digestum

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.

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.

dis-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a., to separate, set apart.

Lit., to separate, part, divide (freq. since the Aug. per.):

equas, ne inter se pugnare possint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 10: ordines (preceded by senatus a populo secretus), Liv. 34, 54:

lignum a carnibus,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 33:

Lusitaniam a Baetica,

id. 4, 21, 35, § 116:

neque mons erat, qui fines eorum discerneret,

i. e. to mark out, determine, Sall. J. 79, 3; cf. poet.:

(saxum) telas auro,

to interweave with gold, Verg. A. 4, 264; 11, 75:

haec ipsa fortuna huc illucve discernit,

divides, distributes, Cels. 7, 3.—In the part. perf., divided, separated:

duae urbes, magno inter se spatio discretae,

Liv. 27, 39 fin.; cf.:

Peraea a ceteris Judaeis Jordane amne,

Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70:

Philippus mari tantum Ionio discretus,

Liv. 23, 33; so,

sol tanto intervallo,

Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50:

uxor velo,

id. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

ager saxo,

Stat. Th. 5, 559:

decurias pluribus nominibus,

Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31 et saep.— Of the hair, parted:

discretaque collo Caesaries,

Grat. Cyn. 272:

divisa discretaque tellus,

divided and separated, Lucr. 5, 1441:

tellus (opp. permixta),

id. 691:

ubi discretas insula rumpit aquas,

Ov. F. 2, 194:

sedes piorum,

set apart, retired, Hor. C. 2, 13, 23:

quae cum sint turpissima discreta ac separata, turpius junguntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 6 fin.:

septem discretus in ostia Nilus,

Ov. M. 5, 324 (for which: septem digestum in cornua Nilum, id. ib. 9, 774); cf. Quint. 7, 1, 1.

Trop.

To separate things according to their different qualities, to distinguish between, discern (freq. and class.):

alba et atra,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

discernere et dispicere insidiatorem et petitum insidiis,

Liv. 40, 10:

jus et injuriam,

Tac. A. 2, 66:

probanda atque improbanda,

Quint. 2, 2, 11:

fas atque nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 et saep.:

id quod visum erit a falso,

Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 25:

pantheras a pardis solo candore,

Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 et saep.:

verba discerni articulatim,

Lucr. 4, 555: suos, * Caes. B. G. 7, 75:

piceam visu,

Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

temperantiam duobus modis,

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 77 et saep.:

animus discernit, quid sit ejusdem generis, quid alterius,

id. Univ. 8:

pecuniae an famae minus parceret haud facile dis cerneres,

Sall. C. 25, 3; so with an, Tac. A. 5, 6; id. H. 3, 28; Suet. Calig. 25; cf.: nec discernatur, jussu injussu imperatoris pugnent, [p. 587] Liv. 8, 34 fin. —

To determine, settle:

limes agro positus litem ut discerneret arvis,

Verg. A. 12, 898:

discerne causam meam,

Vulg. Psa. 42, 1.—

To except, omit, Amm. 14, 8, 7.—Hence, *

discernen-ter, adv., with a distinction, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, no. 81.—

discrētim, adv., separately, distinctly, App. M. 6, p. 173:

singillatim ac discretim,

id. Flor. 9, p. 347:

adoriri,

Amm. 29, 6:

tradi,

id. 28, 1; Hilar. in Psa. 138, 23.