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solūtus adj. with comp. and sup.

P. of solvo, unbound, free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged : cum eos vinciret, te solu<*>um Romam mittebat?: nec quisquam solutus dicitur esse sectus, unbandaged : duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem iussit, L.: charta, open , O.—Fig., unbound, uncontrolled, unfettered, released, exempt, free : mens: ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania, L.: solutos qui captat risūs hominum, H.: ludunt risu soluto, unrestrained , V.: soluta (praedia) meliore in causā sunt quam obligata, unmortgaged : omni faenore, H.: (religione) solutus ac liber, L.Free, unburdened, at leisure, at ease, unbent : sed paulo solutiore animo tamen: quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse posset: quam homines soluti ridere non desinant: Cum famulis operum solutis, H.Free, unbiassed, unprejudiced, independent : iudicio senatūs soluto et libero: si essent omnia mihi solutissima: liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant, uncommitted . —Of a speaker, free, unembarrassed, fluent, ready : in explicandis sententiis: solutissimus in dicendo. —Of composition, free, unfettered, inartificial, irregular : Scribere verba soluta modis, without meter , O.: verbis solutis numeros adiungere, rhythm to prose : soluta oratio, prose : nec vero haec (verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris.— Free from liability, not accountable, exempt : illud tempus habere solutum ac liberum.— Unbridled, insolent, loose, wanton, arbitrary : amores: quo minus conspectus eo solutior erat, L.: quorum in regno libido solutior fuerat, L.: orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu, extravagant.—Undisciplined, disorderly, lax, remiss, careless : omnia soluta apud hostīs esse, L.: lenitas solutior.

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