solutio

Latin

Etymology

From solvō (“loosen; solve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soˈluː.ti.oː/, [s̠ɔˈɫ̪uːt̪ioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈlut.t͡si.o/, [soˈlut̪ː͡s̪io]

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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
  • → Romanian: soluție
  • → Turkish: solüsyon
• 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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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