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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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   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
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References

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  • 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