I.to release or discharge completely; acc. to the signif. of the simple verb.
I. To pay, pay out: “stipendium militibus,” Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1: “pecuniam alicui,” Tac. A. 1, 37: “pecuniam ab aliquo,” to pay by a draft on any one, Cic. Fl. 20, 46: aes alienum alienis nominibus suis copiis, to pay the debts of others, Cat. ap. Sall. C. 35, 3; Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2: “legatā cum fide,” Suet. Calig. 16: “veteranis promissa praemia,” id. Aug. 15.—
B. Transf., in gen., to pay, give, show, render what is due to another: “quod relicum restat, volo persolvere,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40: “alicui laborum praemia pro me,” Cic. Planc. 42, 101: “hanc tibi animam pro morte Daretis,” Verg. A. 5, 484; 2, 537: “grates,” to render thanks, id. ib. 1, 600; cf.: “meritam dis immortalibus gratiam,” Cic. Planc. 33, 80: honorem dis, to pay due honor to the gods by sacrifices, Verg. A. 8, 62: “vota,” to fulfil, Tac. A. 3, 64; Cic. Har. Resp. 13, 28; Prop. 2, 25, 23: “velim reliquum, quod est promissi ac muneris tui mihi persolvas,” Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183: “quod huic promisi, id ei persolvere,” id. Planc. 42, 103: “persolvere justa,” to pay due honors to the dead, Sen. Oedip. 998; so Curt. 6, 6, 19: poenas, to suffer punishment: “poenas dis hominibusque meritas debitasque persolvat,” Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 29: “mihi sanguine poenas Persolves,” Verg. A. 9, 423.—Without the dat.: “ea (pars civitatis) princeps poenas persolvit,” Caes. B. G. 1, 12, 6; cf.: “supplicia persolvit,” Tac. A. 6, 26 fin. —On the contrary: “poenae alicui ab omnibus persolutae,” imparted, inflicted by all, Cic. Or 63, 214; so, “mortem alicui,” i. e. to kill, put to death, Suet. Calig. 26: “persolvi primae epistulae,” have answered, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2: “NATVRAE DEBITVM,” to die, Inscr. Orell. 3453; so, “DEBITVM,” Inscr. Orell. 4482. —*
II. To unravel, solve, explain: si hoc mihi ζητημα persolveris, magnā me molestiā liberaris, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10.
