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81 diverto
dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).I.Lit.A.To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:B.qui divertebat in proximo,
Amm. 14, 7, 15:in cenaculum,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:ad hominem peccatorem,
to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —Of a married woman, to leave her husband:II.(uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,
Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,
ib. 5, 1, 42:nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,
Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:I. A.divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.Lit.:B.in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28:fenestrae,
opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.ripa,
Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:iter a proposito diversum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:diverso ab ea regione itinere,
id. ib. 3, 41, 4:diversis ab flumine regionibus,
id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:diversam aciem constituit,
id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,
Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):diversum ad mare dejectus,
Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:procurrentibus in diversa terris,
id. Agr. 11:in diversum flectere,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:binas per diversum coassationes substernere,
cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—Trop.1.In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:2.varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,
Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?
Vell. 2, 75, 2:pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,
Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,
Sall. J. 85, 20:diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,
pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,
Vell. 1, 13, 3:dividere bona diversis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:divorsius,
Lucr. 3, 803.—In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:II. A.certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,
Cic. Ac. 2, 32:regio ab se diversa,
Liv. 32, 38:diversos iterum conjungere amantes,
Prop. 1, 10, 15:acies,
Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:factio,
Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.partes,
id. Caes. 1:diversae partis advocatus,
opposite, id. Gramm. 4:diversi ordiuntur, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 10:subsellia,
of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,
are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:nullo in diversum auctore,
Tac. A. 12, 69:consistentis ex diverso patroni,
on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:ex diverso,
id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;also: e diverso,
Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,
Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:B.diversae state,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:diversi pugnabant,
separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,jam antea diversi audistis,
Sall. C. 20, 5; and:sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,
Liv. 10, 25:diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,
Liv. 42, 8:age diversos et disice corpora ponto,
Verg. A. 1, 70:diversi consules discedunt,
Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:quo diversus abis?
away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,
very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,loca,
id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,
Liv. 4, 22:itinera,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:proelium,
fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:Aesar,
i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;708: diverso terrarum distineri,
distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—Trop.1.Different, unlike, dissimilar:2.varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:diversa ac dissimilis pars,
id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:diversa studia in dissimili ratione,
id. Cat. 2, 5:flumina diversa locis,
Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:oris habitu simili aut diverso,
Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,
Tac. A. 14, 19:a proposita ratione diversum,
Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:ab his longe diversae litterae,
Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,
id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,
Tac. A. 1, 49:diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,
Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,
id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:B.metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,
Sall. J. 25, 6:qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,
Tac. H. 4, 84:diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,
Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,
Sall. C. 61, 3:multifariam diverseque tendere,
Suet. Galb. 19.—Trop. of the mind:curae meum animum divorse trahunt,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,
differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:diversissime adfici,
very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,
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82 divorsus
dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).I.Lit.A.To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:B.qui divertebat in proximo,
Amm. 14, 7, 15:in cenaculum,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:ad hominem peccatorem,
to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —Of a married woman, to leave her husband:II.(uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,
Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,
ib. 5, 1, 42:nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,
Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:I. A.divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.Lit.:B.in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28:fenestrae,
opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.ripa,
Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:iter a proposito diversum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:diverso ab ea regione itinere,
id. ib. 3, 41, 4:diversis ab flumine regionibus,
id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:diversam aciem constituit,
id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,
Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):diversum ad mare dejectus,
Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:procurrentibus in diversa terris,
id. Agr. 11:in diversum flectere,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:binas per diversum coassationes substernere,
cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—Trop.1.In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:2.varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,
Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?
Vell. 2, 75, 2:pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,
Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,
Sall. J. 85, 20:diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,
pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,
Vell. 1, 13, 3:dividere bona diversis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:divorsius,
Lucr. 3, 803.—In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:II. A.certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,
Cic. Ac. 2, 32:regio ab se diversa,
Liv. 32, 38:diversos iterum conjungere amantes,
Prop. 1, 10, 15:acies,
Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:factio,
Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.partes,
id. Caes. 1:diversae partis advocatus,
opposite, id. Gramm. 4:diversi ordiuntur, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 10:subsellia,
of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,
are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:nullo in diversum auctore,
Tac. A. 12, 69:consistentis ex diverso patroni,
on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:ex diverso,
id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;also: e diverso,
Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,
Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:B.diversae state,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:diversi pugnabant,
separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,jam antea diversi audistis,
Sall. C. 20, 5; and:sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,
Liv. 10, 25:diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,
Liv. 42, 8:age diversos et disice corpora ponto,
Verg. A. 1, 70:diversi consules discedunt,
Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:quo diversus abis?
away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,
very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,loca,
id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,
Liv. 4, 22:itinera,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:proelium,
fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:Aesar,
i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;708: diverso terrarum distineri,
distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—Trop.1.Different, unlike, dissimilar:2.varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:diversa ac dissimilis pars,
id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:diversa studia in dissimili ratione,
id. Cat. 2, 5:flumina diversa locis,
Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:oris habitu simili aut diverso,
Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,
Tac. A. 14, 19:a proposita ratione diversum,
Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:ab his longe diversae litterae,
Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,
id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,
Tac. A. 1, 49:diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,
Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,
id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:B.metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,
Sall. J. 25, 6:qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,
Tac. H. 4, 84:diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,
Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,
Sall. C. 61, 3:multifariam diverseque tendere,
Suet. Galb. 19.—Trop. of the mind:curae meum animum divorse trahunt,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,
differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:diversissime adfici,
very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,
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83 ἀπήορος
A hanging on high, far distant,ἀστέρες οὔτε τι πολλὸν ἀ. οὔτε μάλ' ἐγγύς Arat.396
: c. gen., ἀπάορος ἐχθρῶν aloof from them, Pi.P.8.86.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀπήορος
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84 layo
English Definition: see layo1 see layo2 see layo3--------English Definition: (adj) /ma--/ far; distant--------Active Verb: lumayoEnglish Definition: (verb) to stay or keep awayExamples: Lumayo ka muna sa kanya habang mainit siya sa iyo. (You should try to stay away from him while he is still mad at you.)--------Active Verb: maglayoPassive Verb: ilayoEnglish Definition: (verb) to separate; to put something away from the reach of someoneExamples: 1) Maglayo nga kayong dalawa. (Both of you should separate.) 2) Ilayo mo ang mabahong durian sa akin. (Put the smelly durian away from me.) -
85 ווײַט
(adj.)[vayt]Approximate Pronunciation (Northern / Southern) [vayt / vaat]far, distant, remote -
86 кый
a.far, distant, remote -
87 malayò
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88 distante
distant, remote, far-offdistante da far from* * *distante agg.1 distant, remote, far off, faraway (attr.), far away (pred.): paesi distanti, far off (o remote) countries; suono distante, distant (o faraway) sound; due fatti distanti nel tempo, two widely separated events; non è molto distante il giorno delle nozze, the day of the wedding isn't far off // distante da, far from (o a long way from): è molto distante da qui la stazione?, is the station very far from (o a long way from) here?; no, è distante da qui solo mezzo miglio, no, it is only half a mile away from here; la mia casa è poco distante dalla scuola, my house is not far from the school2 (fig.) ( differente) different: essere distanti di gusti, di opinioni, to differ in tastes, in opinions3 ( distaccato) distant, aloof, reserved, standoffish, detached: uno sguardo distante, a detached glance◆ avv. far, far off, far away, a long way away: abitiamo molto distante, we live very far away (o a long way away); andare distante, to go far; non riesco a vedere così distante, I cannot see as far as that // Parli più forte. La sento distante!, ( al telefono) Can you speak up? I can hardly hear you!* * *[dis'tante]1. agg1)essere distante (da) — to be a long way (from)è distante da qui? — is it far from here?, is it a long way from here?
2)essere distante nel tempo — to be in the distant pastsono distanti gli anni in cui... — it's a long time since...
3) (fig : persona, atteggiamento) distant2. avvfar away, a long way awaynon si vede da così distante — you can't see it from this distance o from so far away
* * *[dis'tante] 1.1) (nello spazio) [luogo, rumore, bagliore] distant2) (riservato, distaccato) [persona, atteggiamento] detached, aloof, stand-offish3) (diverso) [posizioni, opinioni] different4) (nel tempo)2.avverbio far, far off, far away, a long way* * *distante/dis'tante/1 (nello spazio) [luogo, rumore, bagliore] distant; un villaggio distante sei chilometri a village six kilometres away; è troppo distante it's too far away; distante dalla città away from the town2 (riservato, distaccato) [persona, atteggiamento] detached, aloof, stand-offish3 (diverso) [posizioni, opinioni] different4 (nel tempo) un avvenimento distante nel tempo an event remote in time; eventi -i (tra loro) molti anni events that are several years apartII avverbiofar, far off, far away, a long way; abitare distante to live far away. -
89 fjern
* * *adj. [ om avstand] distant, far-off, faraway adj. [ lengre] remote adj. [ om tid] distant, far-off, long-gone adj. [ distré] absent-minded, far-away, inattentive, remote adj. [ dum] silly, lost, daft -
90 uzaq
distant, remote, far off (zaman və yer)uzaqa – far, far awayuzaqda – far off, at a distanceuzaqdan – from far offuzaq(ğ)ı (ən azı) – not more than; not later thanuzaq qohum – a distant relativebir şeyə uzaqdan baxmaq – look at something from a distance; take no part (in)məc. -
91 перекрестная наводка на дальнем конце
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > перекрестная наводка на дальнем конце
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92 daleko
far (away), distantly, remotely, daleko od far from* * *• distant• distantly• long• far away• far off• far(away)• away• aloof• afar• afield -
93 weit entfernt
far (Adj.); faraway (Adj.); far away (Adv.); distant (Adj.) -
94 remoto
• distant• far away• far-off• out of the way• outlying• remote• unlikely -
95 mamao
distant (far away)————————mamao (pā...)far (away) -
96 fjern
far, far, aloof, remote, distant -
97 далекий
far имя прилагательное: -
98 дальний
far имя прилагательное: -
99 mamao
distant (far away)————————mamao (pā...)far (away) -
100 uzak
"distant; far, far-off, faraway, remote, off the beaten track, out-of-the-way; improbable, unlikely, outside; distance place"
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