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

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Contents (2 entries · 7 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• loose, loosen (v.):
    1. I. To render loose, slacken.
      1. 1. laxo, 1: to loosen reins, frenos (habenas) l., Lucan 7, 125: cf. Virg. G. 2, 331, laxant arva sinus, of the stiff soil loosening itself before the genial breath of spring: v. to widen. So relaxo. cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138, where se relaxare is opp. to se astringere.
      2. 2. rĕmitto, 3: to tighten or loosen the reins, habenas vel adducere vel r., Cic. Am. 13, 45 Ov. Phr.: to loosen the soil round the roots of a tree, *solum circa radices arboris leniter movere ac sollicitare (cf. Virg. G. 2, 418, sollicitanda tamen tellus pulvisque movendus): to l. the teeth of any one, alicui dentes labefacere, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 36.
    2. II. To unfasten:
      1. 1. solvo, vi, ūtum, 3: loose the steed that is growing old, solve senescentem equum, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8. to loosen a hound, canem s., Phaedr. 3, 7, 20 see also to untie. So rĕsolvo, 3: to loosen girt raiment, cinctas r. vestes, Ov. M. 1, 382: Cat.
      2. 2. laxo, 1 (rare in this sense): to loosen knots, nodos l., Lucan 4, 632: but in this sense, relaxo is perh. better: to loosen the fastenings of a tunic, tunicae vincla r., Ov. F. 2, 321: Lucr.
      3. 3. rĕfīgo, 3: v. to unfasten.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• LOOSE, LOOSEN
v. solvere, resolvere (to untie): laxare, relaxare (to make loose): refigere (to undo what has been fastened or nailed): to loosen the soil, agrum mollire (about trees), ablaqueare: to loose one’s hold, e manibus emittere, or demittere: to loose (a ship), solvere terra, or simply solvere (sc. navem); ancoram or ancoras tollere; oram solvere (☞ ancoras solvere is very rare, ancoras vellere is of doubtful authority.)