solutio

Latin

Etymology

From solvō (loosen; solve) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
nominative solūtiō solūtiōnēs
genitive solūtiōnis solūtiōnum
dative solūtiōnī solūtiōnibus
accusative solūtiōnem solūtiōnēs
ablative solūtiōne solūtiōnibus
vocative solūtiō solūtiōnēs

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 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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