solutio

Latin

Etymology

    From solvō (loosen; solve) +‎ -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    solūtiō f (genitive solūtiōnis); third declension

    1. The act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution.
    2. looseness, weakness
    3. (figuratively) payment
    4. (figuratively) solution, explanation
    5. (chemistry) solution

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative solūtiō solūtiōnēs
    genitive solūtiōnis solūtiōnum
    dative solūtiōnī solūtiōnibus
    accusative solūtiōnem solūtiōnēs
    ablative solūtiōne solūtiōnibus
    vocative solūtiō solūtiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: solució
    • English: solution
    • French: solution
    • Italian: soluzione
    • Portuguese: solução
    • Romanian: soluție
    • Spanish: solución

    References

    • solutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • solutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "solutio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • solutio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • volubility: linguae solutio
      • volubility: volubilitas, solutio linguae