persolvo

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈsol.u̯oː/, [pɛrˈs̠ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈsol.vo/, [perˈsɔlvo]

Verb

persolvō (present infinitive persolvere, perfect active persolvī, supine persolūtum); third conjugation

1. to release or discharge

   Synonyms: absolvō, līberō, excipiō, eximō, exonerō, ēmittō

2. to pay, pay out or render

   Synonyms: ērogō, pendo, absolvo, dissolvo, solvo, luo

3. to perform, accomplish, fulfill an obligation or task

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō, perferō

Conjugation

Conjugation of persolvō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	persolvō	persolvis	persolvit	persolvimus	persolvitis	persolvunt
	imperfect	persolvēbam	persolvēbās	persolvēbat	persolvēbāmus	persolvēbātis	persolvēbant
	future	persolvam	persolvēs	persolvet	persolvēmus	persolvētis	persolvent
	perfect	persolvī	persolvistī	persolvit	persolvimus	persolvistis	persolvērunt, persolvēre
	pluperfect	persolveram	persolverās	persolverat	persolverāmus	persolverātis	persolverant
	future perfect	persolverō	persolveris	persolverit	persolverimus	persolveritis	persolverint
passive	present	persolvor	persolveris, persolvere	persolvitur	persolvimur	persolviminī	persolvuntur
	imperfect	persolvēbar	persolvēbāris, persolvēbāre	persolvēbātur	persolvēbāmur	persolvēbāminī	persolvēbantur
	future	persolvar	persolvēris, persolvēre	persolvētur	persolvēmur	persolvēminī	persolventur
	perfect	persolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	persolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	persolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	persolvam	persolvās	persolvat	persolvāmus	persolvātis	persolvant
	imperfect	persolverem	persolverēs	persolveret	persolverēmus	persolverētis	persolverent
	perfect	persolverim	persolverīs	persolverit	persolverīmus	persolverītis	persolverint
	pluperfect	persolvissem	persolvissēs	persolvisset	persolvissēmus	persolvissētis	persolvissent
passive	present	persolvar	persolvāris, persolvāre	persolvātur	persolvāmur	persolvāminī	persolvantur
	imperfect	persolverer	persolverēris, persolverēre	persolverētur	persolverēmur	persolverēminī	persolverentur
	perfect	persolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	persolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	persolve	—	—	persolvite	—
	future	—	persolvitō	persolvitō	—	persolvitōte	persolvuntō
passive	present	—	persolvere	—	—	persolviminī	—
	future	—	persolvitor	persolvitor	—	—	persolvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		persolvere	persolvisse	persolūtūrum esse	persolvī	persolūtum esse	persolūtum īrī
participles		persolvēns	—	persolūtūrus	—	persolūtus	persolvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		persolvendī	persolvendō	persolvendum	persolvendō	persolūtum	persolūtū

Related terms

• absolvō
• dissolvō
• dēsolvō
• exsolvō
• resolvō
• solvō

 

References

• “persolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “persolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• persolvo in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• persolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere
    
  • to fulfil a promise: fidem persolvere
    
  • to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
    
  • to suffer punishment: poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere
    
  • to pay the troops: stipendium dare, numerare, persolvere militibus