absolvo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absolvo, absolvere, absolvi, absolutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
free (bonds), release; acquit; vote for/secure acquittal; pay off; sum up;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Nusquam equidem quicquam deliqui: hoc primum te absolvo, pater. verum vivere hic non possum neque durare ullo modo..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uideritis quid illi debeatur: ego me etsi peccato absolvo, supplicio non libero; nec ulla deinde impudica Lucretiae exemplo..."