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  • 1 distineō

        distineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [dis + teneo], to keep asunder, separate, part, hold back: tigna binis utrimque fibulis distinebantur, Cs.: duo freta Isthmos, O.: alqm a domo, H.: hostem Agger, V.— To keep back, hinder, detain, occupy, engage, employ, divert: manūs hostium, Cs.: copias Caesaris, kept from uniting, Cs.: Volscos, L.: in multitudine iudiciorum distineri: distineri litibus, N.: ad omnia tuenda multifariam distineri, L.— To hinder, delay, put off, prevent: pacem: victoriam, Cs.: rem distinebat, quod, etc., L.—Fig., to distract, perplex: distineor dolore: factiones senatum distinebant, L.
    * * *
    distinere, distinui, distentus V
    keep apart, separate; prevent, hold up; distract

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  • 2 obturbo

    ob-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to stir up, make turbid.
    I.
    Lit.:

    obturbata proculcatione prius aqua,

    Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68. —
    II.
    Trop., to throw into disorder or confusion; to disorder, confuse, trouble, disturb, distract:

    (eos) denso agmine obturbabat,

    Tac. H. 3, 25:

    ne obturba, ac tace,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49:

    lectorem,

    Suet. Aug. 86; cf.:

    obturbatur militum vocibus,

    Tac. H. 3, 10:

    me scriptio et litterae non leniunt sed obturbant,

    distract, Cic. Att. 12, 16 fin.:

    solitudinem,

    to disturb, id. ib. 12, 18.— Absol.: obturbabant patres specie detestandi, to raise a disturbance or clamor, Tac. A. 6, 24 (30 Ritter).— Impers.:

    obturbatur, obstrepitur,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19.

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  • 3 concutiō

        concutiō cussī, cussus, ere    [com- + quatio], to strike together: frameas, Ta.—To shake violently, shake, agitate, smite, shock: templa sonitu, T.: terra ingenti motu concussa, L.: oneratos messibus agros, O.: moenia, O.: caput, O.: manum, to wave, O.: manu arma, to brandish, O.: lora, V.: ea frena furenti concutit, with such a bit drives her in her frenzy, V.: maiore cachinno Concutitur, Iu.—P. perf.: mugitibus aether, V.: coma, O.: quercus, V.: patuere fores, O.—Fig., to shake out, search, ransack, examine: te ipsum, num, etc., H.: fecundum pectus, i. e. exhaust your ingenuity, V. — To shake, shatter, cause to waver, impair, disturb, shock, distract: rem p.: regnum, L.: opes, N.: concusso iam et paene fracto Hannibale, L. — To shake, agitate, excite, terrify, alarm, trouble: quod factum primo popularīs coniurationis concusserat, S.: casu concussus acerbo, V.: se concussere ambae, spurred themselves, Iu.: casu animum concussus amici, V.: Quone malo mentem concussa? H.
    * * *
    concutere, concussi, concussus V TRANS
    shake/vibrate/agitate violently; wave, brandish; (sound) strike (the ear); strike together/to damage; weaken/shake/shatter; harass/intimidate; rouse

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  • 4 differō

        differō distulī, dīlātus, ferre    [dis- + fero], to carry apart, spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate: venti magnitudine ignem, Cs.: Nubila, V.: rudentis (Eurus), H.: in versum ulmos, i. e. planted, V.: Mettum in diversa, tore to pieces, V.—Fig., to distract, disquiet, disturb, confound: (Oratione) te, T.: differor doloribus, T.— To spread abroad, publish, report, circulate: male commissam libertatem populo R. sermonibus, L.: rumores, T.: celeri rumore dilato, N.: alqm rumoribus, make notorious, Ta.: alqm circum puellas, Pr.— To defer, put off, postpone, adjourn, protract, delay: rem cotidie: bellum: iter in praesentia, Cs.: pleraque, H.: vadimonia, to adjourn court, Iu.: distulit ira sitim, O.: differri iam hora non potest: diem de die, L.: impetūs, i. e. make no rash attacks, Ta.: quaerere distuli, H.: nihil dilaturi, quin, etc., L.: in posterum diem: vim doloris in posterum: in aliud tempus, Cs.: (diem edicti) in a. d. IV Kal. Dec.: curandi tempus in annum, H.: id ad crudelitatis tempus: quas (legationes) partim distulit Tarraconem, till he should reach, L.: contentionem totam post bellum, L.: Differ; habent commoda morae, O.: differendum negat, says there must be no delay, L.—Of personal objects, to put off, get rid of, keep off, keep: me in tempus aliud: differri non posse adeo concitatos animos, L.: decumum quos distulit Hector in annum, V.: vivacem anum, i. e. to postpone her death, O.: hi repulsi in spem impetrandi tandem honoris dilati, L.: legati ad novos magistratūs dilati, L.—Intrans. (only praes. system), to differ, vary, be different: verbo differre, re esse unum: paulum: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc., H.: a vobis vestitu: multum a Gallicā consuetudine, Cs.: ut in nullā re (domus) differret cuiusvis inopis (sc. a domo), N.: hi (populi) omnes linguā inter se differunt, Cs.: non multum inter summos et mediocrīs viros: cogitatione inter se: (occasio) cum tempore hoc differt: pede certo Differt sermoni sermo, H.: tragico differre colori, H.
    * * *
    differre, distuli, dilatus V
    put off; delay; differ; spread, publish, scatter, disperse

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  • 5 dis-tendō

        dis-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch asunder, stretch out, extend: bracchia, O.: novem Iugeribus distentus, O.: hostium copias, L. — To swell out, distend, stuff, fill: horrea, Tb.: ubera lacte, V. — To divide, separate: copias hostium, L. — Fig., to divide, distract, perplex: in duo bella curas hominum, L.: animos, L.

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  • 6 dis-trahō

        dis-trahō āxī, actus, ere,    to pull asunder, tear in pieces, part, divide: (corpus) quod distrahi non possit: corpus passim distrahendum, L.: turbatis distractus equis, V.: aciem eius distrahi pati, broken, Cs.—To sell in parcels: agros, Ta. — To tear away, draw away, part, separate, remove: ab eis membra: illam a me, T.—Fig., to divide, distract, perplex: haec opinione: animi in contrarias sententias distrahuntur: res p. distracta, L.: amorem, T.: rem, to frustrate, Cs.: famā distrahi, i. e. to be in ill repute, Ta.: controversias, to adjust: voces, i. e. to leave a hiatus.—To part, disconnect, estrange, alienate: sapientiam ab eā (voluptate): a me servatorem.

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  • 7 dī-stringō

        dī-stringō nxī, ctus, ere,    to draw asunder, stretch out: radiis rotarum districti pendent, V. —To make a diversion against, distract the attention of: ad distringendos Romanos, L.: copias regias, L.

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  • 8 dī-vellō

        dī-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus, ere,    to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear: res a naturā copulatas errore: corpus, V.: mordicus agnam, H.: nodos manibus, untie, V.: divulsa remis Unda, O.—To tear away, wrench off, wrest, tear, separate, remove: ab eis membra: liberos a parentum complexu, S.: dulci amplexu divelli, V.: ramum trunco, O.—Fig., to tear apart, destroy, sunder, distract: commoda civium: rem divolsam conglutinare: amorem querimoniis, H.: divellor dolore.—To remove, part, sever, estrange: Me (a te), H.: ab eo divelli: sapientiam a voluptate.

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  • 9 ob-turbō

        ob-turbō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make turbid, disorder, confuse, trouble, disturb: hostes, Ta.: Itane vero obturbat? interrupts, T.: me litterae obturbant, distract.

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  • 10 trahō

        trahō trāxī （ inf perf. trāxe for trāxisse, V.), tractus, ere    [TRAG-], to draw, drag, haul, train along, draw off, pull forth, drag away: cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur, Cs.: trahantur pedibus omnes rei (sc. ad supplicium): Hector circum sua Pergama tractus, O.: nullum vacuum tractum esse remum, pulled: limum harenamque fluctūs trahunt, S.: Hectoris umbra circum sua Pergama, to trail, O.—Of followers or attendants, to lead, draw, take along, be followed by: exercitum, L.: Sacra manu victosque deos, V.: uxor, quam comitem trahebat, Cu.— To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw: haerentia viscere tela, O.: e corpore ferrum, O.: Te quoque, Luna, traho, drag down, O.— To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle: voltum, rugasque coëgit, O.— To draw, draw up, draw in, take in, quaff, inhale: Pocula fauce, quaff, H.: ex puteis iugibus aquam trahi (videmus): Odorem naribus, Ph.: exiguā in spe animam, L.: spiritum, Cu.: penitus suspiria, to heave sighs, O.: imo a pectore vocem, V.— To take on, assume, acquire, get: Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores, V.: sannam cutis durata trahebat, O.: lapidis figuram, O.— To drag away violently, carry off, plunder: rapere omnes, trahere, S.: de nobis trahere spolia: praedam ex agris, L.— To make away with, dissipate, squander: pecuniam, S.— To draw out, spin, manufacture: lanam, Iu.: vellera digitis, O.: Laconicas purpuras, H.—Fig., to draw, draw along, lead on, force, attract, allure, influence: trahimur omnes studio laudis: trahit sua quemque voluptas, V.: me in aliam partem, to gain over: ad Poenos rem, L.: si alii alio trahunt res, i. e. if they divide into factions, L.: per principes factionibus et studiis trahuntur, Ta.: longius nos ab incepto, divert, S.— To drag, lead, bring: plures secum in eandem calamitatem: ad defectionem Lucanos, L.: traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem, O.— To draw to, appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to: hi numero avium regnum trahebant, i. e. laid claim to, L.: omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur, S.: Iovis equis aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem trahebant, i. e. regarded as impious presumption, L.: spinas Traxit in exemplum, took, O.: apud civīs partem doloris publica trahebat clades, appropriated, L.— To drag, distract: meum animum divorse, T.: in aliam partem mente trahi, Cs.— To weigh, ponder, consider: belli atque pacis rationes, S.: consilium, i. e. form a plan, S.— To get, obtain, derive, acquire, experience: maiorem ex peste rei p. molestiam: nomen ab illis, O.: multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse, adopted, Ta.—In time, to protract, drag out, linger through, extend, prolong, lengthen, delay, retard: vitam in tenebris, V.: si trahitur bellum: de industriā rem in serum, L.: iurgiis tempus, S.: Marius anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum, i. e. deliberated, S.
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    trahere, traxi, tractus V
    draw, drag, haul; derive, get

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  • 11 adtono

    adtonare, adtonui, adtonitus V TRANS
    strike with lightning, blast; drive crazy, distract

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  • 12 attono

    attonare, attonui, attonitus V TRANS
    strike with lightning, blast; drive crazy, distract

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  • 13 avoco

    avocare, avocavi, avocatus V TRANS
    call/summon away; dissuade, divert, distract; remove, take away (property)

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  • 14 deflecto

    I
    deflectere, deflexi, deflexus V INTRANS
    bend/turn aside/off; diviate/change one's course; digress (speech); alter pitch
    II
    deflectere, deflexi, deflexus V TRANS
    bend downwards; bend (bow); turn (aside), change course/direction of; deflect; divert, distract; turn one's eyes; modify/twist (words/ideas); round (point)

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  • 15 distraho

    distrahere, distraxi, distractus V
    draw/pull/tear apart, wrench, separate, (sub)divide; sell in parcels; distract

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  • 16 distringo

    distringere, distrinxi, districtus V TRANS
    stretch out/apart; detain; distract; pull in different directions

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  • 17 distraho

    I.
    (associations) to break up, dissolve.
    II.
    (persons) estrange, distract /(property) sell up, alienate.
    III.
    to pull apart, pull in pieces.

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  • 18 avoco

    ā-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (arch. inf., AVOCARIER, C. I. L. I. p. 198), to call off or away.
    I.
    In gen.:

    partem exercitūs ad bellum,

    Liv. 4, 61, 3:

    pubem in arcem praesidio armisque obtinendam,

    id. 1, 6, 1: Consul ab omnibus magistratibus et comitiatum et contionem avocare potest. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.—With dat. (for ab aliquo): nec avocare alius alii posset, si contionem habere volunt, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.— Trop.:

    a rebus occultis avocare philosophiam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15:

    ut (orator) a propriis personis et temporibus avocet controversiam,

    id. Or. 14, 45:

    quibusdam ad Antiochum multitudinis animos avocantibus,

    Liv. 37, 9, 1.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To call one off from an action, purpose, wish, etc., i. e. to withdraw, divert, turn, remove, separate (the usual signif. of the word):

    aliquem ab aliquā re voluptas avocat,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 12:

    si te laus adlicere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne metus quidem a foedissimis factis potest avocare?

    id. Phil. 2, 45:

    aliquem ab alicujus conjunctione,

    id. ib. 2, 10:

    quos jam aetas a proeliis avocabat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90:

    senectus avocat a rebus gerendis,

    id. Sen. 5, 15; so id. Balb. 26, 59:

    qui omnino avocent a philosophiā,

    id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 4, 9 hos a bello avocas, Nep. Epam. 5, 3:

    avocat a curā vocis ille adfectus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 40.—
    B. 1.
    To withdraw by interrupting, to interrupt, hinder:

    multum distringebar frigidis negotiis, quae simul et avocant animum et comminuunt,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.—
    2.
    To divert by cheering, to divert, cheer, amuse:

    ab iis quae avocant abductus, et liber et mihi relictus,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; hence, se, to divert, entertain one ' s self, Arn. 7, p. 215; and pass. with mid. sense: illic avocare et illic lude, * Vulg. Eccli. 32, 15.—
    C.
    1.. In the Lat. of the jurists = revocare, to reclaim, recall:

    partem ejus, quod in fraudem datum esset,

    Dig. 22, 3, 6; so,

    possessionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 3; also with dat. (for ab aliquo):

    non potest avocari ei res,

    ib. 35, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    factum,

    to revoke, disavow, Dig. 39, 5, 6:

    arma,

    to make a feint in fighting, Quint. 9, 1, 20.

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  • 19 concutio

    con-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio, as cur = quāre].
    I.
    To strike one upon another, to strike together (rare): utrum cavae manus concutiantur, an planae, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1:

    concussā manu dare signa,

    Ov. M. 11, 465:

    frameas,

    Tac. G. 11.—
    II.
    To shake violently, to shake, agitate (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    Lit. (mostly poet.): concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.): tonitru concussa aequora caeli, Att. ap. Non. p. 505, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 224 Rib.); cf.:

    templa caeli summa sonitu (in a parodying of pathos),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42; cf.:

    serena caeli sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1101; 6, 358:

    grandi tonitru concussa repente Terra,

    id. 5, 551; cf. id. 6, 544:

    terra ingenti motu concussa est,

    Liv. 3, 10, 6; Ov. M. 8, 781:

    concussae cadunt urbes,

    Lucr. 5, 1236: concusso terrae motu theatro, * Suet. Ner. 20:

    moenia,

    Ov. M. 13, 175:

    freta,

    id. ib. 6, 691;

    7, 201: undas,

    id. ib. 8, 605:

    artus,

    Lucr. 5, 1076; 6, 595; cf. id. 2, 949:

    corpora risu,

    id. 1, 918; 2, 976; cf. Juv. 3, 101; Quint. 6, 3, 9:

    caput,

    Ov. M. 2, 50:

    caesariem,

    id. ib. 1, 179; cf.

    comam,

    id. F. 2, 846:

    tempora,

    id. M. 13, 644:

    manum,

    id. ib. 11, 465:

    pectus,

    id. ib. 2, 755:

    arma manu,

    to hurl, id. ib. 1, 143; 7, 130; cf.:

    tela lacertis,

    id. ib. 12, 79:

    te certo arcu,

    to hit surely, Prop. 1, 7, 15:

    inmissis aurigae undantia lora Concussere jugis,

    Verg. A. 5, 147:

    in calicibus concussis,

    Plin. 35, 16, 55, § 193 Sillig N. cr.:

    munimenta arietibus admotis,

    Curt. 8, 2, 22:

    aures Caesaris concutit fragor,

    Luc. 6, 163:

    corpus concutit gestatio,

    Sen. Ep. 15, 6:

    pectora planctu,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 179.— Pass.:

    quorum (ignium) ictu concuti aera verum est,

    Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112:

    corpus concutitur gestatione,

    Cels. 3, 21:

    majore cachinno Concutitur,

    Juv. 3, 100:

    concutitur sanguis,

    Lucr. 3, 249.—Esp. in part. perf.:

    mugitibus aether,

    Verg. G. 3, 151:

    risu tremulo (ora),

    Lucr. 1, 919; 2, 976:

    rates,

    shattered, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

    coma,

    id. F. 2, 846:

    corpus vulnere,

    Stat. S. 3, 4, 70:

    fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 50:

    ilex,

    Verg. G. 4, 81:

    quercus,

    id. ib. 1, 159:

    materies per artus,

    Lucr. 2, 949:

    Lyrnesia moenia dextrā,

    Ov. M. 13, 175:

    mons,

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 53:

    paries,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18, § 11:

    remo concusso tollere ratem,

    Val. Fl. 1, 340.— With Gr. acc.:

    pectus concussa crebris verberibus,

    Luc. 2, 335.—
    2.
    Se, to examine by shaking one's self; the figure taken from the searching of a thief, etc., by shaking his garments; hence, trop. equiv. to search, examine (cf. excutio):

    te ipsum Concute, num qua tibi vitiorum inseverit olim Natura,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 35 Orell. ad loc. and cf. B. 3. infra.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To shake the power of, shake to its foundation, to shatter, cause to waver, to impair, disturb, distract:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109; Plin. Pan. 6, 3:

    provincias magnis momentis,

    Vell. 2, 78:

    regnum,

    Liv. 33, 19, 1:

    orbem,

    Tac. H. 1, 16:

    opes Lacedaemoniorum,

    Nep. Epam. 6, 4:

    provincias magnis molimentis,

    Vell. 2, 78, 1:

    concusso jam et paene fracto Hannibale,

    Liv. 28, 44, 11:

    domum,

    Tac. H. 3, 45:

    concussā Transrhenanorum fide,

    id. ib. 5, 25:

    nondum concusso senatusconsulto,

    id. A. 14, 43:

    imperium Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf. Plin. Ep. 10, 114 (115), 3:

    concussa fides,

    Luc. 1, 182.—
    2.
    To shake in feeling, to agitate violently.
    a.
    Usually, to put in fear, terror, or anxiety, to terrify, alarm, trouble:

    terrorem metum concutientem definiunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

    consules declarantur M. Tullius et C. Antonius, quod factum primo populares conjurationis concusserat,

    Sall. C. 24, 1:

    populum Romanum terrore Numantini belli,

    Vell. 2, 90, 3; Quint. 4, 2, 37:

    urbem,

    Verg. A. 4, 666:

    totam Asiam,

    Curt. 4, 1, 20:

    ingens barbaros pavor concusserat,

    id. 8, 2, 24:

    casu concussus acerbo,

    Verg. A. 5, 700; Tac. H. 2, 99 fin.:

    extemplo turbati animi concussaque vulgi Pectora,

    Verg. A. 11, 451. — Poet. in a Greek constr.:

    casu animum concussus amici,

    Verg. A. 5, 869:

    hoc concussa metu mentem Juturna virago,

    id. ib. 12, 468; so Hor. S. 2, 3, 295.—
    (β).
    In the jurists: aliquem, to terrify one by threats, etc., in order to extort money from him, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 3; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 12; Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; cf. concussio, II., concussor, and concussura.—
    b.
    In gen., of any excitement of the passions: magnum et summum est deoque vicinum, non concuti. Hanc stabilem animi sedem Graeci euthumian vocant... ego tranquillitatem voco, Sen. Tranq. 2, 3:

    hoc agite: Poenas petite violatae Stygis: Concutite pectus,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 105.—
    3.
    To urge, excite, rouse to activity, = excitare, commovere (rare and not ante-Aug.):

    fecundum concute pectus,

    Verg. A. 7, 338:

    tu concute plebem,

    Petr. Poet. 124, 288:

    se concussere ambae,

    Juv. 10, 328:

    non leviter se Numidia concussit,

    Flor. 3, 1, 2.—Hence, * concussus, a, um, P. a., stirred up, restless:

    Pallas aliquanto concussior,

    Mart. Cap. 4, § 332.

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  • 20 differo

    dif-fĕro, distŭli, dīlātum, differre ( inf. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. In tmesi:

    disque tulissent,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14), v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to carry different ways; to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate (cf.: reicere, proferre, procrastinare, producere, ampliare, prorogare—class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    scintillas agere ac late differre favillam,

    Lucr. 2, 675; cf.:

    favillam longe (ventus),

    id. 6, 692:

    nubila (vis venti),

    id. 1, 273; Verg. G. 3, 197:

    ignem (ventus),

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

    casae venti magnitudine ignem distulerunt,

    id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

    majorem partem classis (vis Africi),

    Vell. 2, 79, 2:

    rudentes fractosque remos (Eurus),

    Hor. Epod. 10, 6 et saep.; cf. Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

    nos cum scapha tempestas dextrovorsum Differt ab illis,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 39; cf. Lucr. 1, 1088: cytisum, to plant apart, in separate rows = disserere, digerere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43; Col. 11, 3, 30 sq.; 38; 42 al.; cf.:

    ulmos in versum,

    Verg. G. 4, 144:

    ut formicae frustillatim (te) differant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; cf.:

    insepulta membra (lupi),

    Hor. Epod. 5, 99; and:

    Mettum in diversa (quadrigae),

    Verg. A. 8, 643. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To distract, disquiet, disturb a person (only ante-class.): vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:

    differor clamore,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 15:

    cupidine ejus,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 28; cf.:

    amore istius,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 27:

    laetitia,

    id. Truc. 4, 1, 3:

    doloribus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 40.—Less freq. act.:

    aliquem dictis,

    to confound, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 125; cf. Ter. And. 2, 4, 5 Ruhnk.—
    2.
    To spread abroad, publish, divulge; with a personal object, to cry down, to defame (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.; not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.).
    (α).
    With acc. rei: cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 16; cf.:

    rumores famam differant licebit nosque carpant,

    Varr. ib. 18:

    commissam libertatem populo Rom. sermonibus,

    Liv. 34, 49:

    promissum jus anulorum fama distulit,

    Suet. Caes. 33.—With acc. and inf.:

    ne mi hanc famam differant, Me dedidisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63; Ter. Heaut. prol. 16; Nep. Dion. 10; Val. Fl. 1, 753.—With quasi and dependent clause:

    rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eundem mox et discruciatum necasset,

    Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos, tamquam veneno interceptus esset,

    Tac. A. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 4, 25.—
    (β).
    With acc. pers.:

    aliquem pipulo,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll., and see pipulum): aliquem maledicendo sermonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 24:

    dominos variis rumoribus,

    Tac. A. 1, 4:

    te circum omnes alias puellas,

    to bring into disrepute with them, Prop. 1, 4, 22.—In the pass.: differor sermone miser, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 93, 10:

    alterna differor invidia,

    Prop. 1, 16, 48.—
    3.
    With reference to time, to defer, put off, protract, delay any thing; with a personal object also to put off, amuse with promises, get rid of (class. and very freq.).
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    cetera praesenti sermoni reserventur: hoc tamen non queo differre, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    differre quotidie ac procrastinare rem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.:

    saepe vadimonia,

    id. Quint. 5 fin.:

    iter in praesentia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 85, 4:

    pleraque (with omittere in praesens tempus),

    Hor. A. P. 44:

    distulit ira sitim,

    Ov. M. 6, 366 et saep.:

    differri jam hora non potest,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19:

    tempus,

    id. ib. 8, 8; id. Prov. Cons. 11 fin.; Liv. 3, 46; Ov. M. 1, 724 al.:

    diem de die,

    Liv. 25, 25 et saep.—With inf.:

    quaerere distuli,

    Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21; so Liv. 42, 2 (but not Suet. Caes. 81, where agere belongs to proposuerat, cf. id. Aug. 72; id. Calig. 49).—With quin:

    nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.; so Suet. Caes. 4; with in and acc.:

    reliqua in crastinum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.:

    in posterum diem,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.:

    in posterum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5:

    in aliud tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 87; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 2:

    in adventum tuum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 3 fin.:

    diem edicti in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec.,

    id. Phil. 3, 8, 20:

    curandi tempus in annum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39 et saep. — Poet.:

    tropaea in pueros suos,

    to reserve for, Prop. 4, 6, 82.—Rarely with ad:

    aliquid ad crudelitatis tempus,

    Cic. Vat. 11 fin.; cf. the foll.—
    (β).
    With acc. pers.:

    sin autem differs me in tempus aliud,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 26, 51; 41, 8:

    differri non posse adeo concitatos animos,

    id. 7, 14:

    dilatus per frustrationem,

    id. 25, 25; cf.:

    aliquem variis frustrationibus,

    Just. 9, 6 fin.:

    Campanos,

    Liv. 26, 33:

    aliquem petentem,

    Suet. Vesp. 23 Ern.:

    caros amicos (opp. properare),

    Mart. 13, 55 et saep.— Poet.: vivacem anum, to preserve alive, i. e. to postpone her death, Ov. M. 13, 519; cf.:

    decimum dilatus in annum (belli) Hector erat,

    id. ib. 12, 76:

    aliquem in spem impetrandi tandem honoris,

    Liv. 39, 32:

    aliquem in septimum diem,

    Suet. Tib. 32; id. Caes. 82 Oud.; id. Aug. 44 fin. et saep.— Rarely with ad:

    legati ad novos magistratus dilati,

    Liv. 41, 8:

    aliquem ad finem muneris,

    Suet. Vit. 12:

    quas (legationes) par tim dato responso ex itinere dimisit, partim distulit Tarraconem,

    Liv. 26, 51.—Once with post:

    aliquid post bellum differre,

    Liv. 4, 6, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol. Prov.: differ;

    habent parvae commoda magna morae,

    Ov. F. 3, 394.
    II.
    Neut., to differ, be different (esp. freq. since the Ciceron. period—cf.:

    discrepare, distare, interesse): qui re consentientes vocabulis differebant,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 2 fin.; cf.:

    naturis differunt, voluntate autem similes sunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 23: verbo [p. 575] differre, re esse unum, id. Caecin. 21, 59:

    distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre,

    id. ib. 14:

    nihil aut non fere multum differre,

    id. Brut. 40 fin.:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85 et saep.:

    nec quicquam differre, utrumne... an, etc.,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 251; cf.:

    quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc.,

    id. ib. 166.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    ita ut pauxillum differat a cavillulis,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 18:

    quidnam esset illud, quo ipsi (poëtae) differrent ab oratoribus,

    Cic. Or. 19, 66; id. Off. 1, 27 fin.:

    quid hoc ab illo differt?

    id. Caecin. 14:

    non multum ab hostili expugnatione,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.:

    multum a Gallica consuetudine,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14; cf. ib. 6, 21; 6, 28, 5:

    hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 18, 3 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With inter (esp. impers.):

    si nihil inter deum et deum differt,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Fin. 4, 25, 70:

    nequid inter privatum et magistratum differat,

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 30: multa sunt alia, quae inter locum et locum plurimum differunt (for which, shortly before, inter locorum naturas quantum intersit), id. Fat. 4:

    haec cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt,

    id. Tusc. 4, 11: inter se aliqua re, id. Opt. gen. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 7, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; 6, 11, 1; Quint. 12, 10, 22; 34; 67 et saep.:

    quae quidem inter se plurimum differunt,

    id. 5, 14, 27.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with cum:

    occasio cum tempore hoc differt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 27:

    hoc genus causae cum superiore hoc differt, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 30, 92 Orell. N. cr. —
    (ε).
    Likewise rarely, differre in aliqua re, Lucr. 3, 314; Nep. Ages. 7 fin. —
    (ζ).
    Rarely, and only poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with dat.:

    quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

    tragico differre colori,

    id. A. P. 236; Quint. 2, 21, 10; Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.—Hence, diffĕ-rens, entis, P. a., different, superior:

    differentius nomen,

    a more excellent name, Vulg. Heb. 1, 4; in Quintilian subst. n. (opp. proprium), a difference, Quint. 5, 10, 55; 58; 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 3; 25 sq.—
    * Adv.: diffĕren-ter, differently, Sol. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > differo

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