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exsolvo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : ex-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 (
* Per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811: exsolŭïsse,Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), , to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.
* In gen.: nexus,Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152: properans exsolvi restim,id. Rud. 2, 3, 37: catenas Caecinae,Tac. H. 3, 31: vincula,id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12: pugionem a latere,to ungird,id. H. 3, 68: venas praebere exsolvendas,to be opened,id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17: brachia ferro eodem ictu,id. ib. 15, 63: amictus,to pull off,Stat. S. 1, 5, 53: venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,i. e. in a flux, diarrhoea,Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject: (ignis) exsolvit glaciem,dissolves, melts,Lucr. 6, 878.
* Trop.
* To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.): aliquem vinclis,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so, exsolutus vinculis,Suet. Ner. 49: jube sis me exsolvi cito,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.: sese e nervis (animae),Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811: se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),Verg. A. 11, 829: quo (sanguine),Tac. H. 5, 6.
* In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3: aes alienum,Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2: pretium,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26: multiplicem sortem,Liv. 6, 14, 7: dotem uxori,Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56: legata,Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep.
* In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing: legis nexus,Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.: metus,i. e. to lay aside,Luc. 5, 259: pudorem,Stat. Ach. 1, 565: robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,i. e. to raise,Tac. A. 3, 39.
* In partic.
* To release, free from any thing: animum artis nodis religionum,Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7: animos religione,Liv. 8, 9, 13: populum religione,id. 3, 20, 4: se occupationibus,Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5: aliquem errore, suspicione,Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26: aliquem aere alieno,Liv. 6, 14, 11: curis,Verg. A. 4, 652: sollicitudine,Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11: contumeliā,Tac. A. 13, 36: poenā,id. ib. 14, 12: custode,id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.
* To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation: de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,but did not keep his promise,Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7: vota (deo),Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare): jus jurandum,id. 24, 18, 5: fidem,to fulfil one's promise,id. 26, 31, 10: praemia, poenas alicui,to award,id. 26, 40, 15: gratiam recte factis, alicujus,id. 28, 25, 6; cf. grates,to render, give,Tac. A. 14, 13: beneficia,to repay, requite,id. ib. 11, 18; cf.: vicem beneficio,id. H. 4, 3: poenas morte,to suffer,id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin.
* To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure: perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,Lucr. 2, 381.
* Per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811: exsolŭïsse,Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), , to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.
* In gen.: nexus,Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152: properans exsolvi restim,id. Rud. 2, 3, 37: catenas Caecinae,Tac. H. 3, 31: vincula,id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12: pugionem a latere,to ungird,id. H. 3, 68: venas praebere exsolvendas,to be opened,id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17: brachia ferro eodem ictu,id. ib. 15, 63: amictus,to pull off,Stat. S. 1, 5, 53: venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,i. e. in a flux, diarrhoea,Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject: (ignis) exsolvit glaciem,dissolves, melts,Lucr. 6, 878.
* Trop.
* To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.): aliquem vinclis,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so, exsolutus vinculis,Suet. Ner. 49: jube sis me exsolvi cito,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.: sese e nervis (animae),Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811: se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),Verg. A. 11, 829: quo (sanguine),Tac. H. 5, 6.
* In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3: aes alienum,Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2: pretium,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26: multiplicem sortem,Liv. 6, 14, 7: dotem uxori,Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56: legata,Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep.
* In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing: legis nexus,Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.: metus,i. e. to lay aside,Luc. 5, 259: pudorem,Stat. Ach. 1, 565: robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,i. e. to raise,Tac. A. 3, 39.
* In partic.
* To release, free from any thing: animum artis nodis religionum,Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7: animos religione,Liv. 8, 9, 13: populum religione,id. 3, 20, 4: se occupationibus,Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5: aliquem errore, suspicione,Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26: aliquem aere alieno,Liv. 6, 14, 11: curis,Verg. A. 4, 652: sollicitudine,Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11: contumeliā,Tac. A. 13, 36: poenā,id. ib. 14, 12: custode,id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.
* To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation: de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,but did not keep his promise,Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7: vota (deo),Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare): jus jurandum,id. 24, 18, 5: fidem,to fulfil one's promise,id. 26, 31, 10: praemia, poenas alicui,to award,id. 26, 40, 15: gratiam recte factis, alicujus,id. 28, 25, 6; cf. grates,to render, give,Tac. A. 14, 13: beneficia,to repay, requite,id. ib. 11, 18; cf.: vicem beneficio,id. H. 4, 3: poenas morte,to suffer,id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin.
* To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure: perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,Lucr. 2, 381.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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