solutio

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Latin

Etymology

From solvō (“loosen; solve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soˈluː.ti.oː/

Noun

solūtiō f (genitive solūtiōnis); third declension

1. The act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution.
2. looseness, weakness
3. (figuratively) payment
4. (figuratively) solution, explanation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	solūtiō	solūtiōnēs
Genitive	solūtiōnis	solūtiōnum
Dative	solūtiōnī	solūtiōnibus
Accusative	solūtiōnem	solūtiōnēs
Ablative	solūtiōne	solūtiōnibus
Vocative	solūtiō	solūtiōnēs

Related terms

• solūtē
• solūtilis
• solūtim

• solūtor
• solūtrīx
• solvō

Descendants

• Catalan: solució
• English: solution
• French: solution
• Italian: soluzione

• Portuguese: solução
• Romanian: soluție
• Spanish: solución

References

• solutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solutio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• solutio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• solutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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