I.a loosing, unloosing, dissolution (rare but class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “linguae,” Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114: “totius hominis,” id. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—Plur.: “ventris et stomachi solutiones,” looseness, weakness, Plin. 23, 6, 60, § 112; cf.: “stomachi solutio,” Cels. 4, 5.—
B. In partic., payment: “solutio rerum creditarum,” Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84: “legatorum,” id. Clu. 12, 34: “justi crediti,” Liv. 42, 5: “nummorum,” Dig. 46, 3, 54: “Romae solutione impeditā fides concidit,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: “solutionem in procuratorem factam,” Dig. 46, 8, 12: “nominis Caerelliani,” Cic. Att. 12, 51, 3: “explicatā solutione,” id. ib. 15, 20, 4.—Plur., Caes. B. C. 3, 20; cf. Dig. 46, tit. 3: De solutionibus et liberationibus.—
II. Trop., a solution, explanation: “non est quod expectes, ut solutionem tibi ostendam,” Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1: “argumentorum,” id. ib. 2, 34, 1: “somnii,” Vulg. Dan. 4, 3; Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2: “captionis sophisticae,” Gell. 18, 2, 6 (for which: “sophismatis resolutio,” id. 18, 2, 6, § 10).
