resolvo

Italian

Verb

resolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of resolvere

Anagrams

• solverò, svolerò, volsero

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back”) +‎ solvō (“loosen, unbind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈsol.u̯oː/, [rɛˈs̠ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈsol.vo/, [reˈs̬ɔlvo]

Verb

resolvō (present infinitive resolvere, perfect active resolvī, supine resolūtum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to release, loosen, unloose, unbind, disentangle, relax, dissolve
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.693-695:

     Tum Iūnō omnipotēns, [...] / Īrim dēmīsit Olympō,
     quae luctantem animam nexōsque resolveret artūs.

     Then all-powerful Juno [...], sent down Iris from Olympus, so that she could release [Dido’s] struggling soul from its clinging limbs.

2. (transitive) to enfeeble
3. (transitive) to cancel, dispel

Conjugation

Conjugation of resolvō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	resolvō	resolvis	resolvit	resolvimus	resolvitis	resolvunt
	imperfect	resolvēbam	resolvēbās	resolvēbat	resolvēbāmus	resolvēbātis	resolvēbant
	future	resolvam	resolvēs	resolvet	resolvēmus	resolvētis	resolvent
	perfect	resolvī	resolvistī	resolvit	resolvimus	resolvistis	resolvērunt, resolvēre
	pluperfect	resolveram	resolverās	resolverat	resolverāmus	resolverātis	resolverant
	future perfect	resolverō	resolveris	resolverit	resolverimus	resolveritis	resolverint
passive	present	resolvor	resolveris, resolvere	resolvitur	resolvimur	resolviminī	resolvuntur
	imperfect	resolvēbar	resolvēbāris, resolvēbāre	resolvēbātur	resolvēbāmur	resolvēbāminī	resolvēbantur
	future	resolvar	resolvēris, resolvēre	resolvētur	resolvēmur	resolvēminī	resolventur
	perfect	resolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	resolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	resolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	resolvam	resolvās	resolvat	resolvāmus	resolvātis	resolvant
	imperfect	resolverem	resolverēs	resolveret	resolverēmus	resolverētis	resolverent
	perfect	resolverim	resolverīs	resolverit	resolverīmus	resolverītis	resolverint
	pluperfect	resolvissem	resolvissēs	resolvisset	resolvissēmus	resolvissētis	resolvissent
passive	present	resolvar	resolvāris, resolvāre	resolvātur	resolvāmur	resolvāminī	resolvantur
	imperfect	resolverer	resolverēris, resolverēre	resolverētur	resolverēmur	resolverēminī	resolverentur
	perfect	resolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	resolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	resolve	—	—	resolvite	—
	future	—	resolvitō	resolvitō	—	resolvitōte	resolvuntō
passive	present	—	resolvere	—	—	resolviminī	—
	future	—	resolvitor	resolvitor	—	—	resolvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		resolvere	resolvisse	resolūtūrum esse	resolvī	resolūtum esse	resolūtum īrī
participles		resolvēns	—	resolūtūrus	—	resolūtus	resolvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		resolvendī	resolvendō	resolvendum	resolvendō	resolūtum	resolūtū

Descendants

• Catalan: resoldre
• English: resolve
• Franco-Provençal: rèsôdre
• French: résoudre
• Galician: resolver
• Italian: resolvere, risolvere
• Occitan: resòlvre, resòlver
• Portuguese: resolver
• → Romanian: rezolva
• Spanish: resolver

References

• “resolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “resolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• resolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

resolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of resolver