fin.; Nep. Hann. 8, 2:

    classem solvere,

    Liv. 45, 41; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 23.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.:

    navis a terra solverunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 101:

    quinto inde die quam ab Corintho solverit naves,

    Liv. 31, 7 med.:

    solvunt a litore puppes,

    Luc. 2, 649.—
    (γ).
    With ex and abl.:

    nam noctu hac soluta est navis nostra e portu Persico,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259:

    interea e portu nostra navis solvitur,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 54.—
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,

    Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

    portu solventibus,

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

    tertia fere vigilia solvit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

    nos eo die cenati solvimus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:

    altero die quam a Brundusio solvit,

    Liv. 31, 14 init.:

    qui inde solverant,

    Val. Max. 1, 7, 3:

    solvi mare languido,

    Sen. Ep. 53, 1:

    fortasse etiam ventis minantibus solves,

    id. Ben. 2, 35, 5:

    non eadem est his et illis causa solvendi,

    making sea-voyages, id. Q. N. 5, 18, 16.—
    (ζ).
    With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):

    naves XVIII. ex superiore portu solverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28; and by another change of construction: solvimus oram, we freed the shore, i.e. from the ship, Quint. 4, 2, 41; id. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—
    (η).
    Poet. usages:

    de litore puppis solvit iter,

    clears the voyage, Stat. S. 5, 1, 243:

    nec tibi Tyrrhena solvatur funis harena,

    Prop. 1, 8, 11 (cf.: retinacula solvere, c. supra).—
    e.
    Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    tempore eo quo menstrua solvit,

    Lucr. 6, 706:

    cruor solvitur,

    Stat. Th. 9, 530:

    lacrimas solvere,

    id. Achill. 2, 256:

    solutis lacrimis,

    Claud. Ruf. 2, 258; so,

    partus solvere,

    to bear, bring forth, be delivered of offspring, Ov. F. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 5, 461; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 33; 32, 1, 1, § 6.—
    2.
    To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.
    a.
    In gen.:

    omne colligatum solvi potest,

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

    solvere naves et rursus conjungere,

    Curt. 8, 10, 3:

    solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:

    dubitavit an solveret pontem,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere pontem,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    si pons solutus sit,

    Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 7:

    solutus pons tempestatibus,

    Just. 2, 13, 9:

    currum (solis) solutum,

    Manil. 1, 740.—
    c.
    Of woven stuff:

    solvens texta,

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

    utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:

    tridente Neptunus montem solvit,

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

    soluta cervix silicis impulsu,

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

    momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,

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

    solve capillos,

    Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:

    crinem,

    id. A. A. 3, 784; id. M. 11, 682; 13, 584; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 46:

    comas casside,

    Ov. F. 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 854.—
    h.
    Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;

    post-Aug.): ita in terrae corpore evenit ut partes ejus vetustate solvantur, solutae cadant,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 10, 2:

    ubi montis latus nova ventis solvit hiems,

    Stat. Th. 7, 745. —
    3.
    To dissolve; pass., to be dissolved, changed, to pass over into ( poet. and postclass. for dissolvere, or transire in); constr. absol., or with in and acc.
    (α).
    Of a change into air or gas:

    calor mobiliter solvens, differt primordia vini,

    dissolving, parts the molecules of the wine, Lucr. 6, 235:

    nam materiai copia ferretur per inane soluta,

    id. 1, 1018; so id. 1, 1103:

    ita fatus in aera rursus solvitur,

    Stat. Th. 5, 285;

    nec in aera solvi Passa, recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris,

    Ov. M. 15, 845.—
    (β).
    Into a liquid, to melt:

    saepe terra in tabem solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 7:

    terram quam diximus esse mutabilem et solvi in umorem,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 4:

    nullum tellus se solvit in amnem,

    Luc. 2, 408; ipsum in conubia terrae Aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo, dissolve into the embrace of the earth, i. e. change into rain, Stat. S. 1, 2, 186:

    ex Aethiopiae jugis solutas nives ad Nilum decurrere,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 17; so,

    nivem solvere,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 2; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93; Sen. Herc. Oet. 729:

    rigor auri solvitur aestu,

    Lucr. 1, 493:

    ferrum calidi solvant camini,

    Manil. 4, 250:

    cerae igne solutae,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 47:

    Iris cum vino triduo non solvitur,

    Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:

    (herba) quinto die solvitur,

    id. 26, 14, 88, § 148.—
    (γ).
    Of putrefaction:

    (vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,

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

    inque novas abiit massa soluta domos,

    Ov. F. 1, 108:

    repentino crementur incendio, atque ex tanta varietate solvantur atque eant in unum omnia (sc. all the heavenly bodies),

    Sen. Ben. 6, 22.—
    (ε).
    Of expansion by heat:

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

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

    gravitas aeris solvitur,

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

    in cacumine (herbae) capitula purpurea quae solvantur in lanugines,

    Plin. 27, 8, 39, § 61.—Of a wave:

    donec in planitiem immotarum aquarum solvatur,

    disappears in, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 2:

    postremi (equi) solvuntur in aequora pisces (= solvuntur in pisces),

    Stat. Th. 2, 47: lumina in lacrimas solventur, stream with tears. —Hence, solvere, causative, to make pass over, to make vanish in: circulum in pulverem, in quo descriptus est, solvere, Sen. Ep. 74, 27: soluti agri, the boundaries of which are effaced, Sic. Fl. Cond. Agr. p. 3 Goes.—
    4.
    To consume, to destroy, dissolve:

    solvere orbes,

    Manil. 1, 497:

    ni calor et ventus... interemant sensum diductaque solvant (i.e. sensum),

    Lucr. 3, 287:

    (Cato) ferrei prope corporis animique, quem ne senectus quidem, quae solvit omnia, fregerit,

    Liv. 39, 40, 11:

    si (cometae) sunt purus ignis... nec illos conversio mundi solvit,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 2, 2:

    (turbo) ab eo motu, qui universum trahit, solveretur,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 4:

    tabes solvit corpora,

    Luc. 6, 18; 7, 809:

    nec solum silvas, sed saxa ingentia solvit (ignis),

    id. 3, 506:

    ne tegat functos humus, ne solvat ignis,

    Sen. Thyest. 750.—So, vitam solvere, to extinguish life, esp. of gradual or easy death:

    solvas potius (vitam), quam abrumpas, dummodo, si alia solvendi ratio non erit, vel abrumpas,

    Sen. Ep. 22, 3:

    hanc mihi solvite vitam,

    Prop. 2, 9, 39.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.
    a.
    From the body, etc.:

    teque isto corpore solvo,

    Verg. A. 4, 703:

    soluta corpore anima,

    Quint. 5, 14, 13:

    qui solutas vinculis animas recipit,

    Sen. Cons. 28, 8: si animus somno relaxatus solute (i. e. free from the shackles of the body) moveatur ac libere, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100:

    vocem solvere,

    to set free the voice, to speak, Stat. S. 3, 1; Sen. Thyest. 682; so, responsa solve (pregn. = utter and disclose), Sen. Oedip. 292:

    suspiria solvit,

    Stat. Th. 11, 604:

    solvat turba jocos,

    Sen. Med. 114:

    solutos Qui captat risus hominum (= quem juvat risus hominum solvere),

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 83:

    Ausonii... versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto,

    unrestrained, free, Verg. G. 2, 386.—
    b.
    Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:

    linguam (Juno) ad jurgia solvit,

    Ov. M. 3, 261:

    lingua devincta nec in motus varios soluta,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 7:

    ut quisque contemptissimus est, ita linguae solutissimae est,

    id. Const. 11, 3:

    (fama) innumeras solvit in praeconia linguas,

    Luc. 1, 472. —Solvere bracchia, poet., to unfetter the arms, i. e. to move them:

    magna difficili solventem bracchia motu,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 604; cf.

    of the free motions of animals: columbae soluto volatu multum velociores,

    unrestrained flight, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
    c.
    From obligations and debts:

    solvit me debito,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:

    an nos debito solverit,

    id. Ep. 81, 3:

    ut religione civitas solvatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 34, 98; Liv. 7, 3, 9:

    te decem tauri... Me tener solvet vitulus (sc. religione),

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 54.—So from a military oath:

    hoc si impetro, solvo vos jurejurando,

    Just. 14, 4, 7.—Sacramento or militia solvere, to dismiss a soldier from service:

    sacramento solvi,

    Tac. A. 16, 13:

    cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,

    Dig. 49, 16, 13:

    militia solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 44.— Munere (publico) solvere, to exempt from public duties:

    ut Ilienses publico munere solverentur,

    Tac. A. 12, 58.—With obj. inf.:

    ut manere solveretur,

    that he should be excused from the duty of remaining, Tac. A. 3, 29.—
    d.
    From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):

    si ille huic (insidias fecerit), ut scelere solvamur,

    be held guiltless, Cic. Mil. 12, 31:

    atque hunc ille summus vir scelere solutum periculo liberavit,

    id. ib. 4, 9:

    sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei,

    Ov. F. 6, 452:

    ipsum quoque Pelea Phoci Caede per Haemonias solvit Acastus aquas,

    id. ib. 2, 40:

    Helenen ego crimine solvo,

    id. A. A. 2, 371:

    quid crimine solvis Germanum?

    Stat. Th. 11, 379:

    solutam caede Gradivus manum restituit armis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1342. —
    e.
    From feelings, etc.:

    quae eos qui quaesissent cura et negotio solverent,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:

    cum ego vos solvi curis ceteris,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 33:

    senatus cura belli solutus,

    Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 7:

    pectus linquunt cura solutum,

    Lucr. 2, 45:

    his terroribus ab Epicuro soluti et in libertatem vindicati,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:

    soluti metu,

    Liv. 41, 14 init.; 27, 51:

    solvent formidine terras,

    Verg. E. 4, 14:

    solve metu patriam,

    Prop. 4 (5), 6, 41:

    metu belli Scythas solvit,

    Just. 9, 2, 2; so id. 14, 2, 5:

    haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 129:

    soluti a cupiditatibus,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    his concitationibus quem vacuum, solutum, liberum videris,

    id. Tusc. 5, 15, 43: et tu solve me dementia, [p. 1726] Hor. Epod. 17, 43:

    longo luctu,

    Verg. A. 2, 26:

    tristem juventam solve (i. e. juventam tristitia),

    Sen. Hippol. 450:

    solvite tantis animum monstris, solvite, superi,

    id. Herc. Fur. 1063:

    Quis te solvere Thessalis Magus venenis poterit?

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 21. — Poet.:

    solvit animis miracula (for animos miraculis),

    the soul from superstition, Manil. 1, 103.—And of animals:

    rabie tigrim,

    Manil. 5, 707.— Absol.:

    ut ad praecepta quae damus possit ire animus, solvendus est (i. e. perturbationibus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 38:

    calices, quem non fecere contracta in paupertate solutum?

    i. e. from cares, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20:

    solvite animos,

    Manil. 4, 12.—With in:

    vix haec in munera solvo animum,

    i. e. free it from passions and so make it fit for these duties, Stat. S. 5, 3, 33.—
    f.
    From sleep, very rare:

    ego somno solutus sum,

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

    volucres videmus... solutas opere volitare,

    Cic. Or. 2, 6, 23:

    solutus onere regio, regni bonis fruor,

    Sen. Oedip. 685.— Poet.:

    Romulus excubias decrevit in otia solvi,

    to be relieved from guard and enjoy leisure, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 79.—
    h.
    From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    frontem solvere disce,

    Mart. 14, 183:

    saltem ora trucesque solve genas,

    Stat. Th. 11, 373:

    solvit feros tunc ipse rictus,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 797.— Poet.:

    solvatur fronte senectus = frons senectute (i. e. rugis), solvatur,

    be cleared, Hor. Epod. 13, 5:

    vultum risu solvit,

    relieves, Val. Max. 4, 3, 5:

    risum judicis movendo, et illos tristes affectus solvit, et animum renovat,

    Quint. 6, 3, 1; so,

    solvere judicem,

    unbend, excite his laughter, id. 11, 3, 3:

    solvere qui (potui) Curios Fabriciosque graves (sc. risu),

    Mart. 9, 28 (29), 4:

    ut tamen arctum Solveret hospitiis animum,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 83:

    cujus non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae solvant?

    Sen. Cons. Helv. 18, 5.— Transf., pregn.:

    solventur risu tabulae,

    i. e. the austerity of the judge will be relaxed by laughter, and the complaint dismissed, Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.—Imitated:

    quia si aliquid omiserimus, cum risu quoque tota res solvitur,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—
    k.
    From any cause of restraint.
    (α).
    To release from siege:

    Bassanitas obsidione solvere,

    Liv. 44, 30:

    patriam obsidione solvere,

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

    hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,

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

    Vopiscus, qui ex aedilitate consulatum petit, solvatur legibus,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11:

    cur M. Brutus legibus est solutus, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 31:

    ut interea magistratus reliquos, legibus omnibus soluti, petere possetis,

    id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:

    Lurco, tribunus plebis, solutus est (et lege Aelia et Furia),

    id. Att. 1, 16, 13:

    solvatne legibus Scipionem,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    petente Flacco ut legibus solverentur,

    Liv. 31, 50, 8:

    Scipio legibus solutus est,

    id. Epit. 56:

    Licet enim, inquiunt, legibus soluti sumus, attamen legibus vivimus,

    Just. Inst. 2, 17, 8; cf.:

    ut munere vigintiviratus solveretur,

    Tac. A. 3, 29.— Transf., of the laws of nature, etc.:

    (aestus) illo tempore, solutus legibus, sine modo fertur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:

    solus (sapiens) generis humani legibus solvitur,

    id. Brev. Vit. 15, 5:

    nec leti lege solutas,

    Lucr. 3, 687:

    nec solvo Rutulos (i. e. legibus fati),

    Verg. A. 10, 111.— With gen. (cf. libero), perh. only in phrase testamenti solvere, to release from a testamentary disposition:

    et is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solveret,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 53 (less prop. testamenti is taken as attribute of heredes); cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 175, and Hor. C. 3, 17, 16, P. a., B. 5. fin. infra.—
    (β).
    Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:

    reus Postumus est ea lege... solutus ac liber,

    i. e. the law does not apply to him, Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 12:

    soluti (lege Julia) huc convenistis, ne constricti discedatis cavete,

    id. ib. 7, 18.—Of other laws:

    solutus Legibus insanis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:

    quae sedes expectent animam solutam legibus servitutis humanae,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 20.— Transf., of things: soluta legibus scelera sunt, unrestrained by the laws, i. e. crimes are committed with impunity, Sen. Ben. 7, 27, 1.— Of the laws of versification: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, referring to dithyrambic measures, Hor. C. 4, 2, 12 (cf. P. a., B. 11. infra).—
    2.
    To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.
    (α).
    Of troops, ranks, etc.:

    ubi ordines procursando solvissent,

    Liv. 42, 65, 8:

    incomposito agmine, solutis ordinibus,

    Curt. 8, 1, 5; so id. 8, 4, 6:

    agmina Diductis solvere choris,

    Verg. A. 5, 581:

    solvit maniplos,

    Juv. 8, 154:

    solvuntur laudata cohors,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 167.—Hence, to separate armies engaged in battle:

    commissas acies ego possum solvere,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 59.—
    (β).
    Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:

    convivio soluto,

    Liv. 40, 14 fin.:

    convivium solvit,

    Curt. 8, 5, 24; 8, 6, 16:

    Quid cessas convivia solvere?

    Ov. F. 6, 675:

    coetuque soluto Discedunt,

    id. M. 13, 898.—Hence, urbem (Capuam) solutam ac debilitatam reliquerunt, disfranchised, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—
    (γ).
    Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:

    (discant) versus primo solvere, mox mutatis verbis interpretari,

    Quint. 1, 9, 2:

    quod cuique visum erit vehementer, dulciter, speciose dictum, solvat ac turbet,

    id. 9, 4, 14:

    ut partes orationis sibi soluto versu desideret et pedum proprietates,

    id. 1, 8, 13:

    non, ut si solvas Postquam discordia tetra, etc., invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 60.—
    3.
    Implying a change for the worse.
    a.
    To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):

    Hannibalem hiberna solverunt,

    Sen. Ep. 51, 5:

    usque eo nimio delicati animi languore solvuntur,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 6:

    infantiam statim deliciis solvimus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 6:

    solutus luxu,

    id. 3, 8, 28; so Tac. A. 11, 31.—With in and acc.:

    soluti in luxum,

    Tac. H. 2, 99:

    in lasciviam,

    id. ib. 3, 38.— Transf.: versum solvere, to deprive a verse of its proper rhythm:

    si quinque continuos dactylos confundas solveris versum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 49.—
    b.
    To make torpid by removing sensation.
    (α).
    To relax, benumb the limbs or body;

    as by narcotics, terror, sickness, exhaustion: multaque praeterea languentia membra per artus solvunt,

    Lucr. 6, 798:

    ima Solvuntur latera,

    Verg. G. 3, 523:

    solvi debilitate corporis,

    paralyzed, Val. Max. 1, 7, 4:

    ut soluto labitur moriens gradu,

    Sen. Hippol. 368.—In mal. part., Hor. Epod. 12, 8; cf. Verg. G. 3, 523.— Poet.:

    illum aget, penna metuente solvi, Fama superstes,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.—Of the mind:

    segnitia (oratoris) solvit animos,

    wearies, Quint. 11, 3, 52:

    mentes solvere,

    to make insane, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25.—
    (β).
    By frost ( poet.):

    solvuntur illi frigore membra,

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

    homines volucresque ferasque Solverat alta quies,

    Ov. M. 7, 186:

    corpora somnus Solverat,

    id. ib. 10, 369:

    molli languore solutus,

    id. ib. 11, 648;

    11, 612: altoque sopore solutum,

    id. ib. 8, 817:

    somno vinoque solutos,

    id. F. 2, 333; Verg. A. 9, 236:

    ut membra solvit sopor,

    id. ib. 12, 867:

    non solvit pectora somnus,

    Sen. Agam. 76.—With in:

    solvitur in somnos,

    Verg. A. 4, 530.— Transf., of the sea:

    aequor longa ventorum pace solutum,

    lulled to sleep, Stat. Th. 3, 255.—
    (δ).
    By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ipse deus, simulatque volam, me solvet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78:

    corporibus quae senectus solvit,

    Curt. 89, 32 (cf. A. 4. supra):

    (corpus) quam nullo negotio solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 2:

    alius inter cenandum solutus est,

    id. Ep. 66, 43:

    ubicumque arietaveris, solveris,

    id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:

    me fata maturo exitu facilique solvant,

    Sen. Troad. 605:

    solvi inedia,

    Petr. 111:

    sic morte quasi somno soluta est,

    Flor. 2, 21, 11.—Hence,
    4.
    Of logical dissolution, to refute:

    non tradit Epicurus quomodo captiosa solvantur,

    how fallacies are refuted, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22:

    argumentum solvere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 34:

    solutum scies quod nobis opponitur,

    Sen. Const. 12, 3.—
    b.
    To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:

    deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,

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

    post-Aug.): effringere quam aperire, rumpere quam solvere putant robustius,

    Quint. 2, 12, 1:

    qua convulsa tota operis colligatio solveretur,

    Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:

    supera compage soluta,

    Stat. Th. 8, 31.—
    2.
    To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:

    nullo solvente catenas,

    Ov. M. 3, 700: vincla jugis boum, Tib. 2, 1, 7:

    solvere frenum,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 3:

    loris solutis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 41.— Transf., of prisons:

    qui, solutis ergastulis, exercitus numerum implevit,

    Liv. Ep. 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 13; 11, 13, 2.—Of frost:

    gelu solvitur,

    it thaws, Tac. H. 1, 79:

    solvitur acris hiems,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 1.—Of clouds:

    facit igitur ventum resoluta nubes, quae plurimis modis solvitur,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, 5; 5, 12, 1.—Of the grasp of hands, fingers, etc.:

    Aeacides a corpore bracchia solvit,

    looses his hold, Ov. M. 11, 246:

    indigno non solvit bracchia collo,

    Stat. Th. 5, 217:

    digitis solutis abjecit jaculum,

    id. ib. 8, 585.—
    3.
    To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:

    solve vidulum ergo,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 98:

    eam solve cistulam,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 151:

    solve zonam,

    untie, id. Truc. 5, 62:

    solvisse jugalem ceston fertur,

    Stat. Th. 5, 62:

    animai nodos a corpore solvit,

    Lucr. 2, 950:

    nihil interest quomodo (nodi) solvantur,

    Curt. 3, 1, 18:

    quid boni est, nodos operose solvere, quos ipse ut solveres feceris?

    Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:

    solvere nodum,

    Stat. Th. 11, 646:

    laqueum quem nec solvere possis, nec abrumpere,

    Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:

    vix solvi duros a pectore nexus,

    Ov. M. 9, 58:

    fasciam solve,

    Sen. Ep. 80, 10:

    solutis fasciis,

    Curt. 7, 6, 5:

    solvi fasciculum,

    Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2:

    crinales vittas,

    Verg. A. 7, 403:

    Parmenion vinculum epistulae solvens,

    Curt. 7, 2, 25:

    equum empturus solvi jubes stratum,

    Sen. Ep. 80, 9:

    redimicula solvite collo,

    Ov. F. 4, 135:

    corollas de fronte,

    Prop. 1, 3, 21:

    solvere portas,

    Stat. Th. 3, 492:

    munimina valli,

    id. ib. 12, 10:

    ille pharetram Solvit,

    Ov. M. 5, 380.— Transf., of the veins as enclosures of the blood:

    solutis ac patefactis venis,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5:

    venam cultello solvere,

    Col. 6, 14; cf.

    also: lychnis alvum solvit,

    looses the bowels, Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; 21, 20, 83, § 140; Suet. Vesp. 24; Tac. A. 12, 67:

    ventrem,

    Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.— Absol. (sc. alvum), Mart. 13, 29:

    stomachus solutus = venter solutus,

    loose bowels, Petr. 117; Scrib. Comp. 92.—
    B.
    Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.
    1.
    Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).
    a.
    Of the mouth, etc., to open:

    talibus ora solvit verbis,

    Ov. M. 15, 74; so id. ib. 1, 181; Tib. 4, 5, 14:

    ternis ululatibus ora Solvit,

    Ov. M. 7, 191; 9, 427; id. Tr. 3, 11, 20; Stat. Achill. 1, 525:

    vix ora solvi patitur etiamnum timor,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 725; so,

    os promptius ac solutius,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.— Transf., of an abyss:

    hic ora solvit Ditis invisi domus,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 664.—
    b.
    To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:

    si mors alterutrius interveniat, solvitur mandatum,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 160:

    cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, societas solvitur,

    id. ib. 3, 151; so id. ib. 3, 152:

    morte solvetur compromissum,

    Dig. 4, 8, 27:

    soluto matrimonio,

    ib. 24, 3, 2:

    solutum conjugium,

    Juv. 9, 79:

    qui... conjugalia solvit,

    Sen. Med. 144:

    nec conjugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus,

    Ov. M. 11, 743:

    (sapiens) invitus beneficium per compensationem injuriae solvet,

    cancel the obligation of a favor by the set-off of a wrong, Sen. Ep. 81, 17.—
    c.
    To efface guilt or wrong:

    magnis injuria poenis Solvitur,

    Ov. F. 5, 304:

    solve nefas, dixit: solvit et ille nefas,

    id. ib. 2, 44:

    culpa soluta mea est,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 10:

    neque tu verbis solves unquam quod mi re male feceris (i. e. injuriam),

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10.—
    d.
    Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;

    less freq. than poenam persolvere, exsolvere): serae, sed justae tamen et debitae poenae solutae sunt,

    Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

    capite poenas solvit,

    Sall. J. 69, 4:

    meritas poenas solventem,

    Curt. 6, 3, 14:

    poenarum solvendi tempus,

    Lucr. 5, 1224:

    nunc solvo poenas,

    Sen. Phoen. 172:

    hac manu poenas tibi solvam,

    id. Hippol. 1177.—
    e.
    To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:

    atque animi curas e pectore solvat,

    Lucr. 4, 908:

    curam metumque juvat Dulci Lyaeo solvere,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 38:

    patrimonii cura solvatur,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. §

    2: Pyrrhus impetus sui terrore soluto,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 14:

    solvite corde metum,

    Verg. A. 1, 562; so id. ib. 9, 90:

    solve metus animo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 356:

    solvi pericula et metus narrant,

    Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140: neque adhuc Stheneleius iras Solverat Eurystheus, [p. 1727] Ov. M. 9, 274:

    hoc uno solvitur ira modo,

    id. A. A. 2, 460:

    solvitque pudorem,

    Verg. A. 4, 55.—
    f.
    Of sleep:

    quasi clamore solutus Sit sopor,

    Ov. M. 3, 6, 30:

    nec verba, nec herbae audebunt longae somnum tibi solvere Lethes,

    Luc. 6, 768; cf.:

    lassitudinem solvere,

    Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143. —
    g.
    Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.
    (α).
    To raise a siege:

    solutam cernebat obsidionem,

    Liv. 36, 10, 14:

    soluta obsidione,

    id. 36, 31, 7:

    ad Locrorum solvendam obsidionem,

    id. 27, 28, 17; cf. id. 37, 7, 7; 38, 5, 6; 42, 56 init.; 44, 13, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1; Tac. A. 4, 24; 4, 73; Just. 9, 2, 10.—
    (β).
    Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:

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

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

    quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia corruperat,

    Sall. J. 39, 5:

    imperia solvit qui tacet, jussus loqui,

    Sen. Oedip. 525:

    sonipedes imperia solvunt,

    id. Hippol. 1084; cf.:

    sanctitas fori ludis solvitur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 58.—
    h.
    Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:

    solvendarum legum id principium esse censebant (post-Aug. for dissolvendarum),

    Curt. 10, 2, 5:

    solutae a se legis monitus,

    Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:

    cum plus quam ducentorum annorum morem solveremus,

    Liv. 8, 4, 7:

    (Tarquinius) morem de omnibus senatum consulendi solvit,

    id. 1, 49, 7:

    oportebat istum morem solvi,

    Curt. 8, 8, 18.—
    2.
    Esp. with acc. of the bond, etc. (taking the place of the constr. I. B. 1. 2. 3. supra, when the abl. of separation is not admissible).
    a.
    To subvert discipline:

    disciplinam militarem solvisti,

    Liv. 8, 7, 16:

    luxuria solutam disciplinam militarem esse,

    id. 40, 1, 4:

    quod cum, ne disciplina solveretur, fecisset,

    Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—
    b.
    Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:

    nobilitas factione magis pollebat, plebis vis soluta atque dispersa,

    Sall. J. 41, 6:

    patrios nervos externarum deliciarum contagione solvi et hebetari noluerunt,

    Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:

    vires solvere,

    Quint. 9, 4, 7:

    vis illa dicendi solvitur, et frigescit affectus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
    c.
    Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:

    segnes nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 22;

    similarly: solvit (ille deus) amicos,

    Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 5; so id. 2, 15 (3, 7), 26:

    hoc firmos solvit amores,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 385:

    amores cantibus et herbis solvere,

    Tib. 1, 2, 60.—
    d.
    Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:

    vitex dicitur febres solvere,

    Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 60:

    solvit jejunia granis,

    Ov. F. 4, 607:

    quoniam jejunia virgo Solverat,

    id. M. 5, 535; cf. Luc. 3, 282; so,

    famem,

    Sen. Thyest. 64.—
    e.
    To delay:

    hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,

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

    lux solverat umbras,

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

    aut solve bellum, mater, aut prima excipe,

    Sen. Phoen. 406:

    electus formae certamina solvere pastor,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 337:

    jurgia solvere,

    Manil. 3, 115:

    contradictiones solvere,

    Quint. 7, 1, 38.—
    h.
    Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:

    quia quaestionem solvere non posset,

    Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 3:

    aenigmata,

    Quint. 8, 6, 53:

    omnes solvere posse quaestiones,

    Suet. Gram. 11:

    haec ipsa, quae volvuntur ab illis, solvere malim et expandere,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 20; id. Q. N. 7, 14, 1:

    unum tantum hoc solvendum est,

    that one question, id. ib. 1, 7, 3:

    puta nunc me istuc non posse solvere,

    id. Ep. 48, 6:

    carmina non intellecta Solverat,

    Ov. M. 7, 760:

    triste carmen alitis solvi ferae,

    Sen. Oedip. 102:

    nodos juris,

    Juv. 8, 50:

    proponere aliquid quod solvat quaestionem,

    Quint. 5, 10, 96:

    plurimas quaestiones illis probationibus solvi solere,

    id. 1, 10, 49:

    quo solvitur quaestio supra tractata,

    id. 3, 7, 3:

    ambiguitatem or amphiboliam,

    id. 7, 2, 49; 7, 9, 10.—
    3.
    In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.
    a.
    To pay.
    (α).
    Originally, rem solvere, to free one's property and person (rem familiarem) from debts (solutio per aes et libram), according to the ancient formula:

    quod ego tibi tot millibus condemnatus sum, me eo nomine... a te solvo liberoque hoc aere aeneaque libra,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 174 Huschke; cf.:

    inde rem creditori palam populo solvit (i. e. per aes et libram),

    Liv. 6, 14, 5:

    quas res dari, fieri, solvi oportuit,

    id. 1, 32, 11. —Hence, rem solvere, to pay; often with dat. of person:

    pro vectura rem solvit?

    paid the freight, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 27:

    ubi nugivendis res soluta'st omnibus,

    id. Aul. 3, 5, 51:

    tibi res soluta est recte,

    id. Curc. 4, 3, 21:

    ego quidem pro istac rem solvo ab tarpessita meo,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 20:

    rem solvo omnibus quibus dehibeo,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 45:

    dum te strenuas, res erit soluta,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 35:

    res soluta'st, Gripe, ego habeo,

    id. Rud. 5, 3, 57.— Trop.: saepe edunt (aves);

    semel si captae sunt, rem solvont aucupi,

    they repay him, pay for his expenses, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66.—And to pay by other things than money:

    si tergo res solvonda'st,

    by a whipping, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:

    habent hunc morem ut pugnis rem solvant si quis poscat clarius,

    id. Curc. 3, 9:

    tibi quidem copia'st, dum lingua vivet, qui rem solvas omnibus,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 74.—Hence,
    (β).
    Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:

    cujus bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt,

    Cic. Fl. 18, 43:

    ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis,

    id. ib. 20, 46:

    misimus qui pro vectura solveret,

    id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

    qui nimis cito cupit solvere, invitus debet,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 5:

    ut creditori solvat,

    Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 7.— Pass. impers.:

    si dare vis mihi, Magis solutum erit quam ipsi dederis,

    it will be a more valid payment, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 46:

    numquam vehementius actum est quam me consule, ne solveretur,

    to stop payments, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

    fraudandi spe sublata solvendi necessitas consecuta est,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 84:

    cum eo ipso quod necesse erat solvi, facultas solvendi impediretur,

    Liv. 6, 34, 1.—Cf. in the two senses, to free from debt, and to pay, in the same sentence:

    non succurrere vis illi, sed solvere. Qui sic properat, ipse solvi vult, non solvere,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 27, 1.—
    (γ).
    With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:

    postquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:

    hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas,

    settled, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    solverat Castricio pecuniam jam diu debitam,

    id. Fl. 23, 54:

    ex qua (pensione) major pars est ei soluta,

    id. Att. 16, 2, 1:

    solvi aes alienum Pompejus ex suo fisco jussit,

    Val. Max. 6, 2, 11:

    aes alienum solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 5:

    quae jactatio est, solvisse quod debebas?

    id. Ben. 4, 17, 1; so,

    debitum solvere,

    id. ib. 6, 30, 2:

    ne pecunias creditas solverent,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    ut creditae pecuniae solvantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20; 3, 1:

    ex thensauris Gallicis creditum solvi posse,

    Liv. 6, 15, 5:

    ita bona veneant ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46.—And of moral debts:

    cum patriae quod debes solveris,

    Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:

    debet vero, solvitque praeclare,

    id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:

    aliter beneficium, aliter creditum solvitur,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1:

    qui grate beneficium accipit, primam ejus pensionem solvit,

    id. ib. 2, 22 fin. —
    (δ).
    By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:

    emi: pecuniam solvi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 43:

    pro frumento nihil solvit,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §

    169: legatis pecuniam pro frumento solvit,

    Liv. 44, 16:

    hanc pecuniam cum solvere in praesenti non posset,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 6:

    nisi pecuniam solvisset,

    id. Cim. 1, 1:

    condiciones pacis dictae ut decem millia talentum argenti... solverent,

    Liv. 30, 37 med.:

    pro quo (frumento) pretium solveret populus Romanus,

    id. 36, 3, 1:

    pretium servorum ex aerario solutum est dominis,

    id. 32, 26, 14:

    pretium pro libris domino esse solvendum,

    id. 40, 39 fin.:

    meritam mercedem,

    id. 8, 22, 3; so id. 8, 11, 4: sorte creditum solvere, by paying the principal (i. e. without interest), id. 6, 36, 12:

    quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:

    stipendium,

    Liv. 28, 32, 1:

    dotem mulieri,

    Dig. 24, 3, 2:

    litem aestimatam,

    the amount of a fine, Nep. Cim. 5, 18 fin.:

    arbitria funeris,

    the expenses of the funeral, Cic. Red. Sen. 7, 18:

    solvere dodrantem,

    to pay seventy-five per cent., Mart. 8, 9, 1:

    dona puer solvit,

    paid the promised gifts, Ov. M. 9, 794; so,

    munera,

    id. ib. 11, 104.— Transf., of the dedication of a book, in return for favors:

    et exspectabo ea (munera) quae polliceris, et erunt mihi pergrata si solveris... Non solvam nisi prius a te cavero, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 17 sq. —Of the delivery of slaves:

    si quis duos homines promise rit et Stichum solverit,

    Dig. 46, 3, 67; 46, 3, 38, § 3.— Transf., poet.: dolorem solvisti, you have paid your grief, i. e. have duly mourned, Stat. S. 2, 6, 98.— Pass. with personal subject:

    si (actor) solutus fuisset,

    Dig. 12, 1, 31 (cf.: solvere militem, b supra). —
    (ε).
    Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:

    aliquid praesens solvere,

    to pay in cash, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; so,

    aliquid de praesentibus solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 16:

    solvere grates (= referre gratiam muneribus): Sulla solvit grates Dianae,

    Vell. 2, 25:

    quas solvere grates sufficiam?

    Stat. S. 4, 2, 7: cum homo avarus, ut ea (beneficia) solveret sibi imperare non posset, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; cf.: non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit;

    nullum nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 9; but v. id. Ben. 2, 18, 5: in debitum solvere, to make a partial payment:

    unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,

    id. Ep. 7, 10: aliquid solvere ab aliquo (de aliqua re), to pay out of funds supplied by any one ( out of any fund):

    Quintus laborat ut tibi quod debet ab Egnatio solvat,

    Cic. Att. 7, 18, 4:

    homines dicere, se a me solvere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 11:

    (summa) erat solvenda de meo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:

    operas solvere alicui,

    to work for somebody, Dig. 40, 7, 39: solvo operam Dianae, I work for Diana, i. e. offer a sacrifice to her, Afran. ap. Non. 12, 21: judicatum solvere, to pay the amount adjudged by the court, for which security (satisdatio) was required:

    stipulatio quae appellatur judicatum solvi,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 90:

    iste postulat ut procurator judicatum solvi satisdaret,

    Cic. Quint. 7, 29; so Dig. 3, 2, 28; 3, 3, 15; 2, 8, 8;

    2, 8, 14 et saep.: auctio solvendis nummis,

    a cash auction, Mart. 14, 35.— Gerund.: solvendo esse, to be solvent; jurid. t. t., to be able to pay, i. e. one's debts; cf.

    in full: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno respublica esset,

    Liv. 31, 13:

    nemo dubitat solvendo esse eum qui defenditur,

    Dig. 50, 17, 105:

    qui modo solvendo sint,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3, 121:

    si solvendo sint,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 20, 1:

    nec interest, solvendo sit, necne,

    Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 5; so ib. 46, 1, 10; 46, 1, 27, § 2; 46, 1, 51, §§ 1 and 4; 46, 1, 52, § 1; 46, 1, 28; 50, 17, 198 et saep.: non solvendo esse, to be insolvent:

    solvendo non erat,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    cum solvendo civitates non essent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    tu nec solvendo eras, nec, etc.,

    id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

    ne videatur non fuisse solvendo,

    id. Off. 2, 22, 79;

    and very freq. in the jurists.—So, trop.: quid matri, quid flebili patriae dabis? Solvendo non es,

    Sen. Oedip. 941; cf.:

    *non esse ad solvendum (i. e. able to pay),

    Vitr. 10, 6 fin. —
    b.
    To fulfil the duty of burial.
    (α).
    Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:

    qui nondum omnia paterno funeri justa solvisset,

    who had not yet finished the burial ceremonies of his father, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    justis defunctorum corporibus solutis,

    Curt. 3, 12, 15:

    proinde corpori quam primum justa solvamus,

    id. 10, 6, 7:

    ut justa soluta Remo,

    Ov. F. 5, 452:

    nunc justa nato solve,

    Sen. Hippol. 1245.—
    (β).
    Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:

    exsequiis rite solutis,

    Verg. A. 7, 5:

    cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,

    Sen. Hippol. 1198:

    solvere suprema militibus,

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

    vota ea quae numquam solveret nuncupavit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11:

    quod si factum esset, votum rite solvi non posse,

    Liv. 31, 9 fin.:

    liberare et se et rempublicam religione votis solvendis,

    id. 40, 44, 8:

    placatis diis votis rite solvendis,

    id. 36, 37 fin.:

    petiit ut votum sibi solvere liceret,

    id. 45, 44:

    animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum,

    Sen. Ep. 73, 5:

    vota pro incolumitate solvebantur,

    Tac. A. 2, 69:

    vota pater solvit,

    Ov. M. 9, 707:

    ne votum solvat,

    Mart. 12, 91, 6; 8, 4, 2; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.; 1, 1, 8 ext. — Poet.:

    voti debita solvere,

    Ov. F. 5, 596; cf.

    the abbrev. formula V. S. L. M. (voTVM SOLVIT LIBENS MERITO),

    Inscr. Orell. 186; 1296 sq.:

    V.S.A.L. (ANIMO LIBENTI),

    ib. 2022 et saep.:

    sacra solvere (=votum solvere),

    Manil. 1, 427.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    ait sese Veneri velle votum solvere,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 60:

    vota Jovi solvo,

    Ov. M. 7, 652; 8, 153:

    sunt vota soluta deae,

    id. F. 6, 248:

    dis vota solvis,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 4:

    libamenta Veneri solvere (=votum per libamenta),

    Just. 18, 5, 4.—
    d.
    Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:

    fidem obligatam liberare,

    Suet. Claud. 9):

    illi, ut fidem solverent, clipeis obruere,

    Flor. 1, 1, 12;

    similarly: et voti solverat ille fidem (=votum solverat),

    Ov. F. 1, 642; but cf.: itane imprudens? tandem inventa'st causa: solvisti fidem, you have found a pretext to evade your promise (cf. II. A. 3.), Ter. And. 4, 1, 18: esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, by my death your promise to marry me would have been cancelled (cf. II. B. 1. 6.), Ov. H. 10, 78; similarly: suam fidem (i. e. quam Lepido habuerit) solutam esse, that his faith in Lepidus was broken, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3.—With a different construction: se depositi fide solvere, to acquit one's self of the duty to return property intrusted to him (cf. I. B. 1. c.), Val. Max. 7, 3, 5 ext.: factique fide data munera solvit, he freed the gift already given from the obligation of an accomplished fact, i. e. he revoked the gifts, although already made, Ov. M. 11, 135.—
    e.
    Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):

    perinde quasi promissum solvens,

    Val. Max. 9, 6, 1:

    solvitur quod cuique promissum est,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 20 fin.;

    similarly: solutum, quod juraverant, rebantur,

    what they had promised under oath, Liv. 24, 18, 5.—Hence, sŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:

    tibi moram facis quom ego solutus sto,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 25:

    reus solutus causam dicis, testes vinctos attines,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 63:

    cum eos vinciret quos secum habebat, te solutum Romam mittebat?

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 22:

    nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

    unbandaged, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem jussit,

    Liv. 27, 51:

    eum interdiu solutum custodes sequebantur, nocte clausum asservabant,

    id. 24, 45, 10:

    non efficiatis ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxit,

    Val. Max. 6, 2, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;

    postAug.): quo solutior terra facilius pateat radicibus,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 21;

    ordeum nisi solutum et siccum locum non patitur,

    Col. 2, 9:

    soluta et facilis terra,

    id. 3, 14;

    solum solutum vel spissum,

    id. 2, 2 init.;

    seri vult raphanus terra soluta, umida,

    Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83:

    hordeum seri non vult, nisi in sicca et soluta terra,

    id. 18, 7, 18, § 79:

    solutiores ripae,

    Front. Aquaed. 15.—Of plants:

    mas spissior, femina solutior,

    Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103.—Hence, subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., a state of looseness:

    dum vult describere, quem ad modum alia torqueantur fila, alia ex molli solutoque ducantur,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:

    turbo, quo celsior eo solutior laxiorque est, et ob hoc diffunditur,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 9, 3:

    aer agitatus a sole calefactusque solutior est,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

    debet aer nec tam spissus esse, nec tam tenuis et solutus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:

    (orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,

    Cic. Or. 47, 173:

    verbis solutus satis,

    id. ib. 47, 174:

    solutissimus in dicendo,

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

    quam ob rem viderer maximis beneficii vinculis obstrictus, cum liber essem et solutus?

    Cic. Planc. 30, 72:

    soluta (praedia) meliore in causa sunt quam obligata,

    unmortgaged, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

    si reddidi (debitum), solutus sum ac liber,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 5;

    non ut gratus, sed ut solutus sim,

    id. ib. 4, 21, 3;

    solutus omni fenore,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 4;

    nam ea (religione) magister equitum solutus ac liber potuerit esse,

    Liv. 8, 32, 5:

    Mamertini soli in omni orbe terrarum vacui, expertes soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—
    3.
    Free from punishment, not punishable, not liable, etc.: qui mancipia vendunt, certiores faciunt emptores quis fugitivus sit, noxave solutus, Edict. Aedil. ap. Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 1; Gell. 4, 2, 1; cf.:

    quod aiunt aediles noxae solutus non sit sic intellegendum est... noxali judicio subjectum non esse,

    Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17:

    apud quos libido etiam permissam habet et solutam licentiam,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum,

    i. e. let the crimes then committed be unpunished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: antea vacuum id solutumque poena fuerat, Tac. A. 14, 28.—With subj. inf.:

    maxime solutum fuit, prodere de iis, etc.,

    Tac. A. 4, 35: solutum existimatur esse, alteri male dicere, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3.—
    4.
    Free from cares, undistracted:

    animo soluto liberoque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

    sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,

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

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

    Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:

    quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:

    Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—
    6.
    Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:

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

    Cic. Dom. 39, 104:

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

    Sen. Ep. 23, 4:

    vultus,

    Stat. Th. 5, 355:

    (mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,

    unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—
    7.
    Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:

    cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

    ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,

    Liv. 29, 1 fin.:

    Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:

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

    Tac. A. 2, 4:

    quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,

    Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:

    rectore solutos (solis) equos,

    Stat. Th. 1, 219.—
    8.
    Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:

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

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;

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

    id. Div. 1, 2, 4:

    judicio senatus soluto et libero,

    id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:

    sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

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

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,

    uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—
    9.
    Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:

    amores soluti et liberi,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    licentia,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 4:

    populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 53:

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

    id. Mil. 13, 34:

    quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,

    Liv. 27, 31 fin.:

    adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,

    id. 2, 1, 2:

    solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,

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

    spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,

    Suet. Aug. 44:

    mores soluti,

    licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—
    10.
    Regardless of rules, careless, loose:

    orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

    dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,

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

    est oratio aliqua vincta atque contexta, soluta alia, qualis in sermone et epistulis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 69; 9, 4, 77.—
    (β).
    More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);

    in full: scribere conabar verba soluta modis, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 24: quod (Isocrates) verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxerit,

    Cic. Or. 52, 174:

    mollis est enim oratio philosophorum... nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius,

    id. ib. 19, 64; 71, 234;

    68, 228: si omnes soluta oratione scripserunt,

    Varr. R. R. 4, 1; de heisce rebus treis libros ad te mittere institui;

    de oratione soluta duos, de poetica unum,

    id. L. L. 6, 11 fin.:

    ut in soluta oratione, sic in poemateis,

    id. ib. 7, 1:

    primus (Isocrates) intellexit. etiam in soluta oratione, dum versum effugeres modum et numerum quemdam debere servari,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 32:

    Aristoteles judicat heroum numerum grandiorem quam desideret soluta oratio,

    id. Or. 57, 192:

    et creticus et paeon quam commodissume putatur in solutam orationem illigari,

    id. ib. 64, 215:

    a modis quibusdam, cantu remoto, soluta esse videatur oratio,

    id. ib. 55, 183; 55, 184; id. de Or. 3, 48, 184: historia est quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31.—
    (γ).
    Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:

    ut verba neque inligata sint, quasi... versus, neque ita soluta ut vagentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 176; 3, 48, 186:

    nec vero haec (Callidii verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    orator sic illigat sententiam verbis ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175; but: verba soluta suis figuris, words freed from their proper meaning, i.e. metaphors, Manil. 1, 24.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:

    soluta oratio, et e singulis non membris, sed frustis, collata, structura caret,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 9, 4, 69:

    solutiora componere,

    id. 10, 4, 1; 9, 4, 15.—
    12.
    Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):

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

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

    omnia soluta apud hostes esse,

    Liv. 8, 30, 3:

    nihil temeritate solutum,

    Tac. A. 13, 40:

    apud Achaeos neglecta omnia ac soluta fuere,

    Just. 34, 2, 2.—
    14.
    Lax, remiss, weak:

    mea lenitas adhuc si cui solutior visa erat,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    Ciceronem male audivisse, tamquam solutum et enervem,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    soluti ac fluentes,

    Quint. 1, 2, 8.—Hence:

    solutum genus orationis,

    a lifeless, dull style, Val. Max. 8, 10, 3:

    quanto longius abscederent, eo solutiore cura,

    laxer attention, Liv. 3, 8, 8.—
    C.
    (Acc. to II. B. 3. e supra.) Paid, discharged, only as subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., that which is paid, a discharged debt, in certain phrases:

    aliquid in solutum dare,

    to give something in payment, Dig. 46, 3, 45; 46, 3, 46; 46, 3, 60: in solutum accipere, to accept in payment:

    qui voluntatem bonam in solutum accipit,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 4:

    qui rem in solutum accipit,

    Dig. 42, 4, 15; 12, 1, 19;

    in solutum imputare,

    to charge as payment, Sen. Ep. 8, 10; aliquid pro soluto est, is considered as paid or cancelled:

    pro soluto id in quo creditor accipiendo moram fecit, oportet esse,

    Dig. 46, 3, 72: pro soluto usucapere, to acquire by prescription something given in payment by the debtor, but not belonging to him:

    pro soluto usucapit qui rem debiti causa recepit,

    Dig. 41, 3, 46.— Adv.: sŏlūtē.
    1.
    Thinly:

    corpora diffusa solute,

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

    non refert videre quid dicendum est, nisi id queas solute ac suaviter dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

    ita facile soluteque volvebat sententias,

    id. ib. 81, 280:

    quid ipse compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, solutius promptiusque eloquebatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    3.
    Irregularly, loosely:

    a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita,

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

    generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,

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

    enuntiare,

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

    praecipue sub imperio Cn. Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt (exercitus),

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes,

    id. 23, 37, 6.—
    7.
    Weakly, tamely, without vigor:

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

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

    ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,

    Tac. A. 13, 47.

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  • 7 votum

    votum, i, n. [st2]1 [-] objet promis ou donné comme offrande. [st2]2 [-] vœu, promesse aux dieux. [st2]3 [-] prière accompagnant un voeu, prière; souhait, désir. [st2]4 [-] objet des voeux; chose souhaitée ou aimée. [st2]5 [-] voeux publics, prières pour le prince, prières pour l'Etat. [st2]6 [-] voeux nuptiaux; mariage.    - votis incendimus aras, Virg. En. 3.279: pour nos voeux nous embrasons les victimes sur les autels.    - Danai in voto (= in equo Trojano) latent, Petr. 89: les Grecs sont cachés dans leur offrande.    - a - vota facere (suscipere, nuncupare, concipere, vovere): faire des voeux.    - votum facere aliquid, Plin.: faire voeu d'offrir un objet.    - votum solvere (persolvere, dissolvere, exsolvere, reddere): s'acquitter d'un voeu, accomplir un voeu.    - voto fungi (liberari): accomplir un voeu.    - votum debere, Cic.: être lié par un voeu.    - voto teneri, Cic.: être lié par un voeu.    - voti damnatus, Liv.: lié par un voeu.    - vota exaudire, Virg.: exaucer les voeux.    - votis annuere (adesse), Ov.: exaucer les voeux.    - vota canere Junoni, Virg.: chanter des hymnes en l'honneur de Junon.    - voto stare cum aliquo, Caes.: faire des voeux pour qqn.    - ex voto: conformément à un voeu ou au gré de ses désirs, à souhait.    - [abcl]b - vota facere (suscipere): adresser des prières.    - deos votis (in vota) vocare, Virg.: invoquer les dieux, implorer les dieux.    - voti compos (potens): qui a vu son voeu se réaliser.    - ad votum, Sén, Ep. 2, 15, 3: à souhait.    - contra votum: contrairement au voeu, à regret (formule d'épitaphe).    - votum imperata faciendi, Plin.-jn.: le désir d'obéir.    - voto fertilior tuo, Ov. A. A. 1, 90: plus fertile que tu ne pouvais le souhaiter.    - vota arborum frugumque sunt + prop. inf., Plin.: les arbres et les céréales demandent que...    - vota sua petit, Ov.: il demande l'objet de sa flamme.    - votum et funus, Apul.: les noces et les funérailles.    - ad tertia vota migrare,Cod. Just. 5, 9, 4: convoler en troisièmes noces.
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    votum, i, n. [st2]1 [-] objet promis ou donné comme offrande. [st2]2 [-] vœu, promesse aux dieux. [st2]3 [-] prière accompagnant un voeu, prière; souhait, désir. [st2]4 [-] objet des voeux; chose souhaitée ou aimée. [st2]5 [-] voeux publics, prières pour le prince, prières pour l'Etat. [st2]6 [-] voeux nuptiaux; mariage.    - votis incendimus aras, Virg. En. 3.279: pour nos voeux nous embrasons les victimes sur les autels.    - Danai in voto (= in equo Trojano) latent, Petr. 89: les Grecs sont cachés dans leur offrande.    - a - vota facere (suscipere, nuncupare, concipere, vovere): faire des voeux.    - votum facere aliquid, Plin.: faire voeu d'offrir un objet.    - votum solvere (persolvere, dissolvere, exsolvere, reddere): s'acquitter d'un voeu, accomplir un voeu.    - voto fungi (liberari): accomplir un voeu.    - votum debere, Cic.: être lié par un voeu.    - voto teneri, Cic.: être lié par un voeu.    - voti damnatus, Liv.: lié par un voeu.    - vota exaudire, Virg.: exaucer les voeux.    - votis annuere (adesse), Ov.: exaucer les voeux.    - vota canere Junoni, Virg.: chanter des hymnes en l'honneur de Junon.    - voto stare cum aliquo, Caes.: faire des voeux pour qqn.    - ex voto: conformément à un voeu ou au gré de ses désirs, à souhait.    - [abcl]b - vota facere (suscipere): adresser des prières.    - deos votis (in vota) vocare, Virg.: invoquer les dieux, implorer les dieux.    - voti compos (potens): qui a vu son voeu se réaliser.    - ad votum, Sén, Ep. 2, 15, 3: à souhait.    - contra votum: contrairement au voeu, à regret (formule d'épitaphe).    - votum imperata faciendi, Plin.-jn.: le désir d'obéir.    - voto fertilior tuo, Ov. A. A. 1, 90: plus fertile que tu ne pouvais le souhaiter.    - vota arborum frugumque sunt + prop. inf., Plin.: les arbres et les céréales demandent que...    - vota sua petit, Ov.: il demande l'objet de sa flamme.    - votum et funus, Apul.: les noces et les funérailles.    - ad tertia vota migrare,Cod. Just. 5, 9, 4: convoler en troisièmes noces.
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        Votum, voti. Cic. Veu, Promesse faicte à Dieu.
    \
        Votum. Ouid. Chose obtenue et impetree de Dieu par prieres et supplications, Chose fort desiree.
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        Amarum votum. Claud. Desir qui porte dommage à celuy qui l'a obtenu.
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        Furialia vota. Sil. Desir furieux, Convoitise ou affection desordonnee.
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        Furiosa. Ouid. Cupidité furieuse.
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        Futile votum. Sil. Desir vain et inutile.
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        Ignauum. Claud. Quand on souhaite quelque chose, et neantmoins on ne travaille point pour y parvenir.
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        Pia vota. Ouid. Prieres de gents de bien faictes à Dieu.
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        Publica. Ouid. Prieres publiques, comme l'eglise fait.
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        Tristia. Ouid. D'une personne triste.
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        Annuit votis nostris Deus. Clau. Dieu a exaulcé noz prieres.
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        Canere vota diuis. Virgil. Hymnes et prieres.
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        Concipere vota. Ouid. Prier Dieu.
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        Concepta vota. Sil. Veux ou prieres faictes par certaines formules de parolles.
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        Corrigere vota sua. Ouid. Corriger son appetit et fol desir.
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        Dissoluere vota. Cic. Accomplir son veu.
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        In vota effundi. Tacit. Prier et supplier de toute sa puissance.
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        Exequi annua vota. Virgil. Comme quand on fait dire tout les ans à certain jour un obit pour un trespassé.
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        Facere vota. Cic. Desirer et souhaiter, ou Faire supplication.
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        Inhibere vota alicuius rogando. Ouid. Engarder aucun par prieres de faire ce qu'il avoit affection de faire.
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        Liberari voti, pro voto. Liuius. Estre acquicté d'un veu faict à Dieu.
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        Votis vota nectere. Lucret. Faire veu sur veu.
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        Obligare votis caput. Horat. S'obliger à un veu et promesse.
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        Onerare votis aethera. Virgil. Faire beaucoup de veux et promesses à Dieu.
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        Poscere opem votis. Ouid. Par prieres.
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        Feralia vota sancire diis Stygiis contra aliquem. Stat. Faire que le diable l'emporte, Le donner au diable.
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        Fidem voti soluere. Ouid. Accomplir son veu et promesse.
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        Tacito suspendit vota labello. Catull. Elle fait des veux en parlant tout bas, ou sans parler.
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        Vocare aliquem in vota. Virgil. Luy dire qu'il prie Dieu pour nous.
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        Vocare diuos in vota. Virgil. Reclamer, Requerir à son aide.
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        Vocari votis. Virgil. Estre invoqué par prieres.
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        Votum. Plin. iunior. Desir, Souhait.
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        Compos voti. Senec. Qui fait ce qu'il veult, Qui ha son souhait.
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        Matura vota coloni. Ouid. Les bleds meurs fort desirez par le laboureur.
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        Deplorata vota colonorum. Ouid. Quand les laboureurs pleurent leurs bleds gastez, pour lesquels ils avoyent faict tant de prieres à Dieu.
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        Melior fingi ne voto quidem posset. Plin. iunior. On n'en pourroit souhaiter un meilleur.
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        Implere votum alicuius. Curt. Accomplir son desir.
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        Potiri voto. Ouid. Jouir de ce qu'on desiroit.
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        Respondere votis alicuius. Virgil. Satisfaire ou desir d'aucun.
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        Succedere in vota alicuius. Ouid. Convoiter ce qu'un autre avoit desja convoité.
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        Superant modum tua vota. Stat. Tes desirs sont excessifs.
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        Est in voto scire quid ferat, etc. Persius. Je desire fort et convoite de scavoir, etc.

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  • 8 solvō

        solvō solvī (soluit, Ct.; soluisse, Tb.), solūtus, ere    [2 se+luo], to loosen, unbind, unfasten, unfetter, untie, release: iube solvi (eum), T.: ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt: ita nexi soluti (sunt), L.: Solvite me, pueri, V.: quo modo solvantur (nodi), Cu.: solve capillos, untie, O.: crines, let down, O.: terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae, i. e. thawed, H.: Solve senescentem equum, i. e. from service, H.: talibus ora solvit verbis, freely opens, O.: Solvite vela, unfurl, V.— To detach, remove, part, disengage, free: ancorā solutā (i. e. a litore): classis retinacula solvi iussit, O.: teque isto corpore solvo, V.: partūs, to bring forth, O.—Of ships, to free from land, set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart: navīs solvit, Cs.: primis tenebris solverat navem, L.: cum foedere solvere navīs, O.: navīs a terrā solverunt, Cs.: ab Corintho solvere navīs, L.: tertia fere vigiliā solvit (sc. navem), Cs.: nos eo die cenati solvimus: a Brundusio solvit, L.: Alexandriā solvisse: portu solventes.— To untie, unfasten, unlock, unseal, open: ille pharetram Solvit, uncovered, O.: solutā epistulā, N.: solutis fasciis, Cu.— To take apart, disintegrate, disunite, dissolve, separate, break up, scatter, dismiss: ubi ordines procursando solvissent, L.: agmina Diductis solvēre choris, V.: solvit maniplos, Iu.: coetuque soluto Discedunt, O.: urbem solutam reliquerunt, disorganized: si solvas ‘Postquam discordia tetra’... Invenias, etc., H.— To relax, benumb, make torpid, weaken: ima Solvuntur latera, V.: pennā metuente solvi, i. e. unflagging, H.: illi solvuntur frigore membra, V.: corpora somnus Solverat, O.: somno vinoque solutos, O.: Solvitur in somnos, V.— To loosen, break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, scatter: omne conligatum solvi potest: solvere navīs et rursus coniungere, Cu.: membra ratis, O.— To dissolve, melt, turn, change: nives solvere, melt, O.: (vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem, V.—Of fastenings, to loose, remove, cancel, untie, unlock: nullo solvente catenas, O.: Frenum solvit, Ph.: Solvitur acris hiemps, H.: a corpore bracchia, relaxes his hold, O.: crinalīs vittas, V.: vinculum epistulae, Cu.—Fig., to free, set free, release, loose, emancipate, relieve, exempt: linguam ad iurgia, O.: cupiditates suas, Cu.: Bassanitas obsidione, L.: ut religione civitas solvatur: Vopiscus, solvatur legibus, be exempted: petente Flacco ut legibus solveretur, L.: ut is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solvat, release the testamentary heirs: reus Postumus est eā lege... solutus ac liber, i. e. the law does not apply to: solutus Legibus insanis, H.: vos curis ceteris, T.: solvent formidine terras, V.: Vita solutorum miserā ambitione, H.: longo luctu, V.: calices quem non fecere Contractā in paupertate solutum? i. e. from cares, H.: ego somno solutus sum, awoke.— To acquit, absolve, cleanse, relieve: ut scelere solvamur, be held guiltless: hunc scelere solutum periculo liberavit: Sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei, O.— To relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe (poet.): solvatur fronte senectus (i. e. frons rugis solvatur), be cleared, H.: arctum hospitiis animum, H.—Of ties, obligations, or authority, to remove, cancel, destroy, efface, make void, annul, overthrow, subvert, violate, abolish: solutum coniugium, Iu.: nec coniugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus, O.: culpa soluta mea est, O.: quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia conruperat, S.: solvendarum legum principium (i. e. dissolvendarum), Cu.: disciplinam militarem, subvert, L.: pactique fide data munera solvit, i. e. took back, O.— To loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse, dissolve, destroy: plebis vis soluta atque dispersa, S.: senectus quae solvit omnia, L.: nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae, H.: hoc firmos solvit amores, O.— To end, remove, relieve, soothe: ieiunia granis, O.: Curam Dulci Lyaeo, H.: corde metum, V.: pudorem, V.: solutam cernebat obsidionem, the siege raised, L.: Solventur risu tabulae (see tabula), H.— To accomplish, fulfil, complete, keep (of funeral ceremonies, vows, and promises): omnia paterno funeri iusta, finish the burial rites: iustis defunctorum corporibus solutis, Cu.: exsequiis rite solutis, V.: vota, fulfil: Vota Iovi, O.: solvisti fidem, you have kept your promise, T.: Esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, i. e. your pledge (to be mine through life), O.— To solve, explain, remove: quā viā captiosa solvantur, i. e. are refuted: Carmina non intellecta, O.: nodos iuris, Iu.—Of debts, to fulfil, pay, discharge, pay off: hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas, settled: Castricio pecuniam iam diu debitam, a debt of long standing: ex quā (pensione) maior pars est ei soluta: rem creditori populo solvit, L.: ut creditae pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: debet vero, solvitque praeclare.—Of persons, to make payment, pay: cuius bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt: ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis: pro vecturā: tibi quod debet ab Egnatio, pay by a draft on Egnatius: numquam vehementius actum est quam ne solveretur, to stop payments: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno res p. esset, able to pay its debt, L.; hence the phrase, solvendo esse, to be solvent: solvendo non erat, was insolvent: cum solvendo civitates non essent: ne videatur non fuisse solvendo.—Of money or property, to pay, pay over, hand over (for pecuniā rem or debitum solvere): emi: pecuniam solvi: pro quo (frumento) pretium, L.: quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur: arbitria funeris, the expenses of the funeral: Dona puer solvit, paid the promised gifts, O.: HS CC praesentia, in cash: legatis pecuniam pro frumento, L.—Of a penalty, to accomplish, fulfil, suffer, undergo: iustae et debitae poenae solutae sunt: capite poenas, S.: meritas poenas solvens, Cu.
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    solvere, solvi, solutus V
    loosen, release, unbind, untie, free; open; set sail; scatter; pay off/back

    Latin-English dictionary > solvō

  • 9 votum

    vōtum, i, n. [voveo].
    A.
    (Acc. to voveo, I.) A solemn promise made to some deity, a vow (freq. and class.; esp. in plur.):

    qui (deus) numquam nobis occurrit neque in optatis neque in votis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36:

    nefaria vota,

    id. Clu. 68, 194:

    nonne animadvertis ex tot tabulis pictis, quam multi votis vim tempestatis effugerint?

    id. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

    voto et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    obstrictum esse religione voti,

    id. ib. 12, 43, 2:

    obligari voti sponsione deo,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

    cum de illo aegroto vota faciebant,

    id. Att. 8, 16, 1:

    vota facere,

    id. Fam. 7, 2, 4; id. Mil. 15, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 2 al.:

    nuncupare,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    suscipere,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

    concipere,

    Ov. M. 7, 594; Liv. 5, 25, 7:

    debere diis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 123:

    solvere,

    id. Phil. 3, 4, 11:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    Jovi reddere,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 46:

    suscipere et solvere,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 35 (44):

    persolvere,

    id. ib. 10, 100 (101):

    voto se exsolvere,

    Petr. 85:

    exsequi,

    Verg. A. 5, 53: voti damnari, i. e. to obtain one's prayer or wish [p. 2015] Liv. 5, 25, 4; 7, 28, 4; 27, 45, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 447 fin.:

    voti reus,

    Verg. A. 5, 237:

    voti liberari,

    Liv. 5, 28, 1.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    A thing solemnly promised, that which is vowed or devoted, a volive offering (mostly poet.):

    lustramurque Jovi, votisque incendimus aras,

    with burnt-offerings, Verg. A. 3, 279:

    Danai in voto (i. e. equo Trojano) latent,

    Petr. 89; cf.:

    iste... de bonis illius in aede Veneris argenteum Cupidinem posuit. Sic etiam fortunis hominum abutebatur ad nocturna vota cupiditatum suarum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142.—
    b.
    Vota, a day on which vows were made for the good of the State (post-class.), Capitol. Pert. 6; Vop. Tac. 9; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 233, § 1.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    (Acc. to voveo, II.) A wish, desire, longing, prayer (perh not ante-Aug.):

    ea esse vota, eam esse voluntatem omnium, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 15, 3:

    ejus me compotem voti facere vos potestis,

    id. 7, 40, 6:

    quoniam res Romana contra spem votaque ejus velut resurgeret,

    id. 24, 45, 3; 35, 42, 5:

    quod omnibus votis petendum erat,

    id. 32, 21, 35:

    magnarum cogitationum,

    Petr. 115:

    audivere di mea vota,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 1:

    haec loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 90; id. Tr. 1, 2, 1:

    votum in amante novum,

    id. M. 3, 468:

    voti potens,

    id. ib. 8, 80:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 82:

    vota parentium,

    id. 1, 2, 25: id enim voto meo sufficit;

    illud supra votum, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 3:

    Darius votum meum implevit,

    Curt. 4, 13, 24; 4, 13, 8; Sen. Polyb. 10, 6:

    cunctis super vota fluentibus,

    Tac. H. 3, 48; Sen. Ben. 6, 30, 1:

    votum aliquem confodiendi,

    Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. ib. 58:

    hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 1:

    esse in voto,

    Pers. 3, 48; cf.:

    sed hoc votum est et rara felicitas,

    is rather a thing to be wished, Quint. 12, 5, 6 Spald.; so, votum est, ut, etc., it is to be wished that, etc., Cels. 6, 6, 1:

    an venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5:

    non sine votis: O rus, quando ego te aspiciam?

    id. S. 2, 6, 59. —Of inanimate things:

    alioquin vota arborum frugumque communia sunt nivis diutinas sedere,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    2.
    A marriage vow, matrimonial engagement, marriage (post-class.):

    ad tertia vota migrare,

    Cod. Just. 5, 9, 4; 5, 5, 24; 5, 1, 2:

    nuptualia,

    App. M. 4, p. 154, 18; id. Flor. p. 342, 27.

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  • 10 solvo

    solvo, solvī, solūtum, ere (se u. luo), lösen, I) etwas An- od. Zusammengebundenes ab-, auflösen, los-, aufbinden, los-, aufwickeln, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: funem a stipite, Ov.: corollas de nostra fronte, Prop. – a corpore brachia od. nexus, Ov.: vinculum epistulae, Curt.: vincla iugis (boum), Tibull.: catenas, Ov.: frenum, Phaedr.: crines, capillos, Tibull., Hor. u.a.: tunicas, Tibull.: zonas, Hor.: nodum, Tibull. – 2) prägn.: a) lebender Wesen Bande lösen, sie losbinden, entfesseln, alqm, Plaut. u. Ter.: equum senescentem, abspannen, Hor.: canem, Phaedr.: leones soluti (Ggstz. alligati), Sen. – b) lebloser Dinge Bande lösen und sie so öffnen, cistulam, Plaut.: epistulam, Cic.: venam cultello, Colum.: ora (den Mund), Ov.: ergastula, Brut. in Cic. ep. u. Caes. – als mediz. t.t., ventrem, alvum, offenen Leib machen, Colum., Cels. u. Plin. – c) als naut. t.t., solvere ancoram od. navem, den befestigten Anker, das am Lande befestigte Schiff lösen, den Anker lichten, absegeln, Cic. u.a.: ebenso solvere oram, Quint., funem, Verg., naviculae funem (Ggstz. praecīdere), Hieron.: funem arenā, Prop.: u. absol., e portu navis solvitur, segelt ab, Plaut.: naves conscenderunt et a terra solverunt, Caes.: Alexandriā, portu solvere (v. den Schiffern), Cic.: naves ex portu solverunt, Caes.

    B) übtr.: 1) als kaufm. t.t. = eine Schuld, einen Lohn usw. lösen, abtragen = ab-, be-, auszahlen, a) eig.: α) alqd: decem minas, Plaut.: pecuniam debitam, Cic.: creditas pecunias, Caes.: pretium, Sall. fr.: pretium ex fisco, Eutr.: pro frumento nihil, Cic.: pecunias creditoribus, Plin. ep.: pretium operae praeceptori, Sen.: dotem matri, ICt.: dies solvendae pecuniae, Zahlungstag, Amm. u. ICt. – absol., creditoribus (Dat.), Sen.: qui pro vectura solveret, Cic.: ab alqo, durch jmd. (einen Wechsler usw.), Plaut. u. Cic.: solvendo non erat, war zahlungsunfähig, Cic.; aber auch solvendo aeri alieno non erat, Liv.; u. ad solvendum non esse, Vitr.: in solutum u. pro soluto, als Bezahlung, Sen. u. ICt. – β) solvere alqm, jmd. bezahlen, Plaut.: Passiv solvi = bezahlt werden, ICt. – b) übtr., lösen, abzahlen, abtragen, erweisen, si solveris (ea quae polliceris), Cic.: u. so promissum, Val. Max.: vota, Plaut. u. Cic.: grates alci, Vell. – omnia iusta paterno funeri, Cic.: exsequias rite, Verg.: suprema alci, Tac. – beneficia, vergelten, Cael. in Cic. ep.: fidem, sein Wort lösen, -halten, Ter., Planc. in Cic. ep. u.a. (s. Duker Flor. 1, 1, 12. Krebs-Schmalz Antib.7 unter solvere): capite poenas, mit dem Leben büßen, Sall.: iniuriam magnis poenis, Ov. – 2) von etw. (wie von einer Fessel) lösen, befreien, entbinden (dispensieren), entfesseln, alqm curā et negotio, Cic.: alqm dementiā, Hor.: civitatem, rem publicam religione, Cic. u. Liv.: civitatem voto, Iustin.: alqm legibus, Liv.: per aes et libram heredes testamenti (die Testamentserben), Cic.: ego somno solutus sum, entfesselt, Cic.: nec Rutulos solvo, nehme die R. nicht aus, Verg. – linguam ad iurgia, Ov.: cupiditates, Curt.: numeri lege soluti, fessellose, Hor. carm. 4, 2, 12: ut si solvas (entfesselst = in Prosa auflösest) »post quam Discordia etc.«, Hor. sat. 1, 4, 60.

    II) zu einem Ganzen Verbundenes auflösen, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: a) im allg.: pontem, abbrechen, Tac.: navim, zerschellen, Ov. – b) insbes., in Flüssigkeit auflösen = schmelzen, nivem, Ov.: silices fornace, Ov.: rigor auri solvitur aestu, Lucr.: solvuntur viscera, gehen in Fäulnis über, Verg. – 2) übtr.: a) Nebeneinandergestelltes, Vereinigtes lösen, trennen, commissas acies, Prop.: agmina diductis choris, Verg.: amicos, Prop. – b) auflösen = erschlaffen, schwächen, senectus corpus solvit, Curt.: homines solverat alta quies, Ov.: solvuntur frigore membra, Verg.: corpus in Venerem, Verg.: vires ipsas specie solvi, Quint.: in otia solvi, Prop.: solvi morte u. bl. solvi, sterben, Ov.: u. so morbo, inediā solvi, Flor. u. Petron.

    B) bildl.: 1) auflösend aufheben, a) ein Ende machen, vertreiben, benehmen, obsidionem, Curt.: convivium, Curt.: iniuriam, Sall. fr.: ebrietatem, Cels.: lassitudinem, Plin.: tristes affectus, Quint.: noctem faces multae variaque lumina solvebant, Plin. ep.: Passiv, hiems solvitur, löst sich = vergeht, Hor. – b) der Kraft entbindend auflösen, aufheben = für ungültig erklären, kassieren, brechen, matrimonium, Iustin.: leges, Curt.: traditum a prio ribus morem, Liv.: istum morem, Curt.: foedus, Eutr.: pacem, Eutr.: fidem, Ambros. de off. 3, 10, 69: ipsam fori sanctitatem ludorum talarium licentiā, entweihen, Quint.: solventur risu tabulae, die Gesetzestafeln werden durch G. ihre Kraft verlieren, Hor. – c) etw. aufgeben, sich einer Sache entschlagen, pudorem (das sittliche Bedenken), Verg.: metum corde, Verg. – 2) erklärend lösen, auflösen, enträtseln, aufklären, iuris nodos et legum aenigmata, Iuven.: aenigmata, Quint.: captiosa, Cic.: carmina, Ov.: errorem omnium, Phaedr. – / Perf. soluīt dreisilb., Catull. 2, 13: soluīsse viersilb., Tibull. 4, 5, 16. – parag. Infin. Präs. Pass. solvier, Boëth. cons. phil. 4. metr. 5, 16.

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  • 11 solvo

    solvo, solvī, solūtum, ere (se u. luo), lösen, I) etwas An- od. Zusammengebundenes ab-, auflösen, los-, aufbinden, los-, aufwickeln, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: funem a stipite, Ov.: corollas de nostra fronte, Prop. – a corpore brachia od. nexus, Ov.: vinculum epistulae, Curt.: vincla iugis (boum), Tibull.: catenas, Ov.: frenum, Phaedr.: crines, capillos, Tibull., Hor. u.a.: tunicas, Tibull.: zonas, Hor.: nodum, Tibull. – 2) prägn.: a) lebender Wesen Bande lösen, sie losbinden, entfesseln, alqm, Plaut. u. Ter.: equum senescentem, abspannen, Hor.: canem, Phaedr.: leones soluti (Ggstz. alligati), Sen. – b) lebloser Dinge Bande lösen und sie so öffnen, cistulam, Plaut.: epistulam, Cic.: venam cultello, Colum.: ora (den Mund), Ov.: ergastula, Brut. in Cic. ep. u. Caes. – als mediz. t.t., ventrem, alvum, offenen Leib machen, Colum., Cels. u. Plin. – c) als naut. t.t., solvere ancoram od. navem, den befestigten Anker, das am Lande befestigte Schiff lösen, den Anker lichten, absegeln, Cic. u.a.: ebenso solvere oram, Quint., funem, Verg., naviculae funem (Ggstz. praecīdere), Hieron.: funem arenā, Prop.: u. absol., e portu navis solvitur, segelt ab, Plaut.: naves conscenderunt et a terra solverunt, Caes.: Alexandriā, portu solvere (v. den Schiffern), Cic.: naves ex portu solverunt, Caes.
    B) übtr.: 1) als kaufm. t.t. = eine Schuld, einen
    ————
    Lohn usw. lösen, abtragen = ab-, be-, auszahlen, a) eig.: α) alqd: decem minas, Plaut.: pecuniam debitam, Cic.: creditas pecunias, Caes.: pretium, Sall. fr.: pretium ex fisco, Eutr.: pro frumento nihil, Cic.: pecunias creditoribus, Plin. ep.: pretium operae praeceptori, Sen.: dotem matri, ICt.: dies solvendae pecuniae, Zahlungstag, Amm. u. ICt. – absol., creditoribus (Dat.), Sen.: qui pro vectura solveret, Cic.: ab alqo, durch jmd. (einen Wechsler usw.), Plaut. u. Cic.: solvendo non erat, war zahlungsunfähig, Cic.; aber auch solvendo aeri alieno non erat, Liv.; u. ad solvendum non esse, Vitr.: in solutum u. pro soluto, als Bezahlung, Sen. u. ICt. – β) solvere alqm, jmd. bezahlen, Plaut.: Passiv solvi = bezahlt werden, ICt. – b) übtr., lösen, abzahlen, abtragen, erweisen, si solveris (ea quae polliceris), Cic.: u. so promissum, Val. Max.: vota, Plaut. u. Cic.: grates alci, Vell. – omnia iusta paterno funeri, Cic.: exsequias rite, Verg.: suprema alci, Tac. – beneficia, vergelten, Cael. in Cic. ep.: fidem, sein Wort lösen, -halten, Ter., Planc. in Cic. ep. u.a. (s. Duker Flor. 1, 1, 12. Krebs-Schmalz Antib.7 unter solvere): capite poenas, mit dem Leben büßen, Sall.: iniuriam magnis poenis, Ov. – 2) von etw. (wie von einer Fessel) lösen, befreien, entbinden (dispensieren), entfesseln, alqm curā et negotio, Cic.: alqm dementiā, Hor.: civitatem, rem publicam religione, Cic. u. Liv.: civitatem voto, Iustin.: alqm
    ————
    legibus, Liv.: per aes et libram heredes testamenti (die Testamentserben), Cic.: ego somno solutus sum, entfesselt, Cic.: nec Rutulos solvo, nehme die R. nicht aus, Verg. – linguam ad iurgia, Ov.: cupiditates, Curt.: numeri lege soluti, fessellose, Hor. carm. 4, 2, 12: ut si solvas (entfesselst = in Prosa auflösest) »post quam Discordia etc.«, Hor. sat. 1, 4, 60.
    II) zu einem Ganzen Verbundenes auflösen, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: a) im allg.: pontem, abbrechen, Tac.: navim, zerschellen, Ov. – b) insbes., in Flüssigkeit auflösen = schmelzen, nivem, Ov.: silices fornace, Ov.: rigor auri solvitur aestu, Lucr.: solvuntur viscera, gehen in Fäulnis über, Verg. – 2) übtr.: a) Nebeneinandergestelltes, Vereinigtes lösen, trennen, commissas acies, Prop.: agmina diductis choris, Verg.: amicos, Prop. – b) auflösen = erschlaffen, schwächen, senectus corpus solvit, Curt.: homines solverat alta quies, Ov.: solvuntur frigore membra, Verg.: corpus in Venerem, Verg.: vires ipsas specie solvi, Quint.: in otia solvi, Prop.: solvi morte u. bl. solvi, sterben, Ov.: u. so morbo, inediā solvi, Flor. u. Petron.
    B) bildl.: 1) auflösend aufheben, a) ein Ende machen, vertreiben, benehmen, obsidionem, Curt.: convivium, Curt.: iniuriam, Sall. fr.: ebrietatem, Cels.: lassitudinem, Plin.: tristes affectus, Quint.: noctem faces multae variaque lumina solvebant, Plin. ep.:
    ————
    Passiv, hiems solvitur, löst sich = vergeht, Hor. – b) der Kraft entbindend auflösen, aufheben = für ungültig erklären, kassieren, brechen, matrimonium, Iustin.: leges, Curt.: traditum a prio ribus morem, Liv.: istum morem, Curt.: foedus, Eutr.: pacem, Eutr.: fidem, Ambros. de off. 3, 10, 69: ipsam fori sanctitatem ludorum talarium licentiā, entweihen, Quint.: solventur risu tabulae, die Gesetzestafeln werden durch G. ihre Kraft verlieren, Hor. – c) etw. aufgeben, sich einer Sache entschlagen, pudorem (das sittliche Bedenken), Verg.: metum corde, Verg. – 2) erklärend lösen, auflösen, enträtseln, aufklären, iuris nodos et legum aenigmata, Iuven.: aenigmata, Quint.: captiosa, Cic.: carmina, Ov.: errorem omnium, Phaedr. – ⇒ Perf. soluīt dreisilb., Catull. 2, 13: soluīsse viersilb., Tibull. 4, 5, 16. – parag. Infin. Präs. Pass. solvier, Boëth. cons. phil. 4. metr. 5, 16.

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  • 12 nuncupo

    nuncŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (nuncupassit for nuncupaverit; v. in the foll.), v. a. [nomencapio], to call by name, to call, name (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.;

    esp. in jurid. lang.: quem cultrix nomine nostro nuncupat,

    Ov. F. 1, 246; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; Quint. 8, 3, 27 Spald. N. cr.; cf.: designo, declaro, dico): nuncupare nominare valere apparet in legibus, ubi nuncupatae pecuniae sunt scriptae;

    item in choro, in quo est: Aenea! Quis est qui meum nomen nuncupat? Item in Medio: Quis tu es mulier, quae me insueto nuncupāsti nomine?

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.: CVM NEXVM FACIET MANCIPIVMQVE VTI LINGVA NVNCVPASSIT ITA IVS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf. Cic. Off. 3, 16, 65; cf. also id. de Or. 1, 57, 245: nuncupata pecunia est nominata, certa (nomine certa?), nominibus propriis pronuntiata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.:

    tum illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 71:

    res utiles deorum vocabulis,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 38; Plin. 4, 12, 27, § 91:

    Pompeii M. titulos omnes triumphosque hoc in loco nuncupari,

    id. 7, 26, 27, § 95:

    aliquam reginam,

    Just. 24, 2, 9:

    aliquem Caesarem,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 23, 2:

    Indigetem,

    Ov. M. 14, 608.— Poet.: alicujus fidem, to invoke, Pac. ap. Non. 90, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 78, v 141 Rib.).—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Nuncupare heredem, to name publicly before witnesses as one's heir:

    heredes palam, ita ut exaudiri possint nuncupandi sunt,

    Dig. 28, 1, 21:

    voce nuncupatus heres,

    Just. 12, 15 fin.; Dig. 37, 11, 8: nuncupatum testamentum, a testament drawn up in the presence of witnesses, in which the testator names his heirs, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.—
    B.
    In gen., to constitute or appoint as one's heir, Suet. Claud. 4; id. Calig. 38:

    nec quia offendit alius, nuncuparis, sed quia ipse meruisti,

    Plin. Pan. 43.—
    C.
    To announce publicly, proclaim formally:

    consultatum pro rostris an in senatu an in castris adoptio nuncuparetur,

    Tac. H. 1, 17.—
    D.
    To pronounce vows publicly, to offer vows, to vow: vota nuncupata dicuntur, quae consules, praetores cum in provinciam proficiscuntur faciunt: ea in tabulas praesentibus multis referuntur. At Santra L. II. de verborum antiquitate satis multis nuncupata colligit non directo nominata significare, sed promissa et quasi testificata, circumscripta, recepta, quod etiam in votis nuncupandis esse convenientius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11; Liv. 21, 63:

    cum consul more majorum secundum vota in Capitolio nuncupata, cum lictoribus paludatus profectus ab urbe esset,

    id. 41, 10:

    solvere vota nuncupata pro incolumitate exercitus,

    Val. Max. 1, 1 fin.

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  • 13 mos

    mōs, mōris, m. (vgl. μῶμαι, μῶσθαι), der Wille eines Menschen, I) der Eigenwille, Eigensinn, alieno more od. ex more alīus vivere, Ter.: oboediens fuit mori patris, Plaut.: dominae pervincere mores, den Eigensinn, Prop. – morem alcī gerere, den Willen tun, zu Willen sein, willfahren, Cic. u.a.: morem gerere voluntati alcis, Cic. u. Nep.: morem gerere animo, sein Mütchen kühlen, Ter.: sine me in hac re mihi gerere morem, laß mich gewähren, Ter.: adulescentulo morem gestum oportuit, Ter.

    II) der für die Handlungsweise zur Regel gewordene Wille, A) eig., die Sitte, d.i. 1) die Sitte, das Herkommen, die Gewohnheit, der Gebrauch, die Mode, a) übh.: mos antiquus, Cic. u.a.: omnis divinus humanusque mos, Liv.: mos improbus, Plaut.: mores mali, Plaut.: peregrini, Liv. u. Iuven.: mos pravus, Tac., perversus, Cic.: mores prisci, Liv.: mores maiorum, Liv.: mos solitus, Sen.: sollemnis, Liv.: traditus a maioribus mos, Liv.: traditus ab antiquis mos, Hor. u. Liv.: mos vetus, Tac., vetustus, Tac.: mos Romanorum, Macr.: mores vetusti Carthaginiensium, Nep.: mores legesque Lacedaemoniorum, Gell.: mos ritusque sacrorum, Verg.: mos militiae, Dienstvorschrift, Tac.: lavandi mos, das Baden (als Sitte), Augustin. epist. 54, 10. – accommodare suos mores ad ea, Liv.: adumbrare (kopieren) Macedonum morem, Curt.: qui mos cui potius quam consuli magis usurpandus colendusque est (beobachtet und heilig gehalten werden), Plin. pan.: qui gentis mores condiderunt (begründeten), Curt.: constituere (fest ordnen) regni mores, Liv.: pleraque in iure non legibus sed moribus constant, Quint.: corruptis civitatis moribus, Nep.: de more suo decedere, Cic.: deduci ad parentium (Eltern) consuetudinem moremque, Cic.: proxime morem Romanum ordinati, ganz nach röm. Muster, Liv.: eum ultra Romanorum ac mortalium etiam morem curabant, Sall. hist. fr.: esse in more maiorum (v. Gesetzen, Gebräuchen), Cic.: quod in patriis est moribus, nach der Väter Weise, Cic.: quod moris est, Sen.: ut mos est amicorum, Cic.: ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus, Cic.: ut moris est, Tac.: ut Domitiano moris erat, Tac.: sicuti Pompeio moris erat, Vell. – mos est m. folg. Genet. Gerund., quia mos est ita rogandi, roga, Cic.: u. alci mos est m. folg. Genet. Gerund., quibus peractis morem sibi discedendi fuisse, seien sie allemal auseinander gegangen, Plin. ep. – mos est od. alcis mos est m. folg. Infin., fabam utique ex frugibus referre mos est auspicii causā, Plin.: magorum mos est non humare corpora suorum, Cic.: hic mos erat patrius Academiae, adversari semper omnibus in disputando, Cic.: mos erat civitatis velut publico latrocinio partam praedam dividere, Liv.: quae mos erat praestare defunctis, Sen.: u. alci mos est m. Infin., quibus inter acerrimam saepe pugnam in recentem equum ex fesso transultare mos erat, Liv.: quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat, Sall.: virginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram, Verg. – moris est u. alci moris est m. folg. Infin., quod (pomoerium) numquam proferre moris apud antiquos fuit, Sen. de brev. vit. 13, 8: moris quippe tum erat quamquam praesentem (Caesarem) scripto adire, Tac. ann. 4, 39, 1: fuit moris antiqui eos... aut honoribus auf pecuniā ornare, Plin. ep. 3, 21, 3: sciant, quibus moris est inlicita mirari, Tac. Agr. 42: illis moris erat leges, quas ut contrarias prioribus legibus arguebant, aliarum collatione convincere, Plin. ep. 2, 19, 8 (vgl. übh. die Beispielsammlung bei Schwarz Plin. pan. 13, 3 u. 82, 5. Kritz Tac. Germ. 13, 1 u. Tac. Agr. 33, 1 u. 39, 1. Clav. Suet. in v. mos). – mos est m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. Act. od. Pass., mos erat lustrationis sacro peracto decurrere exercitum, Liv. 40, 6, 5: quā (populari oratione) mos est Athenis laudari in contione eos qui sint in proeliis interfecti, Cic. or. 151: in ipso discrimine, quo templa deis immortalibus voveri mos erat, Liv. 10, 42, 7 (u. so Liv. 3, 55, 12; 30, 17, 13; 37, 24, 4): vota, quae in proximum lustrum suscipi mos est, Suet. Aug. 97, 1. – moris est mit Acc. u. Infin. Act. u. Pass., quem semper illi astare moris fuit, *Vell. 2, 40, 3 H.: intra illud tempus, quo elugere virum moris est, Edict. praet. bei Iulian. dig. 3, 2, 1 u. Frgm. Vat. § 320: moris est advocationibus quoque praesides interdicere, Ulp. dig. 48, 19, 9 pr.: moris est ab imperatore ducturo triumphum consules invitari ad cenam, Val. Max. 2, 8, 6. – mos est od. moris est m. folg. ut u. Konj., mos est hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere, Cic.: negavit moris esse Graecorum, ut in convivio virorum accumberent mulieres, Cic. – moris est m. folg. ne u. Konj., moris erat apud antiquos, ne quis adederet possessiones suas, Schol. Iuven. 1, 95. – fecerat sibi morem (er hatte die S. angenommen) cum tyranno inter paucos ordines circumeundi, Liv.: habebat hoc moris (er hatte es so an der Gewohnheit), quotiens intrasset fidelior amicus, Plin. ep. 1, 12, 7: inducere hoc in mores nostros, Cic.: inducere hunc morem novorum iudiciorum in rem publicam, Cic.: primus hunc morem audiendi induxit Largus Licinius, Plin. ep.: imitari devictarum gentium mores, Curt.: inferre peregrinos mores, Iuven.: quarum (civitatum) mores lapsi ad mollitias pariter sunt immutati cum cantibus, Cic.: hunc morem labefactare conatus, Liv.: si rationum referendarum ius vetus et mos antiquus maneret, Cic.: mutare veterem et quasi avitum gentibus morem novā imperii cupiditate, Iustin.: legi moribusque parendum est, Cic.: alcis aedilitas maxime prosternit mores, Plin.: pervertere vetustos mores Carthaginiensium, Nep.: percrebruerat eā tempestate pravissimus mos, Tac.: quod in morem vetustas vulgi approbatione perduxit, Cic.: mos non placebat m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. 2, 53, 5: quae in mores recepta sunt, Quint.: disciplinam militarem ad priscos redigere mores, Liv.: reducere intermissum tam diu morem in publicum consulendi, Plin. ep.: post longam intercapedinem reducere morem transvectionis, Suet.: referre antiquum morem, ut etc., Suet.: hunc morem cursus primus Ascanius rettulit, Verg.: et relatus inconditae olim vitae mos, ut omne ius in viribus esset, Sall. fr.: regi neque moribus neque lege aut imperio cuiusquam, Sall.: retinere eum morem, Cic.: in ea epistula non esse solitum morem secutum, Sen.: servare traditum ab antiquis morem, Hor.: morem eum diu servasse, Mela: non inutilem servare morem, Quint.: in quo (iudicio) non mos consuetudoque servata, Cic.: hunc antiquitus morem servare, ut etc., Liv.: solvere traditum a maioribus morem de omnibus senatum consulendi, Liv.: eum morem tenere (festhalten, beobachten), Cic.: hunc morem sacrorum tenere, Verg.: morem suum adhuc tenere (v. Massilia), Mela.: morem traditum (esse) a maioribus, ut etc., Liv.: veterem illam excellentemque prudentiam Graecorum ad nostrum usum moremque transferre, für uns benutzen u. unserer Weise anpassen, Cic.: in Romanos mores transire (Ggstz. intra peregrina exempla manere), Sen.: iam dolor in morem venit meus, schon zur G. ward mein Schm., Ov.: quod iam in morem venerat, ut sine publica auctoritate fieret, Liv. 42, 21, 7: quod tum in morem verterat (als Parenthese), wie das damals schon gewöhnlich war, Tac. – im Abl. od. m. Praepp. zu adverbialen Wendungen, omnium Latine loquentium more, Cic.: more maiorum, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: more institutoque maiorum, Cic.: more hominum, wie gewöhnlich in der Welt, Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 967): more pecorum, Sall. hist. fr.: more pecudum, Curt.: meo, tuo, suo more, Cic.: miro more, Ov.: solito more, Sen. u.a.: usitato more, Cic.: vetusto more, Tac.: vetere apud Germanos more, Tac.: ex od. e more, Verg., Plin. ep., Suet. u.a.: vetere ex more, Tac.: prisco e more, Ov.: ex more Persarum, Nep.: ex aliorum more, Sall.: de more, Verg., Plin. pan. u. Suet.: solito de more, Verg. u. Arnob.: de more rituque priscae religionis, Suet.: contra morem maiorum, Cic. u. Sall.: praeter morem, Ter.: supra morem, Verg.: facinus sine more! Stat. – b) insbes.: α) die Unsitte, das Unwesen, mos partium popularium et factionum, Sall. Iug. 41, 1: omittendus mos hic, quem agitis, Sall. hist. fr. 3, 61, 14 (3, 82, 14): qui mos est in publicum procurrendi et obsidendi vias et viros alienos appellandi? Liv. 34, 2, 9. – β) die (bes. die verderbte) Sitte der Menschen, der Zeit, die (bes. die verderbten) Sitten der Menschen, der Zeit, der (herrschende) Zeitgeist, die Mode, teils m. Genet. saeculi, temporum, wie huius saeculi more, Sen.: saeculi mores, Flor.: mores temporum, Plin. ep. – teils bl. mos, mores, zB. ambitio iam more sancta est, Plaut.: petere honorem pro flagitio more fit, Plaut.: si demutant mores ingenium tuum, Plaut.: mores leges perduxerunt iam in potestatem suam, Plaut.: praesertim cum hi mores tantum iam ad nimiam levitatem et ad ambitionem incubuerint, Cic.: quoniam ita se mores habent, Sall.: ita se habent mores, ut etc., Vell.: novis moribus favere (huldigen), Plin.

    2) die Sitte = das Betragen, Benehmen, die Lebensart, Aufführung, a) übh.: qui istic mos est? Ter. heaut. 562. – gew. Plur. mores, die Sitten, das Wesen, Benehmen, der Wandel (Lebenswandel), das Temperament, der Charakter, praefectus morum, Sittenrichter (zu Karthago), Nep.: praefectura morum, Sittenrichteramt (in Rom), Suet.: morum perversitas alcis, Suet.: imitatio morum alienorum, quae ηθοποιΐα dicitur, Quint. – mores commodi, Cic.: dissoluti, Phaedr. u. Eutr.: mores feri immanisque natura, Cic.: alcis mores integri, iusti, religiosi, timidi, perferentes iniuriarum, Cic.: mores nocentissimi, ganz ruchlose, Quint.: mores perditi, Cic.: mores pessimi, Tac.: mores pudici, severi, Plin.: suavissimi, Cic.: varii, ungleicher Wandel, Tac.: sordidum me et incultis moribus aiunt, ungeschlacht, Sall.: o rem minime aptam meis moribus! Cic.: vir probus et morum veterum, Eutr. – abire in avi mores atque instituta, Liv.: astringere disciplinae severitate alcis mores, Quint.: colligere ex vultibus hominum mores, Petron.: compescere mores rabidos, Ov.: pars una philosophiae, quā mores conformari putantur, Cic.: congruere cum alcis moribus et natura, Cic.: hoc vitā et moribus comprobare, Cic.: conveniunt mores, ihr Wesen (Charakter) stimmt überein, Ter.: describere hominum sermones moresque, Cic.: diutius durant exempla quam mores, Strafexempel als der Wandel eines Menschen, Tac.: repente exuere antiquos mores, Liv.: formare novos collegas in suos mores, Liv.: sui cuique mores fingunt fortunam hominibus, Poët. vet. bei Nep.: suis ea (fortuna) cuique fingitur moribus, Poët. vet. bei Cic.: imitari avi mores disciplinamque, Cic.: induere severos, non modo pudicos mores, Plin.: quae res tam repente mutavit mores tuos? Ter.: pellucent mores ex voce atque actione, Quint.: perdere liberorum suorum mores, Quint.: referre alienos mores ad suos, Nep. – v. Temperament, Character der Tiere, mores (equorum) autem laudantur, qui sunt ex placido concitati et ex concitato mollissimi, Colum.: mores huius pecudis (der Stiere) probabiles habentur, qui sunt propiores placidis quam concitatis, sed non inertes, Colum. – b) bes.: α) gute Sitten, gute Aufführung (guter Lebenswandel), gutes Betragen (vgl. Korte Lucan. 1, 161. Hildebr. Apul. apol. 75. p. 592), mores et vitia, Manil.: periere mores, Sen.: quis (= quibus) neque mos neque cultus erat, ohne (durch Gesetz geregelte) Sitte u. Zucht, Verg.: postquam res eorum civibus moribus (Gesittung) agris aucta, Sall. Cat. 6, 3. – euphem., mores meretricis, gefälliges Betragen = Gefälligkeiten, Gunstbezeigungen, Plaut. most. 286. – β) schlechte Sitten, schlechte Aufführung (schlechter Lebenswandel), schlechtes Betragen, si per mores nostros liceret, Tac. hist. 3, 72.

    B) übtr.: 1) die Art und Weise, Natur, Beschaffenheit, a) übh.: caeli, Verg.: siderum, Verg.: more, ad morem od. in morem, nach Art, wie, mit folg. Genet., Cic., Verg. u. Quint. – b) Die Art, ein Kleid zu tragen, die Tracht, Mode, eodem ornatu et populum vestiri iubet: quem morem vestis exinde gens universa tenet, Iustin. 1, 2, 3.

    2) das Gesetz, die Vorschrift, Regel, mores viris ponere, Verg.: regere populos pacisque imponere morem, Verg. – übtr., v. Lebl., more palaestrae, Hor.: ferrum patitur mores, nimmt Gesetze an, gehorcht, Plin.: sine more furit tempestas, regellos, ohne sich an Gesetze zu binden, unerhört, entsetzlich, Verg.: in morem, regelmäßig, gehörig, Verg.

    lateinisch-deutsches > mos

  • 14 Gelübde

    Gelübde, votum. – heilige (religiöse) Gelübde, religiones. – ein G. tun, votum facere, suscipere (übh.); votum nuncupare (laut vor Zeugen aussprechen), alle auch »für jmd. od. etw.«, pro m. Abl. (z.B. vota suscipere od. nuncupare pro incolumitate principis): ein G. erfüllen, lösen, votum solvere od. exsolvere od. persolvere: durch ein G. gebunden sein, religione voti obstrictum esse: sich durch ein G. gebunden halten, se voto teneri putare: jmd. seines G. entbinden, liberare alqm voto.

    deutsch-lateinisches > Gelübde

  • 15 mos

    mōs, mōris, m. (vgl. μῶμαι, μῶσθαι), der Wille eines Menschen, I) der Eigenwille, Eigensinn, alieno more od. ex more alīus vivere, Ter.: oboediens fuit mori patris, Plaut.: dominae pervincere mores, den Eigensinn, Prop. – morem alcī gerere, den Willen tun, zu Willen sein, willfahren, Cic. u.a.: morem gerere voluntati alcis, Cic. u. Nep.: morem gerere animo, sein Mütchen kühlen, Ter.: sine me in hac re mihi gerere morem, laß mich gewähren, Ter.: adulescentulo morem gestum oportuit, Ter.
    II) der für die Handlungsweise zur Regel gewordene Wille, A) eig., die Sitte, d.i. 1) die Sitte, das Herkommen, die Gewohnheit, der Gebrauch, die Mode, a) übh.: mos antiquus, Cic. u.a.: omnis divinus humanusque mos, Liv.: mos improbus, Plaut.: mores mali, Plaut.: peregrini, Liv. u. Iuven.: mos pravus, Tac., perversus, Cic.: mores prisci, Liv.: mores maiorum, Liv.: mos solitus, Sen.: sollemnis, Liv.: traditus a maioribus mos, Liv.: traditus ab antiquis mos, Hor. u. Liv.: mos vetus, Tac., vetustus, Tac.: mos Romanorum, Macr.: mores vetusti Carthaginiensium, Nep.: mores legesque Lacedaemoniorum, Gell.: mos ritusque sacrorum, Verg.: mos militiae, Dienstvorschrift, Tac.: lavandi mos, das Baden (als Sitte), Augustin. epist. 54, 10. – accommodare suos mores ad ea, Liv.: adumbrare (kopieren) Macedonum morem,
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    Curt.: qui mos cui potius quam consuli magis usurpandus colendusque est (beobachtet und heilig gehalten werden), Plin. pan.: qui gentis mores condiderunt (begründeten), Curt.: constituere (fest ordnen) regni mores, Liv.: pleraque in iure non legibus sed moribus constant, Quint.: corruptis civitatis moribus, Nep.: de more suo decedere, Cic.: deduci ad parentium (Eltern) consuetudinem moremque, Cic.: proxime morem Romanum ordinati, ganz nach röm. Muster, Liv.: eum ultra Romanorum ac mortalium etiam morem curabant, Sall. hist. fr.: esse in more maiorum (v. Gesetzen, Gebräuchen), Cic.: quod in patriis est moribus, nach der Väter Weise, Cic.: quod moris est, Sen.: ut mos est amicorum, Cic.: ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus, Cic.: ut moris est, Tac.: ut Domitiano moris erat, Tac.: sicuti Pompeio moris erat, Vell. – mos est m. folg. Genet. Gerund., quia mos est ita rogandi, roga, Cic.: u. alci mos est m. folg. Genet. Gerund., quibus peractis morem sibi discedendi fuisse, seien sie allemal auseinander gegangen, Plin. ep. – mos est od. alcis mos est m. folg. Infin., fabam utique ex frugibus referre mos est auspicii causā, Plin.: magorum mos est non humare corpora suorum, Cic.: hic mos erat patrius Academiae, adversari semper omnibus in disputando, Cic.: mos erat civitatis velut publico latrocinio partam praedam dividere, Liv.: quae mos erat praestare defunctis, Sen.: u. alci mos est m.
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    Infin., quibus inter acerrimam saepe pugnam in recentem equum ex fesso transultare mos erat, Liv.: quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat, Sall.: virginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram, Verg. – moris est u. alci moris est m. folg. Infin., quod (pomoerium) numquam proferre moris apud antiquos fuit, Sen. de brev. vit. 13, 8: moris quippe tum erat quamquam praesentem (Caesarem) scripto adire, Tac. ann. 4, 39, 1: fuit moris antiqui eos... aut honoribus auf pecuniā ornare, Plin. ep. 3, 21, 3: sciant, quibus moris est inlicita mirari, Tac. Agr. 42: illis moris erat leges, quas ut contrarias prioribus legibus arguebant, aliarum collatione convincere, Plin. ep. 2, 19, 8 (vgl. übh. die Beispielsammlung bei Schwarz Plin. pan. 13, 3 u. 82, 5. Kritz Tac. Germ. 13, 1 u. Tac. Agr. 33, 1 u. 39, 1. Clav. Suet. in v. mos). – mos est m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. Act. od. Pass., mos erat lustrationis sacro peracto decurrere exercitum, Liv. 40, 6, 5: quā (populari oratione) mos est Athenis laudari in contione eos qui sint in proeliis interfecti, Cic. or. 151: in ipso discrimine, quo templa deis immortalibus voveri mos erat, Liv. 10, 42, 7 (u. so Liv. 3, 55, 12; 30, 17, 13; 37, 24, 4): vota, quae in proximum lustrum suscipi mos est, Suet. Aug. 97, 1. – moris est mit Acc. u. Infin. Act. u. Pass., quem semper illi astare moris fuit, *Vell. 2, 40, 3 H.: intra illud tempus, quo elugere virum moris est, Edict. praet. bei Iulian.
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    dig. 3, 2, 1 u. Frgm. Vat. § 320: moris est advocationibus quoque praesides interdicere, Ulp. dig. 48, 19, 9 pr.: moris est ab imperatore ducturo triumphum consules invitari ad cenam, Val. Max. 2, 8, 6. – mos est od. moris est m. folg. ut u. Konj., mos est hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere, Cic.: negavit moris esse Graecorum, ut in convivio virorum accumberent mulieres, Cic. – moris est m. folg. ne u. Konj., moris erat apud antiquos, ne quis adederet possessiones suas, Schol. Iuven. 1, 95. – fecerat sibi morem (er hatte die S. angenommen) cum tyranno inter paucos ordines circumeundi, Liv.: habebat hoc moris (er hatte es so an der Gewohnheit), quotiens intrasset fidelior amicus, Plin. ep. 1, 12, 7: inducere hoc in mores nostros, Cic.: inducere hunc morem novorum iudiciorum in rem publicam, Cic.: primus hunc morem audiendi induxit Largus Licinius, Plin. ep.: imitari devictarum gentium mores, Curt.: inferre peregrinos mores, Iuven.: quarum (civitatum) mores lapsi ad mollitias pariter sunt immutati cum cantibus, Cic.: hunc morem labefactare conatus, Liv.: si rationum referendarum ius vetus et mos antiquus maneret, Cic.: mutare veterem et quasi avitum gentibus morem novā imperii cupiditate, Iustin.: legi moribusque parendum est, Cic.: alcis aedilitas maxime prosternit mores, Plin.: pervertere vetustos mores Carthaginiensium, Nep.: percrebruerat eā tempestate pravissimus mos,
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    Tac.: quod in morem vetustas vulgi approbatione perduxit, Cic.: mos non placebat m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. 2, 53, 5: quae in mores recepta sunt, Quint.: disciplinam militarem ad priscos redigere mores, Liv.: reducere intermissum tam diu morem in publicum consulendi, Plin. ep.: post longam intercapedinem reducere morem transvectionis, Suet.: referre antiquum morem, ut etc., Suet.: hunc morem cursus primus Ascanius rettulit, Verg.: et relatus inconditae olim vitae mos, ut omne ius in viribus esset, Sall. fr.: regi neque moribus neque lege aut imperio cuiusquam, Sall.: retinere eum morem, Cic.: in ea epistula non esse solitum morem secutum, Sen.: servare traditum ab antiquis morem, Hor.: morem eum diu servasse, Mela: non inutilem servare morem, Quint.: in quo (iudicio) non mos consuetudoque servata, Cic.: hunc antiquitus morem servare, ut etc., Liv.: solvere traditum a maioribus morem de omnibus senatum consulendi, Liv.: eum morem tenere (festhalten, beobachten), Cic.: hunc morem sacrorum tenere, Verg.: morem suum adhuc tenere (v. Massilia), Mela.: morem traditum (esse) a maioribus, ut etc., Liv.: veterem illam excellentemque prudentiam Graecorum ad nostrum usum moremque transferre, für uns benutzen u. unserer Weise anpassen, Cic.: in Romanos mores transire (Ggstz. intra peregrina exempla manere), Sen.: iam dolor in morem venit meus, schon zur G.
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    ward mein Schm., Ov.: quod iam in morem venerat, ut sine publica auctoritate fieret, Liv. 42, 21, 7: quod tum in morem verterat (als Parenthese), wie das damals schon gewöhnlich war, Tac. – im Abl. od. m. Praepp. zu adverbialen Wendungen, omnium Latine loquentium more, Cic.: more maiorum, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: more institutoque maiorum, Cic.: more hominum, wie gewöhnlich in der Welt, Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 967): more pecorum, Sall. hist. fr.: more pecudum, Curt.: meo, tuo, suo more, Cic.: miro more, Ov.: solito more, Sen. u.a.: usitato more, Cic.: vetusto more, Tac.: vetere apud Germanos more, Tac.: ex od. e more, Verg., Plin. ep., Suet. u.a.: vetere ex more, Tac.: prisco e more, Ov.: ex more Persarum, Nep.: ex aliorum more, Sall.: de more, Verg., Plin. pan. u. Suet.: solito de more, Verg. u. Arnob.: de more rituque priscae religionis, Suet.: contra morem maiorum, Cic. u. Sall.: praeter morem, Ter.: supra morem, Verg.: facinus sine more! Stat. – b) insbes.: α) die Unsitte, das Unwesen, mos partium popularium et factionum, Sall. Iug. 41, 1: omittendus mos hic, quem agitis, Sall. hist. fr. 3, 61, 14 (3, 82, 14): qui mos est in publicum procurrendi et obsidendi vias et viros alienos appellandi? Liv. 34, 2, 9. – β) die (bes. die verderbte) Sitte der Menschen, der Zeit, die (bes. die verderbten) Sitten der Menschen, der Zeit, der (herrschende) Zeitgeist, die Mode, teils m.
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    Genet. saeculi, temporum, wie huius saeculi more, Sen.: saeculi mores, Flor.: mores temporum, Plin. ep. – teils bl. mos, mores, zB. ambitio iam more sancta est, Plaut.: petere honorem pro flagitio more fit, Plaut.: si demutant mores ingenium tuum, Plaut.: mores leges perduxerunt iam in potestatem suam, Plaut.: praesertim cum hi mores tantum iam ad nimiam levitatem et ad ambitionem incubuerint, Cic.: quoniam ita se mores habent, Sall.: ita se habent mores, ut etc., Vell.: novis moribus favere (huldigen), Plin.
    2) die Sitte = das Betragen, Benehmen, die Lebensart, Aufführung, a) übh.: qui istic mos est? Ter. heaut. 562. – gew. Plur. mores, die Sitten, das Wesen, Benehmen, der Wandel (Lebenswandel), das Temperament, der Charakter, praefectus morum, Sittenrichter (zu Karthago), Nep.: praefectura morum, Sittenrichteramt (in Rom), Suet.: morum perversitas alcis, Suet.: imitatio morum alienorum, quae ηθοποιΐα dicitur, Quint. – mores commodi, Cic.: dissoluti, Phaedr. u. Eutr.: mores feri immanisque natura, Cic.: alcis mores integri, iusti, religiosi, timidi, perferentes iniuriarum, Cic.: mores nocentissimi, ganz ruchlose, Quint.: mores perditi, Cic.: mores pessimi, Tac.: mores pudici, severi, Plin.: suavissimi, Cic.: varii, ungleicher Wandel, Tac.: sordidum me et incultis moribus aiunt, ungeschlacht, Sall.: o rem minime
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    aptam meis moribus! Cic.: vir probus et morum veterum, Eutr. – abire in avi mores atque instituta, Liv.: astringere disciplinae severitate alcis mores, Quint.: colligere ex vultibus hominum mores, Petron.: compescere mores rabidos, Ov.: pars una philosophiae, quā mores conformari putantur, Cic.: congruere cum alcis moribus et natura, Cic.: hoc vitā et moribus comprobare, Cic.: conveniunt mores, ihr Wesen (Charakter) stimmt überein, Ter.: describere hominum sermones moresque, Cic.: diutius durant exempla quam mores, Strafexempel als der Wandel eines Menschen, Tac.: repente exuere antiquos mores, Liv.: formare novos collegas in suos mores, Liv.: sui cuique mores fingunt fortunam hominibus, Poët. vet. bei Nep.: suis ea (fortuna) cuique fingitur moribus, Poët. vet. bei Cic.: imitari avi mores disciplinamque, Cic.: induere severos, non modo pudicos mores, Plin.: quae res tam repente mutavit mores tuos? Ter.: pellucent mores ex voce atque actione, Quint.: perdere liberorum suorum mores, Quint.: referre alienos mores ad suos, Nep. – v. Temperament, Character der Tiere, mores (equorum) autem laudantur, qui sunt ex placido concitati et ex concitato mollissimi, Colum.: mores huius pecudis (der Stiere) probabiles habentur, qui sunt propiores placidis quam concitatis, sed non inertes, Colum. – b) bes.: α) gute Sitten, gute Aufführung (guter Lebenswandel), gutes Betragen (vgl.
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    Korte Lucan. 1, 161. Hildebr. Apul. apol. 75. p. 592), mores et vitia, Manil.: periere mores, Sen.: quis (= quibus) neque mos neque cultus erat, ohne (durch Gesetz geregelte) Sitte u. Zucht, Verg.: postquam res eorum civibus moribus (Gesittung) agris aucta, Sall. Cat. 6, 3. – euphem., mores meretricis, gefälliges Betragen = Gefälligkeiten, Gunstbezeigungen, Plaut. most. 286. – β) schlechte Sitten, schlechte Aufführung (schlechter Lebenswandel), schlechtes Betragen, si per mores nostros liceret, Tac. hist. 3, 72.
    B) übtr.: 1) die Art und Weise, Natur, Beschaffenheit, a) übh.: caeli, Verg.: siderum, Verg.: more, ad morem od. in morem, nach Art, wie, mit folg. Genet., Cic., Verg. u. Quint. – b) Die Art, ein Kleid zu tragen, die Tracht, Mode, eodem ornatu et populum vestiri iubet: quem morem vestis exinde gens universa tenet, Iustin. 1, 2, 3.
    2) das Gesetz, die Vorschrift, Regel, mores viris ponere, Verg.: regere populos pacisque imponere morem, Verg. – übtr., v. Lebl., more palaestrae, Hor.: ferrum patitur mores, nimmt Gesetze an, gehorcht, Plin.: sine more furit tempestas, regellos, ohne sich an Gesetze zu binden, unerhört, entsetzlich, Verg.: in morem, regelmäßig, gehörig, Verg.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > mos

  • 16 dissolutum

    dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

    id. de Sen. 20, 72:

    dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

    Lucr. 6, 356:

    contextum,

    id. 1, 243:

    stamina,

    Tib. 1, 7, 2:

    ornatus comae,

    id. 1, 10, 62:

    capillum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

    sparta navium,

    id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

    pontem,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

    nubila ventis,

    Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

    nubes (ventus, with diducit),

    id. 6, 216:

    glaciem (sol),

    to melt, id. 6, 964:

    aes (fulmen),

    id. 6, 352:

    corpora (vis),

    id. 1, 224:

    se (venti vortex),

    id. 6, 446:

    tenebras luce,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

    dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

    navem,

    Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

    stomachum,

    i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

    ilia sua visu,

    Petr. 24, 5:

    resinam omnem oleo,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

    cohortem Germanorum,

    id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

    animam,

    i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

    dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

    nomen,

    Cic. Planc. 28:

    omne quod debuit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    quae debeo,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

    pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

    poenam,

    to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

    dissolvere et compensare damna,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

    vota,

    id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—
    * b.
    Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—
    2.
    In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.
    II.
    Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.
    A.
    In gen.:

    utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

    amicitiam,

    id. Rosc. Am. 39:

    societatem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    consortionem,

    id. Off. 3, 6:

    matrimonia,

    Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

    perjurium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

    religiones,

    Liv. 40, 29:

    acta Caesaris,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

    leges Caesaris,

    ib. 1, 8 init.:

    judicia publica,

    id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

    hoc interdictum,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

    argentariam,

    id. ib. 4, 11:

    regiam potestatem,

    Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

    rem publicam,

    Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

    severitatem,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

    frigus,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

    mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

    Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

    with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

    id. J. 17, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

    criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

    seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

    Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

    obsecro, dissolve jam me,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.
    A.
    Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

    alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

    Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—
    B.
    Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

    mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

    cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

    in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

    opp. vehemens,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

    (Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

    quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

    Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

    animus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

    mens luxu,

    Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

    consuetudo Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 9;

    and, mores,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

    comitas,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

    Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

    nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.
    a.
    Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

    dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

    Cic. Or. 39, 135.—
    b.
    Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

    dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

    vendere decumas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

    jus suum relinquere,

    id. Caecin. 36:

    factum aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dissolutum

  • 17 dissolvo

    dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

    id. de Sen. 20, 72:

    dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

    Lucr. 6, 356:

    contextum,

    id. 1, 243:

    stamina,

    Tib. 1, 7, 2:

    ornatus comae,

    id. 1, 10, 62:

    capillum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

    sparta navium,

    id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

    pontem,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

    nubila ventis,

    Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

    nubes (ventus, with diducit),

    id. 6, 216:

    glaciem (sol),

    to melt, id. 6, 964:

    aes (fulmen),

    id. 6, 352:

    corpora (vis),

    id. 1, 224:

    se (venti vortex),

    id. 6, 446:

    tenebras luce,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

    dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

    navem,

    Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

    stomachum,

    i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

    ilia sua visu,

    Petr. 24, 5:

    resinam omnem oleo,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

    cohortem Germanorum,

    id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

    animam,

    i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

    dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

    nomen,

    Cic. Planc. 28:

    omne quod debuit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    quae debeo,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

    pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

    poenam,

    to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

    dissolvere et compensare damna,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

    vota,

    id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—
    * b.
    Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—
    2.
    In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.
    II.
    Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.
    A.
    In gen.:

    utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

    amicitiam,

    id. Rosc. Am. 39:

    societatem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    consortionem,

    id. Off. 3, 6:

    matrimonia,

    Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

    perjurium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

    religiones,

    Liv. 40, 29:

    acta Caesaris,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

    leges Caesaris,

    ib. 1, 8 init.:

    judicia publica,

    id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

    hoc interdictum,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

    argentariam,

    id. ib. 4, 11:

    regiam potestatem,

    Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

    rem publicam,

    Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

    severitatem,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

    frigus,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

    mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

    Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

    with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

    id. J. 17, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

    criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

    seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

    Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

    obsecro, dissolve jam me,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.
    A.
    Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

    alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

    Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—
    B.
    Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

    mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

    cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

    in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

    opp. vehemens,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

    (Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

    quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

    Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

    animus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

    mens luxu,

    Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

    consuetudo Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 9;

    and, mores,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

    comitas,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

    Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

    nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.
    a.
    Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

    dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

    Cic. Or. 39, 135.—
    b.
    Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

    dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

    vendere decumas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

    jus suum relinquere,

    id. Caecin. 36:

    factum aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dissolvo

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