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|lshtext=<b>ex-solvo</b>: solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811: exsolŭïsse, Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. [[solvo]], init.), v. a., to [[loose]], [[unloose]], to [[unbind]], [[untie]], [[undo]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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]], [[diarrhœa]], Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an [[inanimate]] [[subject]]: ([[ignis]]) exsolvit glaciem, dissolves, melts, Lucr. 6, 878.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[solve]], [[explain]] [[any]] [[thing]] [[enigmatical]] or [[obscure]]: [[perfacile]] est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, [[quare]], etc., Lucr. 2, 381.

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|georg=ex-[[solvo]], solvī, solūtum, ere, I) [[auseinander]] [[lösen]], [[auflösen]], A) eig.: restim, Plaut.: glaciem, [[schmelzen]], (v. [[Feuer]]), Lucr.: venas, [[sich]] die Adern [[öffnen]], Tac.: exsoluta [[alvus]], [[Durchfall]], Tac.: bildl., nodum huius erroris (diesen verwickelten [[Knoten]] der [[Ungewißheit]]), Liv. – B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: exsoluti [[plerique]] [[legis]] [[nexus]], Tac.: exs. [[obsidium]], [[aufheben]], Tac.: famem, [[vertreiben]], Ov.: u. so [[metus]], Lucan. – 2) insbes., erklärend [[auflösen]], [[erklären]], [[perfacile]] est animi ratione exsolvere [[nobis]], [[quare]] etc., Lucr. 2, 381. – II) [[losmachen]], [[befreien]], A) eig.: alqm vinculis, Plaut.: se corpore, Verg.: se e nervis, Lucr. – B) übtr.: 1) alqā re = [[von]] etw. [[losmachen]], [[erlösen]], [[befreien]], plebem aere [[alieno]], Liv.: se occupationibus, Cic.: se suspicione, Ter.: se [[voto]], Petron.: alqm poenā, Tac.: nexos (die Schuldhörigen), Liv. epit. – 2) etw. gleichs. [[von]] der [[Verpflichtung]] [[lösen]], a) [[als]] t. t. der Geschäftsspr., eine Geldschuld u. dgl. [[auszahlen]], [[bezahlen]], [[aes]] alienum, Plin. ep. u. ICt.: nomina, Cic.: dotem, Aur. Vict.: [[legata]], Tac.: domuum et insularum pretia, Tac.: [[stipendium]] praeteritum (den rückständigen [[Sold]]) cum [[fide]], Liv.: u. so stipendia pluribus [[retro]] debita (rückständigen), Lampr.: mercedem decurioni, Tac. – b) übh. zu Leistendes, Versprochenes [[leisten]], [[abtragen]], [[erfüllen]], pretia poenasque, [[austeilen]], Liv.: [[recte]] factis gratiam, [[erweisen]], Liv.: poenas morte, büßen, Tac.: poenas [[male]] consultorum, [[erleiden]], Vell.: beneficia, [[vergelten]], [[wettmachen]], Tac.: culpam, [[sühnen]], Tac. – vota, Liv. u. Tac.: [[promissum]] suum, Tac.: fidem ([[Versprechen]]), Liv.: u. so fidem publicam, Liv.: prioris epistulae fidem, Plin. ep.: [[iusiurandum]], Liv.

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