persolvo
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through”) + solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈsol.u̯oː/, [pɛrˈs̠ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈsol.vo/, [perˈsɔlvo]
Verb
persolvō (present infinitive persolvere, perfect active persolvī, supine persolūtum); third conjugation
- I release or discharge
- Synonyms: absolvō, līberō, excipiō, eximō, exonerō, ēmittō
- I pay, pay out or render
- Synonyms: ērogō, pendo, absolvo, dissolvo, solvo, luo
- I perform, accomplish, fulfill an obligation or task
- Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō, perferō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of persolvō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | persolvō | persolvis | persolvit | persolvimus | persolvitis | persolvunt |
| imperfect | persolvēbam | persolvēbās | persolvēbat | persolvēbāmus | persolvēbātis | persolvēbant | |
| future | persolvam | persolvēs | persolvet | persolvēmus | persolvētis | persolvent | |
| perfect | persolvī | persolvistī | persolvit | persolvimus | persolvistis | persolvērunt, persolvēre | |
| pluperfect | persolveram | persolverās | persolverat | persolverāmus | persolverātis | persolverant | |
| future perfect | persolverō | persolveris | persolverit | persolverimus | persolveritis | persolverint | |
| passive | present | persolvor | persolveris, persolvere | persolvitur | persolvimur | persolviminī | persolvuntur |
| imperfect | persolvēbar | persolvēbāris, persolvēbāre | persolvēbātur | persolvēbāmur | persolvēbāminī | persolvēbantur | |
| future | persolvar | persolvēris, persolvēre | persolvētur | persolvēmur | persolvēminī | persolventur | |
| perfect | persolūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | persolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | persolūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | persolvam | persolvās | persolvat | persolvāmus | persolvātis | persolvant |
| imperfect | persolverem | persolverēs | persolveret | persolverēmus | persolverētis | persolverent | |
| perfect | persolverim | persolverīs | persolverit | persolverīmus | persolverītis | persolverint | |
| pluperfect | persolvissem | persolvissēs | persolvisset | persolvissēmus | persolvissētis | persolvissent | |
| passive | present | persolvar | persolvāris, persolvāre | persolvātur | persolvāmur | persolvāminī | persolvantur |
| imperfect | persolverer | persolverēris, persolverēre | persolverētur | persolverēmur | persolverēminī | persolverentur | |
| perfect | persolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | persolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | persolve | — | — | persolvite | — |
| future | — | persolvitō | persolvitō | — | persolvitōte | persolvuntō | |
| passive | present | — | persolvere | — | — | persolviminī | — |
| future | — | persolvitor | persolvitor | — | — | persolvuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | persolvere | persolvisse | persolūtūrum esse | persolvī | persolūtum esse | persolūtum īrī | |
| participles | persolvēns | — | persolūtūrus | — | persolūtus | persolvendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| persolvendī | persolvendō | persolvendum | persolvendō | persolūtum | persolūtū | ||
Related terms
- absolvō
- dēsolvō
- dissolvō
- exsolvō
- resolvō
- solvō
References
- “persolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “persolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- persolvo in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- persolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere
- to fulfil a promise: fidem persolvere
- to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
- to suffer punishment: poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere
- to pay the troops: stipendium dare, numerare, persolvere militibus
- to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere