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|lshtext=<b>dis-solvo</b>: solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[loosen]] [[asunder]], to [[unloose]], [[disunite]], [[separate]], [[dissolve]], [[destroy]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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, id. Verr. 2, 5, 13: vota, id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Mid., transf. to the [[person]]: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo [[modo]] possunt, [[free]] or [[release]] [[themselves]] from [[debt]], Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[dissolve]], [[abolish]], [[abrogate]], [[annul]], [[destroy]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To [[release]], [[disengage]] one: [[obsecro]], [[dissolve]] jam me, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, [[loose]], disconnected.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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), id. 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Acc. to A., [[loosely]], [[disconnectedly]]: dicere demptis conjunctionibus, Cic. Or. 39, 135.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Acc. to B., laxly, [[negligently]], [[carelessly]]: [[dissolute]] et [[turpiter]] scribere de restitutione alicujus, Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.: vendere decumas, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.: jus suum relinquere, id. Caecin. 36: [[factum]] aliquid, id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.
|lshtext=<b>dis-solvo</b>: solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[loosen]] [[asunder]], to [[unloose]], [[disunite]], [[separate]], [[dissolve]], [[destroy]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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, id. Verr. 2, 5, 13: vota, id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Mid., transf. to the [[person]]: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo [[modo]] possunt, [[free]] or [[release]] [[themselves]] from [[debt]], Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[dissolve]], [[abolish]], [[abrogate]], [[annul]], [[destroy]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To [[release]], [[disengage]] one: [[obsecro]], [[dissolve]] jam me, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, [[loose]], disconnected.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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), id. 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Acc. to A., [[loosely]], [[disconnectedly]]: dicere demptis conjunctionibus, Cic. Or. 39, 135.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Acc. to B., laxly, [[negligently]], [[carelessly]]: [[dissolute]] et [[turpiter]] scribere de restitutione alicujus, Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.: vendere decumas, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.: jus suum relinquere, id. Caecin. 36: [[factum]] aliquid, id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.
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|gf=<b>dissolvō</b>,⁹ solvī, sŏlūtum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> dissoudre, séparer, désunir : dissolvere apta Cic. Or. 235, désagréger des parties bien liées, cf. CM 72 ; nodos Lucr. 6, 356, défaire des nœuds ; capillum Plin. 28, 23, dénouer les cheveux ; glaciem Lucr. 6, 964, fondre la glace ; risu [[ilia]] Petr. 24, 5, rire à se rompre les côtes ; stomachum Plin. 20, 96, causer le dévoiement || [[navigium]] dissolutum, [[vel]] [[potius]] dissipatum Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3, navire en morceaux ou plutôt en miettes, cf. Or. 235 || plerosque [[senectus]] dissolvit Sall. J. 17, 6, la plupart s’en vont de vieillesse<br /><b>2</b> détacher qqn qui [[est]] pendu : Pl. Pœn. 148 || [jeu de mots] dégager : Pl. Merc. 166<br /><b>3</b> payer, s’acquitter de : æs alienum Cic. [[Sulla]] 56, payer ses dettes ; [[nomen]] Cic. Planc. 68, acquitter un billet ; pœnam Cic. Tusc. 1, 100, subir une peine ; damna Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, réparer des dommages ; vota Cic. Att. 15, 11, 4, accomplir des vœux ; [[aliquid]] alicui Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 174, payer qqch. à qqn || [pass.] dissolvi Cic. Cat. 2, 18, se libérer, se dégager<br /><b>4</b> [médec.] résoudre, guérir, faire disparaître : Plin. 20, 122 ; 24, 23<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> désunir, désagréger, détruire : amicitias Cic. Læl. 32, rompre les amitiés ; societatem Cic. Com. 38, dissoudre une société ; [[acta]] Cæsaris Cic. Phil. 1, 18, annuler les actes de César ; <b> b)</b> résoudre : interrogationes Cic. Ac. 2, 46, dénouer les mailles d’un raisonnement par interrogations, se dégager d’un raisonnement, cf. de Or. 2, 158 ; utrumque dissolvitur Cic. Tusc. 3, 74, la double objection se résout, tombe ; <b> c)</b> dénouer, relâcher : severitatem Cic. Mur. 65, relâcher la sévérité.
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dis-solvo: solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a.,
I to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).
I Lit.
   A 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.—
   B In partic.
   1    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, id. Verr. 2, 5, 13: vota, id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—*
   b Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—
   2    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.
II Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.
   A 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.—
   B In partic.
   1    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. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—
   2    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one: obsecro, dissolve jam me, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.
   A 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).—
   B 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), id. 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.
   a Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly: dicere demptis conjunctionibus, Cic. Or. 39, 135.—
   b Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly: dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus, Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.: vendere decumas, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.: jus suum relinquere, id. Caecin. 36: factum aliquid, id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dissolvō,⁹ solvī, sŏlūtum, ĕre, tr.,
1 dissoudre, séparer, désunir : dissolvere apta Cic. Or. 235, désagréger des parties bien liées, cf. CM 72 ; nodos Lucr. 6, 356, défaire des nœuds ; capillum Plin. 28, 23, dénouer les cheveux ; glaciem Lucr. 6, 964, fondre la glace ; risu ilia Petr. 24, 5, rire à se rompre les côtes ; stomachum Plin. 20, 96, causer le dévoiement