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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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    1. I. The act of dissolving: expr. by verb: v. to dissolve.
    2. II. The liquid in which something has been dissolved: dīlūtum, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 46.
    3. III. Explanation, removal of difficulties in argument:
      1. 1. sŏlūtio: argumentorum s., Sen. Ben. 5, 12: s. of a sophism, s. captionis sophisticae, Gell. 18, 2.
      2. 2. rĕsŏlūtio (like solutio): sophismatis r., Gell. l. c.
      3. 3. ēnōdātio (rare): Cic. Top. 7, 31.
      4. 4. explĭcātio: that s. of yours will have done much to advance our present problem, multum ad ea, quae quaerimus, explicatio tua ista profecerit, Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 14. Also expr. by verb to solve: see also explanation, interpretation. Phr.: to require further s., non satis explanari, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 96.