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

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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rĕsolve: pres imperat act 2nd sg

• rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).
  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: equos, to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.: juncta juga leonibus, Cat. 63, 76: quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc., Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22: cinctas vestes, Ov. M. 1, 382; cf. nodum, Cels. 7, 4, 4: fila, to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654: vulnera, to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49: oras, to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.: virginem catenis, i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.: crura vinclis, id. A. A. 3, 272: (puella) resoluta capillos, id. Am. 2, 14, 39: claustra, to open, Lucr. 1, 415: litteras, Liv. 26, 15: venas, Tac. A. 6, 48: jugulum mucrone, Ov. M. 1, 227: ferro, id. ib. 6, 643: manum in diversum, Quint. 11, 3, 97: fauces haec in verba, Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.: exspectato Ora sono, id. ib. 13, 126: fatis ora, Verg. G. 4, 452; and simply ora, id. A. 3, 457: ignis aurum resolvit, melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967: nivem, to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.: resolutus repente Rhenus, Suet. Dom. 6: margaritas in tabem, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120: glaebam in pulverem, Col. 11, 2, 60: nummos, to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.: nebulas ventis ac sole, to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf. tenebras (sidere), Verg. A. 8, 591: resoluta caligo, Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11: terra resoluta, Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5: muros ariete, to break down, Sil. 5, 553: cinctos muros, id. 12, 495: saxa, id. 1, 369. —
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto): felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit, Sen. Ep. 36, 1: (Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi, stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422: nexos artus, id. ib. 4, 695: utrumque (concubitus), Ov. A. A. 2, 683: corpus (somno), id. M. 7, 328: placitā resoluta quiete, id. ib. 9, 468: membra ad molles choros, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13: fatigatione resolutus, id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—
      2. 2. Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt: minas, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: argentum, id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30: pro vecturā, id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2: damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere, id. ib. 149, 2. —
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo): ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus, Quint. 9, 4, 127: quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi, have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773: teque piacula nulla resolvent, release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34: amore resolutus, Tib. 1, 10, 83: (Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam, liberate, Sil. 17, 206: resoluta legibus urbs, id. 11, 36: ira resoluta frenis legum, Luc. 2, 145: litem quod lite resolvit, does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103: invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit, banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302: tristitiam animi, Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24: dolos tecti ambagesque, i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29: jura (pudoris), id. ib. 4, 27: dolos fraudesque, Sil. 7, 153: gaudia ferro, id. 13, 508: amphiboliam, to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4: ambiguitatem, id. 12, 2, 13: dicta ex parte diversā, i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12: vectigal et onera commerciorum, to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65: stipulationem, Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.: conventionem, ib. 41, 5, 2: emptionem, ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —
    2. B. In partic. (acc. to I. B.).
      1. 1. To relax, soften: disciplinam militarem, Tac. H. 1, 51: judices, Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —
      2. 2. To pay: unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra), Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate: corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo, Mart. 10, 98.—
      3. 2. Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—
      4. 3. Unbridled: gaudia, Sil. 11, 305.—Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint: quo resolutius decachinnetis, more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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rĕsolve: pres imperat act 2nd sg

• rĕsolvō, solvī, sŏlūtum, ĕre,
1. dénouer, délier : equos Ov. F. 4, 180, dételer des chevaux ; virginem catenis Ov. M. 4, 737, débarrasser la jeune fille de ses chaînes ; [poét.] puella resoluta capillos Ov. Am. 2, 14, 39, la jeune fille ayant les cheveux dénoués
2. [d'où] :
  1. a) ouvrir : litteras Liv. 26, 15, 9, ouvrir une lettre ; fauces hæc in verba Ov. M. 2, 282, ouvrir la bouche pour dire ceci, cf. Virg. En. 3, 457 ; venas Tac. Ann. 6, 48, s'ouvrir les veines, cf. Ov. M. 1, 227 ; 6, 643 || muros ariete Sil. 5, 553, ouvrir, forcer les murs avec le bélier, cf. Sil. 12, 495 ;
  2. b) résoudre, désagréger, dissoudre : aurum Lucr. 6, 967, dissoudre l'or, cf. Plin. 9, 120 ; Zephyro putris se gleba resolvit Virg. G. 1, 44, sous le souffle du Zéphyr le sol désagrégé se met en miettes ; tenebras Virg. En. 8, 591, dissiper les ténèbres ;
  3. c) s'acquitter de, payer : Pl. Epid. 142 ; 352 ; Men. 930 ; Cato Agr. 144 ; 149 ;
  4. d) détendre [les nerfs, les membres] : Virg. En. 6, 422 ; Ov. M. 7, 328 ; 9, 469
3. [fig.]
  1. a) dissiper : [les soucis] Virg. G. 1, 302 ; [la tristesse] Plin. 24, 24 ;
  2. b) résoudre, débrouiller, démêler : [une équivoque] Quint. 7, 9, 4 ; 12, 2, 13 ; dolos tecti Virg. En. 6, 29, débrouiller les pièges du labyrinthe || éclaircir, expliquer : Lucr. 5, 772 || résoudre des objections, les réfuter : Quint. 5, 13, 12 ;
  3. c) libérer, dégager (aliquem, qqn) : Hor. O. 1, 28, 34 ; amore resolutus Tib. 1, 10, 83, dégagé des liens de l'amour, cf. Luc. 2, 145 ; Sil. 11, 36 ;
  4. d) détruire les liens de, relâcher : disciplinam militarem Tac. H. 1, 51, relâcher la discipline militaire || rompre, briser : jura pudoris Virg. En. 4, 27, les lois de la pudeur ; onera commerciorum Tac. H. 4, 65, supprimer les charges du commerce ; stipulationem Dig. 21, 2, 57, annuler une convention.
GES Gesner (1)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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rĕsolve: pres imperat act 2nd sg

RESOLVO solui, solutum, ere. [ἀναλύω] Quod ligatum erat soluere. […]
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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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• resolution: ; resolve:
    1. I. Separation into parts: best expr. after Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71, where, speaking of death, he says, "discessus et secretio ac diremptus earum partium quae junctione aliqua tenebantur": or by dissipatio (opp. to concretio) id. N. D. 1, 25, 71: v. dissolution.
    2. II. Solution:
      1. 1. rĕsŏlūtio: the r. of a sophism, r. sophismatis, Gell. 18, 2.
      2. 2. sŏlūtio: id. ib.: Sen.: v. solution, explanation. (N.B.--As a musical t. t. perh. it may be expr. by *resolutio: cf. the verb.)
    3. III. Firmness of purpose:
      1. 1. obstĭnātio (firmness, in a good or bad sense): r. of mind, o. animi, Sen. Ep. 94, 7 Cic.: v. determination.
      2. 2. constantia: to resort to death with inflexible r., irrevocabili constantia ad mortem decurrere, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 2: Cic.: v. constancy.
      3. 3. firmĭtas: v. firmness, steadfastness.
      4. 4. mens, mentis, f. (courage): their r. is weak, and incapable of sustaining reverses, mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas m. eorum est, Caes. B. G. 3, 19: inflexible r., m. solida, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 4.
      5. 5. ănĭmus (spirit: esp. in such phr. as praesentia animi, etc.): with no less r. and confidence, non minore animo ac fiducia, Caes. B. C. 2, 4: bravery and r., a. acer ac praesens, Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84: such was the valour and r. of the soldiers, ea militum virtus atque ea praesentia animi fuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 43.
      6. 6. consĭlium (rare: r. as the result of previous deliberation): the barbarians were not wanting in r., barbaris c. non defuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 34.
    4. IV. Settled purpose:
      1. 1. consĭlium: a rash and hasty r., temerarium ac repentinum c., Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28: dangerous and hot-headed r.s seem more brilliant than calm and thoughtful ones, periculosa et calida c. quietis et cogitatis splendidiora videntur, id. Off. 1, 24, 82: to form a r., c. capere, Cic.; Caes. (foll. by ut or inf.); suscipere, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; inire, Caes. B. G. 6, 5; intendere, Ter. Andr. 4, 3, 18: to change one's r., c. commutare, Caes. B. C. 2, 38: fortune favours his r., comprobat c. fortuna, id. B. G. 5, 58.
      2. 2. sententia (opinion, determination): to have adopted some fixed r., certa aliqua in sententia constitisse, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, ad init.: to overthrow any one's r., proposita s. (aliquem) depellere, id. Lig. 9, 26: nor could Scipio adhere to his r., nec Scipioni stare sententia poterat, Liv. 21, 29: is this your r.? siccine est s.? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 114.
      3. 3. prōpŏsĭtum: v. purpose, plan.
      4. 4. destĭnātio: the r. of dying, d. mortis, Plin. 36, 14, 21. Phr.: a certain r. and will of the mind, animi inductio quaedam et voluntas, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32: it was Tiberius' firm r., fixum Tiberio fuit, Tac. A. 1, 47: it was his thorough r. to avoid the Roman arms, (ei) penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi, Tac. A. 15, 5: youth helps greatly to strengthen this r., multum ad hanc rem probandam adjuvat adolescentia, Caes. B. C. 2, 28: whose arrival strengthened the r. of our men, cujus adventus nostros firmavit, id. ib. 3, 65: to form a r., consŭlo, lui, sultum, 3 (constr. with de or absol.): to form an unwise r., male c., Sall. C. 51, ad init.
    5. V. A formal expression of opinion: nearest word sententia: his r. being unanimously adopted, omnium consensu hac sententia probata, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: freq. expr. by verb: v. resolve, No. V.
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• resolve (v.):
    1. I. To separate into parts:
      1. 1. dissolvo, vi, lūtum, 3: if the soul is a harmony it will be r.d, si animus est harmonia dissolvetur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: we see that anything can be more rapidly r.d than reconstructed, quidvis citius dissolvi posse videmus quam refici, Lucr. 1, 556: as a medic. t. t. in Plin. 20, 12, 48 (in which sense also digerere, discutere are used by Plin. and Cels.): v. dissolve, melt.
      2. 2. dissĭpo, 1: others think the soul is r.d into its elements, alii animum censent dissipari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18: v. disperse, separate.
    2. II. To solve, explain:
      1. 1. dissolvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3: how do you r. these points? illa quemadmodum dissolvitis? Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29.
      2. 2. solvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3 v. solve, explain.
    3. III. As t. t. in music: rĕsolvo, vi, lūtum, 3 (Kircher. Musurg. vol. i. p. 334, sq. Rome, 1650).
    4. IV. To determine:
      1. 1. stătuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (constr. with acc. and inf., rel. clause, or subj.): he had r.d to fight a battle, statuerat praelio decertare, Caes. B. C. 3, 86 they r. to send 10,000 men into the town, statuunt ut x millia hominum in oppidum mittantur, id. B. G. 7, 21: I had r.d to go straight along the Appian road to Rome, statueram recta Appia Romam (sc. ire), Cic. Att. 16, 10.
      2. 2. constituo, ui, ūtum, 3 (constr. mostly with inf.): he r.d to wage war, bellum gerere constituit, Caes. B. G. 4, 6.
      3. 3. dēcerno, crēvi, crētum, 3: he had r.d to cross the Rhine, Rhenum transire decreverat, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: to r. to spend the rest of one's days far from public life, reliquam aetatem a re publica procul habendam d., Sall. C. 4.
      4. 4. dēlībĕro, 1 (mostly in part.): he had determined and r.d not to be present, statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1. Join: d. et constituere, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25.
      5. 5. obstĭno, 1 (rarely absol. foll. by inf., to be r.d on: constr. with acc., ad, or inf.): they had r.d to conquer or to die, obstinaverant animis aut vincere aut mori, Liv. 23, 29: v. determine.
      6. 6. indūco, xi, ctum, 3 (constr. with animum or in animum, and a foll. inf. or subj.): to r. to speak about divination, animum i. de divinatione dicere, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 22: to r. to labour and to watch, in animum i., laborare, vigilare, Sall. C. 54.
      7. 7. expr. by certum est (constr. with dat. of person r.ing): I have r.d to say everything, certum est deliberatumque omnia dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31: I have r.d to go to a physician, certum est, ibo ad medicum, Pl. Merc. 2, 4, 4.
      8. 8. expr. sometimes by fut. part.: r.d nowhere to trust himself to fortune, nullo loco fortunae se commissurus, Liv. 22, 12, ad init.: they go to battle r.d to die, *vadunt in praelium perituri, Nägelsb. Stil. p. 313. Phr.: I am r.d, consilium est mihi, Cic. Att. 5, 5: news is brought that the Helvetians were r.d to march, renuntiatur Helvetiis esse in animo iter facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: if I were not firmly and unalterably r.d, si mihi non animo fixuro immotumque sederet, Virg. Aen. 4, 15: if I were quite r.d upon anything, si satis consilium quadam de re haberem, Cic. Att. 12, 50.
    5. V. To pass a formal resolution:
      1. 1. censeo, 2 (used prop. of the Senate: constr. with acc. and inf., or subj.): the Senate r.d that he should defend the Aedui, senatus censuit uti Aeduos defenderet, Caes. B. G. 1, 35: v. decree.
      2. 2. plăcet, plăcuit, and plăcĭtum est, 2 (to be approved or r.d on: constr. with acc. and inf., or subj. clause): it was r.d that letters should be written, placitum est ut epistolae scriberentur, Tac. A. 1, 36: Caes. B. G. 7, 15.
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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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• RESOLVE
  • Transitively, To dissolve, solvere: dissolvere: resolvere; if = liquefy, liquefacere: liquare: diluere.
  • To separate, dissolvere: sejungere: secernere.
  • To solve, solvere (qnaestionem, Gell.); dissolvere (interrogationem, Cic.); solvere (aenigma, Quint.); solvere, resolvere (ambiguitatem, Quint.); tollere (dubitationem, Cic.).
  • Intransitively, To determine, statuere, constituere, decernere, upon anything, aliquid, or followed by an infinitive (to fix, settle, determine): consilium capere (to form a determination or resolution: followed by the gerund in di or infinitive, or ut; Vid: in “to form a RESOLUTION”): inducere animum or in animum (to bring one’s mind to; followed by an infinitive or ut): decernere (PROP., to decree that anything shall take place; then = to resolve): apud animum statuere, constituere (to fix, settle): destinare, animo proponere (to propose to one’s self: ☞ the latter without animo, especially in the Silver Age): censere, placet alicui (of the Senate): sciscere: jubere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) sciscere jubereque (to make a law or ordinance, sciscere especially of the plebs, jubere of the populus; Vid: commentators on Nep., Arist., 1, 4; Heusingg., Cic., Off., 3, 11, 1): I am resolved, certum est mihi; stat mihi (sententia); statutum habeo cum animo et deliberatum: to be sufficiently resolved upon, etc., satis habere consilium de, etc. (Cic., Att., 12, 50, extr.). [Vid: also, “my RESOLUTION is firm. “] Not to be able to resolve on anything, animi or animo pendere; varie or in diversas partes distrahi; certum consilium capere non posse; certa aliqua in sententia consistere non posse; haereo quid faciam; in incerto habeo, quidnam consilii capiam.