exsolvo

Latin

Alternative forms

• exolvo

Etymology

From ex + solvō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛksˈsɔɫ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eksˈsɔl.vo]

Verb

exsolvō (present infinitive exsolvere, perfect active exsolvī, supine exsolūtum); third conjugation

1. to unloose, release, free
2. to unbind, untie, undo
3. (figurative) to renounce, abandon, relinquish, leave behind
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Friends:

     propter molestissimās occupātiōnēs meās, quibus sī mē relaxārō (nam ut plānē exsolvam nōn postulō), tē ipsum, quī multōs annōs nihil aliud commentāris, docēbō profectō quid sit hūmāniter vīvere.

     Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!

Conjugation

   Conjugation of exsolvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exsolvō		exsolvis		exsolvit		exsolvimus		exsolvitis		exsolvunt
	imperfect	exsolvēbam		exsolvēbās		exsolvēbat		exsolvēbāmus		exsolvēbātis		exsolvēbant
	future	exsolvam		exsolvēs		exsolvet		exsolvēmus		exsolvētis		exsolvent
	perfect	exsolvī		exsolvistī		exsolvit		exsolvimus		exsolvistis		exsolvērunt, exsolvēre
	pluperfect	exsolveram		exsolverās		exsolverat		exsolverāmus		exsolverātis		exsolverant
	future perfect	exsolverō		exsolveris		exsolverit		exsolverimus		exsolveritis		exsolverint
passive	present	exsolvor		exsolveris, exsolvere		exsolvitur		exsolvimur		exsolviminī		exsolvuntur
	imperfect	exsolvēbar		exsolvēbāris, exsolvēbāre		exsolvēbātur		exsolvēbāmur		exsolvēbāminī		exsolvēbantur
	future	exsolvar		exsolvēris, exsolvēre		exsolvētur		exsolvēmur		exsolvēminī		exsolventur
	perfect	exsolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exsolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exsolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exsolvam		exsolvās		exsolvat		exsolvāmus		exsolvātis		exsolvant
	imperfect	exsolverem		exsolverēs		exsolveret		exsolverēmus		exsolverētis		exsolverent
	perfect	exsolverim		exsolverīs		exsolverit		exsolverīmus		exsolverītis		exsolverint
	pluperfect	exsolvissem		exsolvissēs		exsolvisset		exsolvissēmus		exsolvissētis		exsolvissent
passive	present	exsolvar		exsolvāris, exsolvāre		exsolvātur		exsolvāmur		exsolvāminī		exsolvantur
	imperfect	exsolverer		exsolverēris, exsolverēre		exsolverētur		exsolverēmur		exsolverēminī		exsolverentur
	perfect	exsolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exsolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		exsolve		—		—		exsolvite		—
	future	—		exsolvitō		exsolvitō		—		exsolvitōte		exsolvuntō
passive	present	—		exsolvere		—		—		exsolviminī		—
	future	—		exsolvitor		exsolvitor		—		—		exsolvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		exsolvere			exsolvī			exsolvēns			—
future		exsolūtūrum esse			exsolūtum īrī			exsolūtūrus			exsolvendus
perfect		exsolvisse			exsolūtum esse			—			exsolūtus
future perfect		—			exsolūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		exsolūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		exsolvendī		exsolvendō		exsolvendum		exsolvendō		exsolūtum		exsolūtū

Descendants

• Italian: sciogliere
• Sicilian: sciògghiri
• → Portuguese: exsolver
• → English: exolve, exsolve

References

• “exsolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exsolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “exsolvo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere
    
  • to pay one's debts: nomina (cf. sect. XIII. 3) solvere, dissolvere, exsolvere