undo Copy link Outline I. To untie (a knot)1. solvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 32. dissolvo, 33. exsolvo, 34. rĕsolvo, 3 (to open)5. dissĭpo, 16. expĕdio, 47. dissuo (un-sew), ūtum, 3II. To destroy, to ruin1. irrĭtum facio, or efficio2. infectum reddo3. pessum do, or in one word, pessumdo, dĕdi, dătum, 1 • undo: I. To untie (a knot): 1. solvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3: nodum solvo, Hor. Od. 3, 21, 22. 2. dissolvo, 3: to u. a broom (prov.), scopas dissolvo, Cic. Orat. 71, 233. 3. exsolvo, 3: hastening to get the cord undone, properans exsolvi restim, Pl. Rud. 2, 3, 7. 4. rĕsolvo, 3 (to open): to u. a letter, resolvo literas, Liv. 26, 15. 5. dissĭpo, 1: to join things undone, dissipata connecto, Cic. Or. 71, 235. 6. expĕdio, 4: until this knot be undone, dum hic nodus expediatur, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3. 7. dissuo (un-sew), ūtum, 3: to u. friendships, amicitias d., id. Off. 1, 33, 120: v. to untie, to loose, to unbind. II. To destroy, to ruin: 1. irrĭtum facio, or efficio: you u. everything, omnia irrita facis, Liv. 9, 11: he will not u., non irritum efficiet, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 45. 2. infectum reddo: ib. 47. 3. pessum do, or in one word, pessumdo, dĕdi, dătum, 1: they will u. me or my master, me aut herum pessum dabunt, Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 3: v. to ruin, to destroy.