solvō

solvō solvī (soluit, Ct.; soluisse, Tb.), solūtus, ere Source etymology: 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.