adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
solūtus
solūtus (feminine solūta, neuter solūtum, comparative solutior, superlative solutissimus)
Classical[sɔˈɫuː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[soˈluː.tus]
solūte sg. voc. m.
Meaning
- adjectiveunbound, released
- adjectivefree, at large
- adjectiveacquitted, absolved, cleansed
‘sī scelus est, in mē commissī poena redundet: sit capitis damnō Rōma solūta meī.’ “If it is a crime, let the punishment of its commission fall on me: I condemn my head, may Rome be acquitted.” (The Temple of Vesta ablaze, Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 251 BC) admits the impropriety of any man – even the pontifex maximus – entering the sacred temple of Vesta (mythology).)
8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.451–452
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | solūtus | solūta | solūtum |
| genitive | solūtī | solūtae | solūtī |
| dative | solūtō | solūtae | solūtō |
| accusative | solūtum | solūtam | solūtum |
| ablative | solūtō | solūtā | solūtō |
| vocative | solūte | solūta | solūtum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | solūtī | solūtae | solūta |
| genitive | solūtōrum | solūtārum | solūtōrum |
| dative | solūtīs | solūtīs | solūtīs |
| accusative | solūtōs | solūtās | solūta |
| ablative | solūtīs | solūtīs | solūtīs |
| vocative | solūtī | solūtae | solūta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- confertis, solutis ordinibus
- with close ranks; with ranks in disorder.
- oratio soluta (not prosa) or simply oratio
- prose.
sŏlūtus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of solvo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
solūtus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of solvo, unbound, free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged : cum eos vinciret, te solu<*>um Romam mittebat?: nec quisquam solutus dicitur esse sectus, unbandaged : duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem iussit, L.: charta, open , O.—Fig., unbound, uncontrolled, unfettered, released, exempt, free : mens: ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania, L.: solutos qui captat risūs hominum, H.: ludunt risu soluto, unrestrained , V.: soluta (praedia) meliore in causā sunt quam obligata, unmortgaged : omni faenore, H.: (religione) solutus ac liber, L.— Free, unburdened, at leisure, at ease, unbent : sed paulo solutiore animo tamen: quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse posset: quam homines soluti ridere non desinant: Cum famulis operum solutis, H.— Free, unbiassed, unprejudiced, independent : iudicio senatūs soluto et libero: si essent omnia mihi solutissima: liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant, uncommitted . —Of a speaker, free, unembarrassed, fluent, ready : in explicandis sententiis: solutissimus in dicendo. —Of composition, free, unfettered, inartificial, irregular : Scribere verba soluta modis, without meter , O.: verbis solutis numeros adiungere, rhythm to prose : soluta oratio, prose : nec vero haec (verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris.— Free from liability, not accountable, exempt : illud tempus habere solutum ac liberum.— Unbridled, insolent, loose, wanton, arbitrary : amores: quo minus conspectus eo solutior erat, L.: quorum in regno libido solutior fuerat, L.: orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu, extravagant.—Undisciplined, disorderly, lax, remiss, careless : omnia soluta apud hostīs esse, L.: lenitas solutior.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of solvō
Descendants
- Catalansolt
- Catalansolut
- Frenchsoluté
- Englishsolute
- Italiansolto
- Italiansoluto
- Portuguesesolto
- Portuguesesoluto
- Sardinianassoltu
- Spanishsuelto