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Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary", "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059", "description": "(v. a.P. a.) : dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a.\n* To loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).\n* Lit.\n* 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.\n* Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.\n* 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,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13: vota,id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—*\n* Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* In partic.\n* 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. § 4; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.\n* 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. ἀσύνδετον, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).\n* 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),Cic. 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.\n* Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly: dicere demptis conjunctionibus,Cic. Or. 39, 135.\n* Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly: dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.: vendere decumas,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.: jus suum relinquere,id. Caecin. 36: factum aliquid,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1." }, { "dictionary": "TLL", "reference": "Thesaurus Linguae Latinae", "source": "https:\/\/thesaurus.badw.de", "description": "s. TLL<\/a>" } ] } ] }