e-dissero

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.

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]

dissertĭo, ōnis, f. [2. dissero], destruction, abolition:

cur exsecrabilis ista nobis solis velut dissertio juris humani est?

Liv. 41, 24, 10 (dub., this not being the etym. sense of the word; al. dissaeptio, discerptio).—

The explanation, solution, Hier. in Matt. 13, 13.

dissĭtus, a, um, Part., from 1. dissero.

dis-sĭtus, a, um, adj., lying apart, remote (an Appuleian word), opp. assitus, App. Flor. init. p. 340:

femora, i. q. divaricata,

id. M. 7, p. 198, 13.

intellĕgentĭa ( intellĭg-), ae, f. [intellego], the power of discerning or understanding, discernment, understanding, intelligence.

Lit.:

Deus intellegentiam in animo inclusit,

Cic. Univ. 3:

intellegentia est, per quam animus ea perspicit, quae sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 53:

pars animi, rationis atque intellegentiae particeps,

id. de Div. 1, 32, 70:

infixam nostram intellegentiam capere, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 49 fin.:

fretus intellegentia vestra dissero brevius,

id. ib. 1, 19, 49:

quod in nostram intellegentiam cadit,

id. Off. 3, 4; 2, 9 fin.:

ratione et intellegentia tenere aliquid,

id. ib. 3, 17 al.—

Transf.

Understanding, knowledge:

quia difficilis erat animi, quid, aut qualis esset, intellegentia, nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

quae nos magis ad cognitionem intellegentiamque convertant,

id. ib. 5, 24:

juris,

id. Phil. 9, 5: somniorum, the knowledge of dreams, i. e. the art of interpreting dreams, Just. 36, 2:

eam calamitatem vestra intellegentia sedabit,

discrimination, Ter. Hec. prol. 23. —

Plur.:

rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22.—

In partic.

Art, skill, taste, connoisseurship: intellegentia in rusticis rebus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17:

in homine intellegentiam esse, non avaritiam,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46:

pecuniae quaerendae,

id. Inv. 1, 29.—

Perception, discernment by the senses:

in gustu et odoratu intellegentia,

Cic. Ac. 4, 7.

intellĕgentĭa ( intellĭg-), ae, f. [intellego], the power of discerning or understanding, discernment, understanding, intelligence.

Lit.:

Deus intellegentiam in animo inclusit,

Cic. Univ. 3:

intellegentia est, per quam animus ea perspicit, quae sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 53:

pars animi, rationis atque intellegentiae particeps,

id. de Div. 1, 32, 70:

infixam nostram intellegentiam capere, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 49 fin.:

fretus intellegentia vestra dissero brevius,

id. ib. 1, 19, 49:

quod in nostram intellegentiam cadit,

id. Off. 3, 4; 2, 9 fin.:

ratione et intellegentia tenere aliquid,

id. ib. 3, 17 al.—

Transf.

Understanding, knowledge:

quia difficilis erat animi, quid, aut qualis esset, intellegentia, nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

quae nos magis ad cognitionem intellegentiamque convertant,

id. ib. 5, 24:

juris,

id. Phil. 9, 5: somniorum, the knowledge of dreams, i. e. the art of interpreting dreams, Just. 36, 2:

eam calamitatem vestra intellegentia sedabit,

discrimination, Ter. Hec. prol. 23. —

Plur.:

rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22.—

In partic.

Art, skill, taste, connoisseurship: intellegentia in rusticis rebus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17:

in homine intellegentiam esse, non avaritiam,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46:

pecuniae quaerendae,

id. Inv. 1, 29.—

Perception, discernment by the senses:

in gustu et odoratu intellegentia,

Cic. Ac. 4, 7.

tracto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. tractantum, Ov. P. 3, 3, 20), 1, v. freq. a. [traho].

To draw violently, to drag, tug, haul, etc. (so, very rare): qui te (Hectorem) sic tractavere? Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 96 Vahl.):

tractatus per aequora campi,

id. Ann. v. 140 Vahl.:

tractata comis antistita Phoebi,

Ov. M. 13, 410:

malis morsuque ferarum Tractari,

to be torn, rent, lacerated, Lucr. 3, 889.—

To touch, take in hand, handle, manage, wield; to exercise, practise, transact, perform, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: tango, ago, perago).

Lit.:

ut ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

numquam temere tinnit tintinnabulum, nisi qui illud tractat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

aliquid manibus,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

tractavisti hospitam ante aedes meas,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 30:

mateilionem Corinthium cupidissime tractans,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

volucra, quae non possum tractare sine magno gemitu,

id. Att. 12, 22, 1:

aret Pellis et ad tactum tractanti dura resistit,

Verg. G. 3, 502:

puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 79:

vitulos consuescere manu tractari,

Col. 6, 2, 1:

tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

i. e. strikes, plays upon, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60: necdum res igni scibant tractare, to prepare, i. e. to cook, dress, Lucr. 5, 953:

solum terrae aere,

id. 5, 1289; cf.:

lutosum agrum,

i. e. to till, Col. 2, 4, 5:

tractari tuerique vites,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

ceram pollice,

Ov. M. 10, 285; cf. id. ib. 8, 196:

lanam,

Just. 1, 3:

lanuginem,

Suet. Ner. 34:

gubernacula,

to manage, Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

tela,

to wield, Liv. 7, 32, 11; cf.:

speciosius arma,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53:

servus, qui meam bibliothecen multorum nummorum tractavit,

has taken care of, had charge of, Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 3; cf.: eras tu quaestor;

pecuniam publicam tu tractabas,

id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32:

rationem Prusensium,

Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5.—

Trop., to handle, manage, practise, conduct, lead, etc.

In gen.: ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):

suam rem minus caute et cogitate,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

causas amicorum tractare atque agere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

causam difficiliorem,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

condiciones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

bellum,

to conduct, carry on, Liv. 23, 28, 4; Tac. A. 1, 59; Just. 9, 8, 12; 22, 5, 4:

proelia,

Sil. 15, 466; cf.:

vitam vulgivago more ferarum,

to lead, pass, spend, Lucr. 5, 930; so,

vitam,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33 (al. transactam):

imperium,

Just. 1, 2, 1:

regna,

id. 2, 4, 20:

pauca admodum vi tractata, quo ceteris quies esset,

Tac. A. 1, 9 fin.:

artem,

to practise, Ter. Phorm. prol. 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

verba vetera,

to employ, Quint. 11, 1, 6:

personam in scenā,

to perform, act, represent, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; so,

partes secundas (mimus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14:

animos,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Reflex.:

quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc.,

has so conducted himself, Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; so,

ita me in re publicā tractabo, ut meminerim, etc.,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 29.—

In partic.

To treat, use, or conduct one ' s self towards a person in any manner:

ego te, ut merita es de me, tractare exsequar,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 8: haec arte tractabat virum, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125:

omnibus rebus eum ita tractes, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3:

non tractabo ut consulem,

id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

aliquem liberaliter,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

nec liberalius nec honorificentius potuisse tractari,

id. Fam. 13, 27, 2:

pater parum pie tractatus a filio,

id. Cael. 2, 3:

mercatores ac navicularii injuriosius tractati,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

pauloque benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12. —

To handle, treat, investigate, discuss any thing, mentally, orally, or in writing (cf.: dissero, disputo, ago). ( a) With acc.:

quem ad modum quamque causam tractare conveniat,

Auct. Her. 2, 2, 2:

oratori omnia quaesita, audita, lecta, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

habeat omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

causas amicorum,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

tractata res,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

definitiones fortitudinis,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:

partem philosophiae,

id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:

constantiam,

id. Lael. 18, 65; cf. id. ib. 22, 82:

ibi consilia decem legatorum tractabantur,

Liv. 33, 31, 7:

fama fuit... tractatas inter Eumenen et Persea condiciones amicitiae,

id. 44, 13, 9:

scrupulosius tractabo ventos,

Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118: prima elementa, Quint. prooem. 21;

1, 1, 23: locus, qui copississime a Cicerone tractatur,

id. 1, 4, 24; 7, 2, 43:

aliquid memori pectore,

to ponder, reflect upon, Juv. 11, 28; cf.:

tractare proeliorum vias,

Tac. A. 2, 5: ut quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21, 1.—

With de and abl. (mostly postAug.):

de officii parte,

Sen. Contr. 2, 1 (9), 20 (dub.;

Madv. and Kiessl. partem): quoniam de religionibus tractabatur,

Tac. A. 3, 71:

ubi de figuris orationis tractandum erit,

Quint. 1, 5, 5; 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 10:

de negotiis,

to discuss, Suet. Aug. 35 fin. —

With interrog.-clause:

quo tractatur amicus an inimicus,

Quint. 5, 10, 29; 7, 2, 56:

utra sit antiquior (lex),

id. 7, 7, 8:

cum tractaret, quinam adipisci principem locum abnuerent, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 13.—

To negotiate, treat:

dum de condicionibus tractat,

Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Suet. Claud. 26:

de Asiā,

Just. 37, 3, 4:

de redimendo filio,

id. 31, 7, 7.