I.to make firm, dense, or solid; to make whole or sound; to strengthen, fasten together (not ante-Aug., and for the most part only in the pass.; cf.: compono, reficio, stabilio).
I. Lit.: “(area) cretā solidanda,” Verg. G. 1, 179: “locus fistucationibus solidetur,” Vitr. 7, 1: “terra aëre,” id. 2, 3 fin.: “aedificia sine trabibus,” Tac. A. 15, 43; cf. “muri,” id. H. 2, 19: “ossa fracta,” Plin. 28, 16, 65, § 227; Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4; cf.: “hi (nervi) incisi solidantur,” Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218; 24, 16, 95, § 152: “cartilago,” Cels. 8, 6: “fistulae stanno,” Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160 et saep.—Poet.: “facies solidata veneno,” i. e. against decay, Luc. 8, 691.—
II. Trop.
A. To confirm, establish: “rem Romanam,” Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 11: imperium Romanum ex diuturnā convulsione solidatum, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 1: illud etiam constitutione solidamus, ut, etc., establish, ordain, Cod. Th. 15, 9, 1.—
C. To correct: rationes, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 1, 36.
