discepto

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discepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dis and capio].

Jurid. t. t. (lit., to seize hold of and separate; hence, to stop the dispute), to decide, determine, judge a controversy, = dijudicare (cf.: dissero, disputo;

good prose, but rare): res juste sapienterque,

Cic. Mil. 9:

hanc causam si in foro dicerem eodem audiente et disceptante te,

id. Deiot. 2, 6; cf.:

ipso exercitu disceptante,

Liv. 5, 4:

jus dicebat disceptabatque controversias,

id. 41, 20; cf.:

controversias inter se jure ac judicio, aut... bello,

id. 38, 38 fin.:

inter populum Carthaginiensem et regem in re praesenti,

id. 34, 62 fin.:

inter amicos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2. al.:

FETIALES BELLA DISCEPTANTO,

i. e. to decide between peace and war, Cic. Leg. 2, 9.—

Beyond the judic. sphere: cum Academici eorum controversias disceptarent, Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6.—Far more freq.,.

Transf., of the parties themselves: to debate, dispute, discuss, strive.

With de:

de controversiis jure apud se potius, quam inter se armis disceptare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 107 fin.; cf.:

de controversiis suis jure potius quam bello,

Sall. J. 21 fin.; and see under b:

non de aliquo crimine sed de publico jure,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64; cf.:

de foederum jure verbis,

Liv. 21, 19:

de jure vectigalium,

id. 34, 62:

de cunctis negotiis inter se,

Sall. J. 11, 2 al. —Ellipt.:

damni (i. e. de actione damni) disceptare,

Dig. 48, 19, 28, § 12.— Pass. impers.:

quanto periculo de jure publico disceptaretur armis,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2; 6, 1, 5:

quorum de re,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

de omnibus condicionibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

de agro cum regis legatis,

Liv. 34, 62 al. —With ob:

ob rem pecuniariam cum aliquo,

Tac. A. 6, 5.—With ad:

ad aliquem,

Liv. 8, 23.—

Absol.:

erat non jure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum,

Cic. Planc. 36; so,

cum palaestritis aequo jure,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 15; cf.:

jure potius quam bellum gerere,

Hirt. B. G. 85 fin.:

armis,

Tac. A. 2, 65.— Pass. impers.:

ut coram imperatore, sicut inter Marcellum Siculosque disceptatum fuerat, disceptaretur,

Liv. 26, 33; cf. id. 38, 35.— Abl. absol.:

multum invicem disceptato,

Tac. A. 15, 14.—

With inanimate subjects:

in uno proelio omnis fortuna rei publicae disceptat,

depends upon, is at stake, Cic. Fam. 10, 10.

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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.

disceptātĭo, ōnis, f. [discepto], a dispute, disputation, debate, discussion, disquisition.

In gen. (good prose in sing. and plur.; cf.

for syn.: controversia, concertatio, altercatio, contentio, jurgium, rixa, disputatio): cum quibus omnis fere nobis disceptatio contentioque est,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

non disceptatio modo, sed etiam altercatio,

Liv. 38, 32; so absol., Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34; id. Deiot. 2, 5:

rationum et firmamentorum contentio adducit in angustum disceptationem,

id. Part. Or. 30, 104; Liv. 27, 5; 32, 40; Quint. 3, 11, 11; 7, 5, 2 al.:

lator ipse legis, cum esset controversia nulla facti, juris tamen disceptationem esse voluit,

Cic. Mil. 9, 23; so,

juris,

Quint. 3, 6, 82:

forenses judiciorum aut deliberationum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 22; cf. Quint. 2, 4, 24:

judicationum,

id. 3, 11, 19 et saep.:

verborum (opp.: directa denuntiatio belli),

Liv. 21, 19:

cogitationum,

Vulg. Rom. 14, 1.—

Esp., a decision, judicial award, judgment (very rare):

arbitrorum (coupled with publica judicia),

Quint. 11, 1, 43:

praetoris,

Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 24.

dis-pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

Orig. in mercant. lang., to cast or reckon up, to calculate a sum by going over its items; to estimate, compute:

ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 55.—

Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere, to weigh, examine, investigate, treat of, discuss a doubtful subject, either by meditating or (more commonly) by speaking upon it (good prose; very freq. in Cicero's philos. and rhet. writings; cf. for syn.: dissero, discepto); constr. usual. with accus. of neutr. pron. or with de and abl. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 372):

in meo corde eam rem volutavi et diu disputavi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 4:

ea, quae disputavi, disserere malui quam judicare,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40 fin.:

neque haec in eam sententiam disputo, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 117:

aliquid pro tribunali multis verbis,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 3:

hoc,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 83 et saep.:

(Druides) multa de sideribus atque eorum motu, etc.... disputant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.:

de moribus, de virtutibus, de re publica,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10:

de omni re in contrarias partes,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 158: cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.; id. Fam. 11, 27 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 3:

ab his, qui contra disputant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 18:

non inscite ad ea disputat, quae, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 7; id. Rep. 1, 16:

quale sit de quo disputabitur,

id. ib. 1, 24:

disputatur in consilio a Petreio et Afranio,

Caes. B. C. 1, 67 et saep.:

nunc utriusque disceptator eccum adest, age disputa,

i. e. relate, tell, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 16; cf. id. Rud. 3, 4, 13:

rem alicui,

i. e. to state, represent, id. Men. prol. 50.—With acc. and inf.:

isti in eo disputant, Contaminari non decere fabulas,

i. e. maintain, Ter. And. prol. 15 Ruhnk.—

In late Lat.

To discuss, preach:

in synagoga,

Vulg. Act. 17, 17; 18, 4; 20, 9.—

To dispute, contend in words:

quis eorum major esset,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 33:

cum diabolo,

id. Jud. 9. [p. 594]

dis-sĕro, sēvi (serui, poet. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14, 12), sĭtum, 3, v. a., to scatter seed, to sow here and there, to sow (rare):

Caeciliana (lactuca) mense Januario recte disseritur,

Col. 11, 3, 26:

semina in areolas,

id. 11, 2, 30; cf.:

res in arcas (olitor),

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

dissita pars animae per totum corpus,

Lucr. 3, 143; cf. id. ib. 377; 4, 888.—

To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there:

taleae mediocribus intermissis spatiis disserebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.

dis-sĕro, rŭi, rtum ( part. perf. disserta, first in Hier. in Isa. 4, 11; class. form dĭsertus, as a P. a., is very freq.; v. under P. a.), 3, v. a.— Lit., to set forth in order, arrange distinctly; hence, to examine, argue, discuss; or (more freq.) to speak, discourse, treat of a thing (good prose and very freq., esp. in Cic. and Quint.—cf.: disputo, discepto).

With acc. (so in Cic., and usually only with pronouns, but in Tac. also freq. with nominal subjects):

idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae de amicitia ea ipsa dissereret, quae disputata ab eo meminisset Scaevola,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 78:

nihil de ea re,

Tac. A. 1, 6:

seditiosa de aliqua re,

id. ib. 3, 40:

permulta de eloquentia cum Antonio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13; cf.:

haec cum ipsis philosophis,

id. ib. 1, 13, 57:

quae inter me et Scipionem de amicitia disserebantur,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

qui haec nuper disserere coeperunt, cum corporibus simul animos interire,

id. ib. 4, 13:

haec subtilius,

id. ib. 5, 18:

aliquid pluribus verbis in senatu,

id. Fam. 12, 7; cf. Sall. J. 30 fin.:

ea, quae disputavi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 95; cf. id. Fat. 5; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:

ea lege, qua credo omnibus in rebus disserendis utendum esse,

id. Rep. 1, 24:

pauci bona libertatis incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; cf. id. ib. 6, 34; id. H. 3, 81:

cujus negotii initium, ordinem, finem curatius disseram,

id. A. 2, 27; cf. id. H. 2, 2 fin.:

paucis instituta majorum domi militiaeque, quomodo rem publicam habuerint, etc., disserere,

Sall. C. 5 fin. Kritz.; for the latter constr. with a rel. clause, cf. Quint. praef. § 22, and 1, 10, 22; and with acc. and inf.:

malunt disserere, nihil esse in auspiciis, quam quid sit ediscere,

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; id. Fin. 4, 1, 2 al.—

With de:

Scipio triduum disseruit de re publica,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14; so id. Rep. 1, 23 fin. et saep.; cf.

also: consuetudo de omnibus rebus in contrarias partes disserendi,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9:

de Scripturis,

Vulg. Act. 17, 2 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

ut inter quos disseritur, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo disseratur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1 fin. —Less freq. for de, super aliqua re, Gell. 19, 1, 19.—

Absol.:

ut memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum et cum Scipione disserere,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; so,

cum aliquo,

id. Rep. 1, 21:

ita disseruit: duas esse vias, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 30:

in disserendo rudes,

id. Rep. 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 3, 16; Quint. 12, 1, 35; 12, 2, 25 al.:

causa disserendi,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3 fin.:

ratio disserendi,

id. Fat. 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 7; id. Ac. 1, 8, 30; and:

ars bene disserendi,

id. de Or. 2, 38:

adhibita disserendi elegantia,

id. ib. 2, 2 fin.; cf.:

disserendi subtilitas,

id. de Or. 1, 15, 68 et saep. —Hence, dĭsertus, a, um (for dissertus. Cf.:

difficultas laborque discendi disertam negligentiam reddidit. Malunt enim disserere, nihil esse in auspiciis, quam quid sit ediscere,

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; and: disertus a disserendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 15), P. a., skilful in speaking on a subject; clear, methodical in speaking; well-spoken, fluent (less than eloquens, eloquent:

disertos cognosse me nonnullos, eloquentem adhuc neminem, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21; and id. Or. 5, 18; cf. also: facundus, loquax, dicax).

Prop.:

disertorum oratione delenitus... utilitates non a sapientibus et fortibus viris sed a disertis et ornate dicentibus esse constitutae,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 36; cf. id. Phil. 2, 39 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 7 et saep.; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; id. A. P. 370; Ov. M. 13, 228; id. Tr. 3, 11, 21; Mart. 9, 12, 16 et saep.—Cf. also, ora, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 20; and poet., Arpi, because within its limits Cicero was born, Mart. 4, 55:

leporum disertus puer,

Cat. 12, 9:

callidus et disertus homo,

i. e. sagacious, shrewd, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 10.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129 (with eloquentior).— Sup., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Brut. 91, 315; Cat. 49, 1.—

Transf., of discourse:

illam orationem disertam sibi et oratoriam videri, fortem et virilem non videri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.

historia,

id. Brut. 26:

epilogus,

id. Att. 4, 15, 4:

verba,

Ov. Pont. 3, 5, 8 al.; Quint. 1, 8, 4; cf. id. 2, 11, 5; 8 prooem. § 24; 8, 2, 21.— Comp.:

sententia,

Sen. Ep. 21.— Sup.:

litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.—Adv., clearly, expressly, distinctly; eloquently.

dĭserte, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31; Afran. ap. Non. 509, 23; Liv. 21, 19 Fabri ad loc.; id. 42, 25, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 1, 10 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24; id. Att. 4, 1, 6; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 10; Quint. 12, 1, 30; [p. 595] Tac. Or. 9, 26.—

dĭsertim, Liv. Andr., Att. Trag. v. 350 Rib. (ap. Non. 509, 25 sq.); Titin. Com. v. 150 Rib. (ap. Non. ib.); Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 87.—

Comp., Mart. 3, 38.—

Sup., Liv. 39, 28; Quint. 6, 2, 26.