resolvo

resolvo, to untie, unfasten, unbind, loose, loosen, release, open

ignis aurum resolvit
fire melts gold resolutus fatigatione
enervated by weariness

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).

I Lit.
- A In gen.: equos, to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.: juncta juga leonibus, Cat. 63, 76: quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc., Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22: cinctas vestes, Ov. M. 1, 382; cf. nodum, Cels. 7, 4, 4: fila, to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654: vulnera, to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49: oras, to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.: virginem catenis, i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.: crura vinclis, id. A. A. 3, 272: (puella) resoluta capillos, id. Am. 2, 14, 39: claustra, to open, Lucr. 1, 415: litteras, Liv. 26, 15: venas, Tac. A. 6, 48: jugulum mucrone, Ov. M. 1, 227: ferro, id. ib. 6, 643: manum in diversum, Quint. 11, 3, 97: fauces haec in verba, Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.: exspectato Ora sono, id. ib. 13, 126: fatis ora, Verg. G. 4, 452; and simply ora, id. A. 3, 457: ignis aurum resolvit, melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967: nivem, to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.: resolutus repente Rhenus, Suet. Dom. 6: margaritas in tabem, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120: glaebam in pulverem, Col. 11, 2, 60: nummos, to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.: nebulas ventis ac sole, to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf. tenebras (sidere), Verg. A. 8, 591: resoluta caligo, Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11: terra resoluta, Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5: muros ariete, to break down, Sil. 5, 553: cinctos muros, id. 12, 495: saxa, id. 1, 369. —
- B In partic.
- - 1 To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto): felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit, Sen. Ep. 36, 1: (Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi, stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422: nexos artus, id. ib. 4, 695: utrumque (concubitus), Ov. A. A. 2, 683: corpus (somno), id. M. 7, 328: placitā resoluta quiete, id. ib. 9, 468: membra ad molles choros, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13: fatigatione resolutus, id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—
  - 2 Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt: minas, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39 (142): argentum, id. ib. 3, 2, 16 (352); id. Men. 5, 5, 30 (928): pro vecturā, id. As. 2, 4, 27 (433); cf. Cato R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2: damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere, id. ib. 149, 2. —
II Trop.
- A In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo): ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus, Quint. 9, 4, 127: quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi, have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773: teque piacula nulla resolvent, release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34: amore resolutus, Tib. 1, 10, 83: (Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam, liberate, Sil. 17, 206: resoluta legibus urbs, id. 11, 36: ira resoluta frenis legum, Luc. 2, 145: litem quod lite resolvit, does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103: invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit, banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302: tristitiam animi, Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24: dolos tecti ambagesque, i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29: jura (pudoris), id. ib. 4, 27: dolos fraudesque, Sil. 7, 153: gaudia ferro, id. 13, 508: amphiboliam, to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4: ambiguitatem, id. 12, 2, 13: dicta ex parte diversā, i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12: vectigal et onera commerciorum, to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65: stipulationem, Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.: conventionem, ib. 41, 5, 2: emptionem, ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —
- B In partic. (acc. to I. B.).
- - 1 To relax, soften: disciplinam militarem, Tac. H. 1, 51: judices, Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —
  - 2 To pay: unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra), Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (705) (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate: corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo, Mart. 10, 98.—
  - 2 Free, unhampered: os, Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—
  - 3 Unbridled: gaudia, Sil. 11, 305.—Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint: quo resolutius decachinnetis, more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.

re-solvo, solvī, solūtum, ere, wieder auflösen, was gebunden, geschlossen war, dann übh. auflösen, aufbinden, losbinden, I) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: vestes, Ov.: vulnus, Quint.: alqm (vinctum), Colum.: equos, abspannen, Ov.: virginem catenis, Ov.: puella resoluta capillos, mit aufgelöstem Haar, Ov.: resolutis capillis, Liv. – 2) übtr.: a) übh.: glebam in pulverem, Colum.: gleba se resolvit, löst sich auf, wird locker, Verg.: gleba resoluta defluxit, Curt.: nubes resolvuntur in aquas, Sen.: quicquid (natura) composuit, resolvit, quicquid resolvit, componit iterum, Sen.: frenatam tot malis linguam resolvimus, lösen wir von ihren Banden, Plin. pan.: Cerberus immania terga resolvit fusus humi, dehnt aus (zum Schlafe), Verg.: membrum resolutum od. pars resoluta, ein gelähmtes Glied, Cels. – b) öffnen, litteras, Liv.: ora, Ov.: fauces in verba, den Mund zum Reden, Ov. – c) auflösen, schmelzen, nivem, v. Sonne u. Regen, Ov.: margaritas in tabem, Plin.: corpora in tabem iam resoluta, die schon verwesten, Augustin.: auch umschmelzen od. wieder einschmelzen, formas binarias, Geldformen im Werte zweier Goldstücke, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39. § 18. – d) auflösen, vertreiben, nebulas, Ov.: tenebras, Verg. – e) einreißen, muros ariete, Sil. 5, 533: u. cinctos muros, Sil. 12, 495. – f) bezahlen, argentum, Plaut.: pro vectura, Plaut. – II) bildl.: a) auf lösen, endigen, curas, Verg.: litem lite, Hor. – b) jmds. Körper od. dessen Glieder auflösen, der Spannkraft berauben, dah. teils ermatten, entkräften, erschlaffen, weichlich machen, teils schmelzen, entzücken, felicitas illos totos resolvit, macht weichlich, Sen.: ut iacui totis resoluta medullis, entzückt, Ov.: in omnes lusus, in omnes iocos se resolvebant, Sen. rhet. – c) aufheben, vernichten, ungültig machen, stipulationem, ICt.: iura pudoris, verletzen, Verg.: disciplinam militarem, Tac.: fraudes, vereiteln, Sil.: vectigal, aufheben, abschaffen, Tac. – d) befreien, Ausoniam, Sil.: te piacula nulla resolvent, Hor.: amore resolutus, Tibull. – e) entwirren, auflösen, ins Licht setzen, dolos tecti (Labyrinthi) ambagesque, die trügerischen Irrgänge des Hauses entwirren (= jmd. lehren, darin den Weg zu finden), Verg. Aen. 6, 29: amphiboliam, Quint. 7, 9, 14: ambiguitatem, Quint.: distinguendo, dividendo etc., Quint. 12, 2, 13. – dah. widerlegen, ex parte diversa dicta, Quint. 5, 13, 12: m. folg, indir. Fragesatz, Lucr. 5, 770 (773). – f) abfertigen, abzahlen, bezahlen, unā plagā, Plaut. Amph. 705: quadraginta minas danistae, Plaut. Epid. 142 (und so ibid. 352 und Men. 930 Sch. Cato r. r. 144 u. 149); aber Cic. Phil. 14, 38 Halm soluturum.

rĕsolvō, (10) solvī, sŏlūtum, ĕre, ¶ 1 dénouer, délier : equos Ov. F. 4, 180, dételer des chevaux ; virginem catenis Ov. M. 4, 737, débarrasser la jeune fille de ses chaînes ; [poét.] puella resoluta capillos Ov. Am. 2, 14, 39, la jeune fille ayant les cheveux dénoués ¶ 2 [dʼoù] : a) ouvrir : litteras Liv. 26, 15, 9, ouvrir une lettre ; fauces hæc in verba Ov. M. 2, 282, ouvrir la bouche pour dire ceci, cf. Virg. En. 3, 457 ; venas Tac. Ann. 6, 48, sʼouvrir les veines, cf. Ov. M. 1, 227 ; 6, 643 || muros ariete Sil. 5, 553, ouvrir, forcer les murs avec le bélier, cf. Sil. 12, 495 ; b) résoudre, désagréger, dissoudre : aurum Lucr. 6, 967, dissoudre lʼor, cf. Plin. 9, 120 ; Zephyro putris se gleba resolvit Virg. G. 1, 44, sous le souffle du Zéphyr le sol désagrégé se met en miettes ; tenebras Virg. En. 8, 591, dissiper les ténèbres ; c) sʼacquitter de, payer : Pl. Epid. 142 ; 352 ; Men. 930 ; Cato Agr. 144 ; 149 ; d) détendre [les nerfs, les membres] : Virg. En. 6, 422 ; Ov. M. 7, 328 ; 9, 469 ¶ 3 [fig.] a) dissiper : [les soucis] Virg. G. 1, 302 ; [la tristesse] Plin. 24, 24 ; b) résoudre, débrouiller, démêler : [une équivoque] Quint. 7, 9, 4 ; 12, 2, 13 ; dolos tecti Virg. En. 6, 29, débrouiller les pièges du labyrinthe || éclaircir, expliquer : Lucr. 5, 772 || résoudre des objections, les réfuter : Quint. 5, 13, 12 ; c) libérer, dégager (aliquem, qqn) : Hor. O. 1, 28, 34 ; amore resolutus Tib. 1, 10, 83, dégagé des liens de lʼamour, cf. Luc. 2, 145 ; Sil. 11, 36 ; d) détruire les liens de, relâcher : disciplinam militarem Tac. H. 1, 51, relâcher la discipline militaire || rompre, briser : jura pudoris Virg. En. 4, 27, les lois de la pudeur ; onera commerciorum Tac. H. 4, 65, supprimer les charges du commerce ; stipulationem Dig. 21, 2, 57, annuler une convention.

…; hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error ; magnum reginae sed enim miseratus amorem Daedalus ipse dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, caeca regens filo vestigia. Tu quoque magnam partem opere in tanto, sineret dolor, Icare, haberes…

Vergil, Aeneid
…me parat haec illi placet experientia veri. Nec contentus eo est missi de gente Molossa obsidis unius iugulum mucrone resolvit, atque ita semineces partim ferventibus artus mollit aquis, partim subiecto torruit igni. Quod simul inposuit mensis ,…

Ovid, Metamorphoses
…incipiam et rerum primordia pandam, unde omnis natura creet res, auctet alatque, quove eadem rursum natura perempta resolvat, quae nos materiem et genitalia corpora rebus reddunda in ratione vocare et semina rerum appellare suemus et haec eadem…

Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
…et mersis fer opem, mitissima, rebus. Mota dea est sortemque dedit Discedite templo et velate caput cinctasque resolvite vestes ossaque post tergum magnae iactate parentis. Obstipuere diu, rumpitque silentia voce Pyrrha prior iussisque deae parere recusat…

Ovid, Metamorphoses
…lucrandi salis, inutilissimum. non alia de causa opportuniora morbis corpora existunt. galliae et hispaniae frumento in potum resoluto quibus diximus generibus spuma ita concreta pro fermento utuntur, qua de causa levior illis quam ceteris panis. est…

Pliny the Elder, Natural History
…quam uulnus est eodem medicamento inlitum linteolum, et praeterea sucidam lanam aceto tinctam ; tum uulnus deligare et cotidie resoluere, similiterque curare usque ad diem quintum, a sexto die etiam uapore aquae calidae per spongiam fouere, cetera…

Celsus, De Medicina
…uulnus omne, quod ex his causis factum est, si dolor nullus est, quinque primis diebus non est resoluendum, sed bis die tantum aceto inroranda lana uel spongia si dolor est, tertia die resoluendum, et ubi…

Celsus, De Medicina
…, et ab accusatoribus cruentum gladium ostendi et lecta e vulneribus ossa et vestes sanguine perfusas videmus, et vulnera resolvi, verberata corpora nudari. quarum rerum ingens plerumque vis est velut ira rem praesentem animos hominum ducentium, ut…

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria
…peroratione aut memoriam refici aut animos moveri. his argumentandi et adficiendi locos et quibus generibus concitari, placari, resolvi iudices oporteret, adiecimus. accessit ratio divisionis. credere modo qui discet velit materiam quandam variam esse, et…

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria
…et cum dicente aeque audientem inhorrescere. membratim plerumque narrabimus, aut ipsas periodos maioribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus, exceptis quae non docendi gratia, sed ornandi narrantur, ut ut Verrem Proserpinae raptus. haec enim lenis…

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria

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