digero

dī-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to force apart, separate, divide, distribute (cf.: dispono, distribuo, divido, dispenso, ordino, compono).

Lit.

Ingen. (so mostly post-Aug.):

(insulae) interdum discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque),

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf.

nubes (opp. congregare),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 22:

nimbos,

Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

digesti colores,

Ov. F. 5, 213:

stercoris pars in prata digerenda,

Col. 11, 2, 18:

radix digesta,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161:

inque canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno Cerberus,

divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: Nilus [p. 577] septem in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for which, septem discretus in ostia Nilus, id. ib. 5, 324):

Crete centum per urbes,

id. H. 10, 67:

populus Romanus in classes (coupled with distributus),

Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.— Poet.:

(augur Thestorides) novem volucres in belli digerit annos,

i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—

In partic.

(Post-Aug.): cibum, to cut up, divide:

(dentes) qui digerunt cibum,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

and still more freq., like the class. concoquere,

to digest, Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—

In medic. lang., to dissolve, dissipate morbid matter, Cels. 5, 18 (twice); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and class.,

With the accessory notion of arrangement, to distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order:

quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. poet. 10, 165; cf.:

crines ordine,

Mart. 3, 63:

asparagum,

to plant in regular rows, Cato R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267:

bibliothecam,

to arrange, Suet. Caes. 44:

carmina in numerum,

Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).

Trop.

In gen., to distribute (rare and not ante-Aug.):

quam meruit solus poenam digessit in omnes,

Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.:

mala per annos longos,

id. Pont. 1, 4, 9:

tempora,

id. F. 1, 27; cf.:

annum in totidem species,

Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and class.,

In partic., to arrange, set in order, distribute:

mandata,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

quaestiones,

Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.:

reliquos usus ejus suo loco,

to relate in order, Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.:

omina,

interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. above, no. I. A. fin.):

post descripte et electe in genus quodque causae, quid cuique conveniat, ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186:

omne jus civile in genera,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

commentarios in libros,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

res in ordinem,

id. ib. 7 prooem. §

1: argumenta in digitos,

id. 11, 3, 114:

commentarium per genera usus sui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. clause:

nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non modo rerum sed etiam auctorum digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4: senium, digest, i. e. endure, Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. gêras hepsein, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—

To consider maturely (late Lat.):

consilium,

Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—

To exercise (for health): si satis valet, gestando aegrum, digerere;

si parum, intra domum tamen dimovere,

Cels. 4, 7, 4:

ne imbecillum hominem nimis digerant,

id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a good digestion: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med. —

(Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a name given to a collection of writings distributed under certain heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's code of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.— Sing.:

digestum Lucae,

the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.

dīgestus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from digero.

dīgestus, ūs, m. [digero], a distributing:

sanctarum opum,

i. e. management of the imperial treasury, Stat. S. 3, 3, 86.

dīs, dītis, adj., rich, v. dives.

Dīs, ītis (nom. Dītis, Petr. Poët. 120, 76; Quint. 1, 6, 34; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 273; the nom. Dis very rare in the poets; Aus. Idyl. 12: de deis, 3), m. [cf.: dīus, divus, deus], orig. denoting godhead, deity, in general, and of Jupiter in partic.; cf.: Diespiter and Diovis = Juppiter; afterwards exclusively as the designation of the god of the infernal regions, the Greek Pluto, connected with pater, Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.; identified by Caesar with the Celtic god of night, cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 1 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 26; Tac. H. 4, 84 fin.; Suet. Oth. 8; Inscr. Orell. 1465-1470 and 4967;

without pater,

Verg. G. 4, 519; id. A. 4, 702; 5, 731; 6, 127 al.:

pallida Ditis aqua,

Tib. 3, 1, 28:

Ditis ignava aqua,

id. 3, 3, 38; Ov. M. 4, 438; 511; id. F. 4, 449 al.:

domina Ditis = Proserpina,

Verg. A. 6, 397.

dĭs, an inseparable particle [Sanscr. dva, two: dvis, twice; Gr. dis (dWis); cf.: bis, bini, dubius, duo; also Sanscr. vi- (for dvi-) = dis-], occurs before vowels only in dishiasco; it stands unchanged before c, p, q, t, s, and di; loses its s before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v; and becomes dif -before f. So, discedo, dispar, disquiro, distraho, dissolvo; dibalo, dido, digero, dilabor, dimetior, dinumero, dirigo, divello, etc. Before j (i) we have sometimes dī-, as in dijudico, dijungo, and sometimes dis-, as in disjeci, disjungo. Iacio makes disicio or dissicio. In late Lat. disglutino and disgrego occur; while disrumpo occurs in Cic. Lael. 22, 85; cf.

dirrumpo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 37: dirripio in Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 37, in some MSS.; and dimminuo in MSS. of Plautus, v. Neue Formenl. 2, 782 sq.—

Meaning.

Dis, in most cases, answers to our asunder, in pieces, apart, in two, in different directions, implying separation or division, as in: diffindo, diffugio, digero, discedo, discepto, discerno, discerpo, discindo, dido, diffindo, dimitto, dirumpo, divido, and a multitude of others.—

Less freq. = Engl. un-, reversing or negativing the meaning of the primitive, as in discingo, disconduco, disconvenio, diffido, diffiteor, disjungo, displiceo, dissimulo, dissocio, dissuadeo, and a few others; so, dinumero, to count as separate objects: disputo, to discuss different views or things. —

In a few words dis- acquires an intensive force, exceedingly, as, differtus, dilaudo, discupio, disperio ( utterly), dispudet, dissuavior, distaedet. This is but a development of its original meaning: thus, differtus is properly stuffed out; dilaudo, to scatter praise of, etc.—

Between, among, through: dinosco, dirigo (or derigo), dijudico, diligo, dilucesco, dispicio, dissereno.

dīs, dītis, adj., rich, v. dives.

Dīs, ītis (nom. Dītis, Petr. Poët. 120, 76; Quint. 1, 6, 34; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 273; the nom. Dis very rare in the poets; Aus. Idyl. 12: de deis, 3), m. [cf.: dīus, divus, deus], orig. denoting godhead, deity, in general, and of Jupiter in partic.; cf.: Diespiter and Diovis = Juppiter; afterwards exclusively as the designation of the god of the infernal regions, the Greek Pluto, connected with pater, Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.; identified by Caesar with the Celtic god of night, cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 1 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 26; Tac. H. 4, 84 fin.; Suet. Oth. 8; Inscr. Orell. 1465-1470 and 4967;

without pater,

Verg. G. 4, 519; id. A. 4, 702; 5, 731; 6, 127 al.:

pallida Ditis aqua,

Tib. 3, 1, 28:

Ditis ignava aqua,

id. 3, 3, 38; Ov. M. 4, 438; 511; id. F. 4, 449 al.:

domina Ditis = Proserpina,

Verg. A. 6, 397.

dĭs, an inseparable particle [Sanscr. dva, two: dvis, twice; Gr. dis (dWis); cf.: bis, bini, dubius, duo; also Sanscr. vi- (for dvi-) = dis-], occurs before vowels only in dishiasco; it stands unchanged before c, p, q, t, s, and di; loses its s before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v; and becomes dif -before f. So, discedo, dispar, disquiro, distraho, dissolvo; dibalo, dido, digero, dilabor, dimetior, dinumero, dirigo, divello, etc. Before j (i) we have sometimes dī-, as in dijudico, dijungo, and sometimes dis-, as in disjeci, disjungo. Iacio makes disicio or dissicio. In late Lat. disglutino and disgrego occur; while disrumpo occurs in Cic. Lael. 22, 85; cf.

dirrumpo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 37: dirripio in Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 37, in some MSS.; and dimminuo in MSS. of Plautus, v. Neue Formenl. 2, 782 sq.—

Meaning.

Dis, in most cases, answers to our asunder, in pieces, apart, in two, in different directions, implying separation or division, as in: diffindo, diffugio, digero, discedo, discepto, discerno, discerpo, discindo, dido, diffindo, dimitto, dirumpo, divido, and a multitude of others.—

Less freq. = Engl. un-, reversing or negativing the meaning of the primitive, as in discingo, disconduco, disconvenio, diffido, diffiteor, disjungo, displiceo, dissimulo, dissocio, dissuadeo, and a few others; so, dinumero, to count as separate objects: disputo, to discuss different views or things. —

In a few words dis- acquires an intensive force, exceedingly, as, differtus, dilaudo, discupio, disperio ( utterly), dispudet, dissuavior, distaedet. This is but a development of its original meaning: thus, differtus is properly stuffed out; dilaudo, to scatter praise of, etc.—

Between, among, through: dinosco, dirigo (or derigo), dijudico, diligo, dilucesco, dispicio, dissereno.

dīgĕrĭes, ēi, f. [digero], an orderly distribution, a disposition, arrangement (late Lat.), Macr. S. 1; praef. § 7; 1, 16, § 38.

Digestion, Cod. Theod. 14, 4, 4, § 2; 14, 20, 21, § 2.

dis-penso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.

Orig. of money, to distribute by weight, to [p. 592] disburse, pay out (for syn. cf.:

partior, impertio, distribuo, divido): ducentos nummos (sc. inter milites),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 47.—

In gen., to manage, regulate household expenses:

domesticas res,

Cic. Att. 11, 1; cf. Juv. 7, 219:

eligere aliquem ad dispensandam pecuniam,

to have charge of the military chest, Nep. Con. 4.— Absol.:

dispensat pueris vilicus,

distributes rations, Mart. 12, 18, 22.—

Transf., of other things, to dispense, distribute, arrange (for syn. cf.: dispono, digero, ordino, compono).

Lit.:

(fons) certis horarum spatiis dispensatur inter incolas,

Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188; Front. Aquaed. 9; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 89:

vitis aequa portione sucum proli suae dispensat,

Col. 4, 24, 9:

oscula suprema natos per omnes,

Ov. M. 6, 278 (cf.:

dividit oscula,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 6):

filum candelae,

Juv. 3, 287:

quem (annum) intercalaribus mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 19 fin. —

Trop., to manage, regulate, control, distribute:

inventa non solum ordine, sed etiam momento quodam atque judicio dispensare atque componere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

quasi dispensare rem publicam et in ea quodam modo vilicare,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; Just. 7, 6, 4:

laetitiam inter impotentes populi animos,

i. e. to impart to them by degrees, Liv. 27, 50 fin.:

male dispensata libertas,

Sen. Ben. 1, 10:

quae dispensant mortalia fata sorores,

Ov. H. 12, 3 et saep.: consilium dispensandae cohonestandaeque victoriae imperatoribus majores dederunt nostri (qs. to arrange as the general's manager; the fig. acc. to I. B., v. also dispensator), Liv. 38, 47.— Absol.: si modo recte dispensare velis, to dispense, arrange ( = administrare), Hor. S. 1, 2, 75.

in-dīgestus, a, um, adj., unarranged, without order, confused ( poet. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

(Chaos) rudis indigestaque moles,

Ov. M. 1, 7:

simplicitas,

Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98:

turba,

id. 17, 10, 12, § 65:

multitudo,

Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 4.—

In partic.

Of food, undigested, Macr. S. 7, 7; Veg. Vet. 3, 53, 1.—

Suffering from indigestion, Schol. Juv. 1, 143; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 21, 198.— Adv.: indīgestē, without arrangement, immethodically, Gell. praef. 3; Macr. S. praef. init.

indīgestus, ūs, m. [in-digero], indigestion: stomachi, Schol. Juv. 4, 67.