resolutio Latin · revision 9151

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''resolūtiō''' ''f'' (genitive resolūtiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[resolvō]] “to untie, loosen” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Celsus, of paralysis.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Celsus 14–37 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a slack or relaxed state of a part of the body, paralysis, as in Celsus, and in Gellius an untying and the solution of a puzzle.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ulpian it meant cancellation, annulment.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is not ante-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant death.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for dissolution into elements, and for melting.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''resolution'' it gave [[en|resolution]] in the late 14th century, first “a breaking into parts, dissolution”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of paralysis.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of a solution.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''resolution'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An untying; a solution.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Slackness; [[m|en|paralysis]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Cancellation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Death; dissolution.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[resolvō]]

+ * [[solvō]]

+ * [[en|resolution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}