ĭnaequālĭter

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di-spergo, in late Lat. and sometimes in MSS. of the older authors written di-spargo (cf. aspergo and conspergo), si, sum, 3, v. a., to scatter on all sides, to scatter about, disperse (freq. and class., esp. in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

per agros passim dispergit corpus,

Cic. Poet. N. D. 3, 26, 67; cf. per hypallagen:

membrorum collectio dispersa (coupled with dissipare),

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22 (but in Lucr. 3, 988, the right reading is:

dispessis membris, not dispersis, v. dispando): cur (deus) tam multa pestifera terra marique disperserit?

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

nubes dispergunt venti,

Lucr. 5, 254:

an tibi jam mavis cerebrum dispergam hic?

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7; for which: ut cerebro dispergat viam, besprinkle, id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

caprae dispergunt se, contra oves so congregant et condensant in locum unum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9; cf.:

comites dispersi,

Lucr. 4, 576; so the mid.:

dispersi, of persons,

Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Sest. 42, 91;

and esp. freq. of soldiers,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; 3, 28, 3; id. B. C. 1, 44, 1; 2, 38, 5 et saep.; Sall. J. 98, 4, et saep.; cf.:

dispersi a suis pars cedere, etc.,

id. ib. 51, 1; and in the verb. fin. act.:

quae (duo milia evocatorum) tota acie disperserat,

had distributed, Caes. B. C. 3, 88, 4:

fimum,

Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 193:

vitem traducibus dispergere atque disrarare,

Col. 5, 6, 36: lactuca dispergitur, set out, i. e. planted, id. 11, 3, 25:

color dispergitur omnis,

Lucr. 2, 831 (not disperditur, v. Lachm. ad h. l.):

ubi brachia et crura inaequaliter dispergit,

i. e. moves at random, Cels. 2, 6:

Mesopotamia vicatim dispersa,

i. e. divided, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 117:

magna pars Judaeae vicis dispergitur,

Tac. H. 5, 8 et saep.— Poet.:

aries dispergit saxa (with effundere muros),

Luc. 1, 384 Cort.:

dispersa capillos,

id. 10, 84:

quo latior (res) est, in cunctas undique partis Plura modo dispargit et ab se corpora mittit,

Lucr. 2, 1135; so with in and acc., id. 1, 309; Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220:

tripartitum exercitum plures in manus,

Tac. A. 3, 74 al.:

aër dispargitur ad partis minutas corporis,

Lucr. 4, 895.

Trop.:

in praesentia tantummodo numeros et modos et partes argumentandi confuse et permixte dispersimus: post descripte... ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187; 191; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

bellum tam longe lateque dispersum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

in re dispersa atque infinita,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1:

plebis vis soluta atque dispersa in multitudine,

Sall. J. 41, 6:

rumorem,

Tac. A. 4, 24:

falsos rumores,

id. H. 2, 96; and with acc. and inf.:

volgus fingendi avidum disperserat accitum in adoptionem,

had given out, id. ib. 2, 1:

membratim oportebit partis rei gestae dispergere in causam,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

vitam in auras,

Verg. A. 11, 617; cf.:

partem voti in auras,

id. ib. 795.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

dispersē, dispersedly, here and there (very rare):

disperse et diffuse dictae res,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98:

multis in locis dicta,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 116. —

dispersim, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 7; 3, 2, 13; Suet. Caes. 80.

di-spergo, in late Lat. and sometimes in MSS. of the older authors written di-spargo (cf. aspergo and conspergo), si, sum, 3, v. a., to scatter on all sides, to scatter about, disperse (freq. and class., esp. in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

per agros passim dispergit corpus,

Cic. Poet. N. D. 3, 26, 67; cf. per hypallagen:

membrorum collectio dispersa (coupled with dissipare),

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22 (but in Lucr. 3, 988, the right reading is:

dispessis membris, not dispersis, v. dispando): cur (deus) tam multa pestifera terra marique disperserit?

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

nubes dispergunt venti,

Lucr. 5, 254:

an tibi jam mavis cerebrum dispergam hic?

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7; for which: ut cerebro dispergat viam, besprinkle, id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

caprae dispergunt se, contra oves so congregant et condensant in locum unum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9; cf.:

comites dispersi,

Lucr. 4, 576; so the mid.:

dispersi, of persons,

Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Sest. 42, 91;

and esp. freq. of soldiers,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; 3, 28, 3; id. B. C. 1, 44, 1; 2, 38, 5 et saep.; Sall. J. 98, 4, et saep.; cf.:

dispersi a suis pars cedere, etc.,

id. ib. 51, 1; and in the verb. fin. act.:

quae (duo milia evocatorum) tota acie disperserat,

had distributed, Caes. B. C. 3, 88, 4:

fimum,

Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 193:

vitem traducibus dispergere atque disrarare,

Col. 5, 6, 36: lactuca dispergitur, set out, i. e. planted, id. 11, 3, 25:

color dispergitur omnis,

Lucr. 2, 831 (not disperditur, v. Lachm. ad h. l.):

ubi brachia et crura inaequaliter dispergit,

i. e. moves at random, Cels. 2, 6:

Mesopotamia vicatim dispersa,

i. e. divided, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 117:

magna pars Judaeae vicis dispergitur,

Tac. H. 5, 8 et saep.— Poet.:

aries dispergit saxa (with effundere muros),

Luc. 1, 384 Cort.:

dispersa capillos,

id. 10, 84:

quo latior (res) est, in cunctas undique partis Plura modo dispargit et ab se corpora mittit,

Lucr. 2, 1135; so with in and acc., id. 1, 309; Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220:

tripartitum exercitum plures in manus,

Tac. A. 3, 74 al.:

aër dispargitur ad partis minutas corporis,

Lucr. 4, 895.

Trop.:

in praesentia tantummodo numeros et modos et partes argumentandi confuse et permixte dispersimus: post descripte... ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187; 191; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

bellum tam longe lateque dispersum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

in re dispersa atque infinita,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1:

plebis vis soluta atque dispersa in multitudine,

Sall. J. 41, 6:

rumorem,

Tac. A. 4, 24:

falsos rumores,

id. H. 2, 96; and with acc. and inf.:

volgus fingendi avidum disperserat accitum in adoptionem,

had given out, id. ib. 2, 1:

membratim oportebit partis rei gestae dispergere in causam,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

vitam in auras,

Verg. A. 11, 617; cf.:

partem voti in auras,

id. ib. 795.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

dispersē, dispersedly, here and there (very rare):

disperse et diffuse dictae res,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98:

multis in locis dicta,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 116. —

dispersim, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 7; 3, 2, 13; Suet. Caes. 80.

ĭn-aequālis, e, adj.

Uneven (in post-Aug. prose):

loca,

Tac. Agr. 36:

mensae,

i. e. not nicely finished, rough, Mart. 1, 56, 11; cf.:

inaequalia et confragosa (sc loca),

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

inaequales beryllo Virro tenet phialas,

Juv. 5, 38.—

Unequal, unlike ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

portus,

of different sizes, Ov. M. 5, 408; cf.:

triangula inaequalibus lateribus (opp. aequa),

Quint. 1, 10, 41:

siccat inaequales calices conviva,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:

auctumni,

changeable, variable in temperature, Ov. M. 1, 117:

vixit inaequalis, clavum ut mutaret in horas,

inconstant, inconsistent, Hor. S. 2, 7 10:

stulti et inaequales,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 12:

tonsor,

that cuts unevenly, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 94:

procellae,

that roughen the sea, id. C. 2, 9, 3.— Comp.:

nihil est ipsa aequalitate inaequalius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 5, 3.— Sup.:

inaequalissimarum rerum sortes,

Suet. Aug. 75. — Adv.: ĭnaequālĭter, unevenly, disproportionately:

ova maturescunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8 Bonon. (al. inaequabiliter):

censuram gerere,

Suet. Claud. 15; id. Galb. 9:

findi,

Col. Arbor. 7, 5:

dispergere bracchia,

Cels. 2, 6:

deprimere alios, alios extollere,

Liv. 37, 53, 6.

ō̆crĕa, ae, f. [okris, a prominence], x greave or leggin (made of mixed metal, and used to protect the legs of foot-soldiers, and also of hunters and country people;

it was sometimes worn only on one leg): ocrea, quod opponebatur ob crus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.: ocrem montem confragosum dicebant antiqui. Hinc ocreae dictae inaequaliter tuberatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 180 Müll.:

ocreas et cristas invenere Cares,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200:

leves,

Verg. A. 7, 634. —The Samnites wore a greave only on the left leg:

sinistrum crus ocreā tectum,

Liv. 9, 4 (cf. Sil. 8, 419).—Worn by heavy-armed Romans on the right leg, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.— Worn by hunters;

v. ocreatus.—By rustics,

Verg. M. 121:

ocreas vendente puellā,

i. e. parting with the attire of a gladiator, Juv. 6, 258.

Ocrĕa, ae, m., a Roman surname:

C. Luscius Ocrea,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43.

ō̆crĕa, ae, f. [okris, a prominence], x greave or leggin (made of mixed metal, and used to protect the legs of foot-soldiers, and also of hunters and country people;

it was sometimes worn only on one leg): ocrea, quod opponebatur ob crus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.: ocrem montem confragosum dicebant antiqui. Hinc ocreae dictae inaequaliter tuberatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 180 Müll.:

ocreas et cristas invenere Cares,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200:

leves,

Verg. A. 7, 634. —The Samnites wore a greave only on the left leg:

sinistrum crus ocreā tectum,

Liv. 9, 4 (cf. Sil. 8, 419).—Worn by heavy-armed Romans on the right leg, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.— Worn by hunters;

v. ocreatus.—By rustics,

Verg. M. 121:

ocreas vendente puellā,

i. e. parting with the attire of a gladiator, Juv. 6, 258.

Ocrĕa, ae, m., a Roman surname:

C. Luscius Ocrea,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43.