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resolvo

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Italian

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Verb

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resolvo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resolvere

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- (back) +‎ solvō (loosen, unbind).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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resolvō (present infinitive resolvere, perfect active resolvī, supine resolūtum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to release, loosen, unloose, unbind, disentangle, relax, dissolve
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.693-695:
      Tum Iūnō omnipotēns, [...] / Īrim dēmīsit Olympō,
      quae luctantem animam nexōsque resolveret artūs.
      Then all-powerful Juno [...], sent down Iris from Olympus, so that she could release [Dido’s] struggling soul from its clinging limbs.
  2. (transitive) to enfeeble
  3. (transitive) to cancel, dispel

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Descendants

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References

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  • resolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • resolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • resolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Verb

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resolvo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resolver