solutus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of solvō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soˈluː.tus/, [sɔˈɫuː.tʊs]

Adjective

solūtus (feminine solūta, neuter solūtum); first/second declension

1. unbound, released
2. free, at large

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	solūtus	solūta	solūtum		solūtī	solūtae	solūta
genitive	solūtī	solūtae	solūtī		solūtōrum	solūtārum	solūtōrum
dative	solūtō		solūtō		solūtīs
accusative	solūtum	solūtam	solūtum		solūtōs	solūtās	solūta
ablative	solūtō	solūtā	solūtō		solūtīs
vocative	solūte	solūta	solūtum		solūtī	solūtae	solūta

Descendants

• Catalan: solt, solut (borrowing)
• French: soluté (borrowing)
• English: solute (borrowing)
• Italian: solto, soluto (borrowing)

• Portuguese: solto, soluto (borrowing)
• Sardinian: assoltu
• Spanish: suelto, soluto (borrowing)

References

• solutus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solutus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• solutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• solutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be never at a loss for something to say: solutum et expeditum esse ad dicendum
    
  • prose: oratio soluta (not prosa) or simply oratio
    
  • with close ranks; with ranks in disorder: confertis, solutis ordinibus