in-dispositus

dispŏsĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from dispono.

dispŏsĭtus, ūs, m. [id.], a disposition, arrangement:

dispositu civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

in-dispŏsĭtus, a, um, adj., without order, confused (post-Aug. and very rare):

apud Vitellium omnia indisposita, temulenta, etc.,

Tac. H. 2, 68.—

Of persons, unprepared, August. Ep. 59.—

* Adv.: in-dispŏsĭtē, without order, confusedly:

moveri,

Sen. Ep. 124, 19.

subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

Lucr. 4, 88:

ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

acies gladii,

Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

farina,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

mitra,

Cat. 64, 63:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 225:

subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

indui te subtilibus,

id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

harundo,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

semen raporum,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

sucus subtilissimus,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—

Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

subtilior gula,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).

In gen.:

sollers subtilisque descriptio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

definitio,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

observatio,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

sententia,

id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

argumentatio,

id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

quaestio,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

Graecia,

Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

Cels. 7, 7, 13:

inventum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—

Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

sagax, acutus): judicium,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

subtilis veterum judex,

id. S. 2, 7, 101:

sapiens subtilisque lector,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—

In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

genus dicendi,

Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

oratio,

id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

disputator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

id. Brut. 17, 65:

oratione limatus atque subtilis,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

praeceptor,

id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.

Lit.:

subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

Lucr. 6, 1031:

conexae res,

closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

dividere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

fodere,

lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —

Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.

In gen.:

subtiliter judicare,

finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

subtiliter exsequi numerum,

Liv. 3, 5:

de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

aliquid persequi,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

id persequar subtilius,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

subtilius haec disserunt,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

subtilius ista quaerunt,

id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —

In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

Cic. Or. 29, 100:

versute et subtiliter dicere,

id. ib. 7, 22:

privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.

subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

Lucr. 4, 88:

ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

acies gladii,

Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

farina,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

mitra,

Cat. 64, 63:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 225:

subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

indui te subtilibus,

id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

harundo,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

semen raporum,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

sucus subtilissimus,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—

Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

subtilior gula,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).

In gen.:

sollers subtilisque descriptio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

definitio,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

observatio,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

sententia,

id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

argumentatio,

id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

quaestio,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

Graecia,

Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

Cels. 7, 7, 13:

inventum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—

Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

sagax, acutus): judicium,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

subtilis veterum judex,

id. S. 2, 7, 101:

sapiens subtilisque lector,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—

In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

genus dicendi,

Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

oratio,

id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

disputator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

id. Brut. 17, 65:

oratione limatus atque subtilis,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

praeceptor,

id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.

Lit.:

subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

Lucr. 6, 1031:

conexae res,

closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

dividere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

fodere,

lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —

Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.

In gen.:

subtiliter judicare,

finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

subtiliter exsequi numerum,

Liv. 3, 5:

de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

aliquid persequi,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

id persequar subtilius,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

subtilius haec disserunt,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

subtilius ista quaerunt,

id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —

In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

Cic. Or. 29, 100:

versute et subtiliter dicere,

id. ib. 7, 22:

privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.