solvo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →solvo, solvere, solvi, solutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
loosen, release, unbind, untie, free; open; set sail; scatter; pay off/back;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...trapezitam meum ad praetorem. nam inde rem solvo omnibus quibus debeo. Ther. Ego te in nervom, haud..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...conubia terrae aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo. sic rerum series mundique revertitur aetas. unde novum Troiae decus..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sive errore malo Troiae monitisque sinistris. nec Rutulos solvo. sua cuique exorsa laborem fortunamque ferent. rex Iuppiter omnibus..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Diti sacrum iussa fero teque isto corpore solvo': sic ait et dextra crinem secat, omnis et una dilapsus..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tales adspicio noscoque: adeunt regemque salutant. vota Iovi solvo populisque recentibus urbem partior et vacuos priscis cultoribus agros..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...sola cubare toro. Viderit Atrides: Helenen ego crimine solvo: Usa est humani commoditate viri. Sed neque fulvus aper..."