English → Latin
“dissolution” in Latin
coctūracooking, heating, roastingcōnflōto kindle (a fire); to forge, fuse or melt (metal); to refine or purifyfundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scattedissolūtiōdestruction, abolition, dissolution; refutation; asyndetonsolūtiōThe act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution.; looseness, weakness; paymentdīmissiōsending (out, in different directions); dismissal; remission (of pain)plumbumlead (metal); ball of lead; pipe of leadimperiumThe empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.; The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.; Absnātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing; character, temperament, inclination, disposition; nature, the natu
The English word dissolution itself goes back to Latin solvō, through dissolūtiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dissolution
Of metals, coctura (general term for preparing in any way by heating; also of melting; Col. Plin.): conflatura (of metals; Plin.): fusura (fusion; plumbi, Plin.).
Destruction by separation of parts, interitus et dissipatio (Cic.): dissolutio (e.g., imperii, Tac.): solutio. [Vid: DESTRUCTION.]
Separation of the body into its elements, dissolutio, with or without naturae; also separatio animi ac corporis in morte (death). [Vid :, DEATH.]
Dismissal of an assembly, probably dimissio (as Cic., uses dimissio remigum = dismissal; and dimittere concilium, etc. is right).
Dissolution of a marriage, diffarreatio (i. e., of a legal marriage, in contracting which, a religious rite was observed, and a loaf made of “far,” ζέα, was offered): repudium (the sending away of the partner, on the part of the man): divortium: discidium (separation of man and wife): abruptio matrimonii (an abrupt or unexpected separation). ☞ The formula was the following: res tuas tibi habeto or tuas res tibi agito.
To agree to a dissolution of partnership, societatem dirimere; transigere cum aliquo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dissolution?
- The usual Latin words for “dissolution” are coctūra, cōnflō, fundō; also dissolūtiō, solūtiō, dīmissiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.