Lewis Short
sŏlūtĭo (noun F) : id.
* A loosing, unloosing, dissolution (rare but class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: linguae,Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114: totius hominis,id. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—Plur.: ventris et stomachi solutiones,looseness, weakness,Plin. 23, 6, 60, § 112; cf.: stomachi solutio,Cels. 4, 5.
* Trop., a solution, explanation: non est quod expectes, ut solutionem tibi ostendam,Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1: argumentorum,id. ib. 2, 34, 1: somnii,Vulg. Dan. 4, 3; Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2: captionis sophisticae,Gell. 18, 2, 6 (for which: sophismatis resolutio,id. 18, 2, 6, § 10).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary