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(verb) : dīs-ĭcĭo (or dissĭcio, Lucr. 3, 639; less correctly, dis-jĭcio), jēci, jectum, 3, jacio
* To throw asunder; to drive asunder; to scatter, disperse (freq. in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic., Plaut., or Ter.).
* In gen.: partibus disjectis disque supatis,Lucr. 1, 651; cf. id. 1, 1020: materies,id. 2, 939: vis animaï (with dispertita and discissa),id. 3, 639: equi,id. 5, 400: in vasta urbe lateque omnibus disjectis moenibus,i. e. distributed, stretching out in various directions,Liv. 24, 2; cf. id. 24, 33 fin.: disjecta nube,Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134: nubes,Ov. M. 10, 179: nubila,id. ib. 1, 328: membra,id. ib. 3, 724; cf.: corpora ponto (with age diversos),Verg. A. 1, 70: rates,id. ib. 1, 43; cf.: naves passim,Liv. 30, 24: naves in aperta Oceani,Tac. A. 2, 23 et saep.: frontem mediam mentumque securi,Verg. A. 12, 308; cf.: scyphus in duas partes disjectus, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 3: crinem disjecta Venus,with dishevelled hair,Sil. 5, 203; of money,to squander,Val. Max. 3, 5, 2.
* In partic.
* Milit. t. t., to disperse, scatter, rout the enemy: ea (phalange) disjecta,Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; Liv. 44, 41; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 B.: Sall. C. 61, 3; id. J. 50, 6; Nep. Milt. 2 al.: hostium disjecta frangere,the scattered enemy,Amm. 29, 4.
* Pregn., to dash to pieces, lay in ruins, destroy; to frustrate, thwart, bring to naught.
* Lit.: arcem a fundamentis,Nep. Timol. 3, 3: moenia urbium,id. ib. § 2; Ov. M. 12, 109: statuas,Suet. Caes. 75: sepulchra,id. ib. 81 al.: globum consensionis,to dissolve,Nep. Att. 8, 4: pecuniam,i. e. to squander,Val. Max. 3, 5, 2; cf. absol.: dide, disice, per me licet, Caecil. ap. Cic. Cael. 16, 37.
* Trop. (i. q. discutere, II. B. 2.): dissice compositam pacem,Verg. A. 7, 339; so, pacem,Sil. 2, 295: rem,Liv. 2, 35: consilia ducis,id. 25, 14: cogitationem regiam,Vell. 1, 10: exspectationem novarum tabularum,Suet. Caes. 42.
* To throw asunder; to drive asunder; to scatter, disperse (freq. in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic., Plaut., or Ter.).
* In gen.: partibus disjectis disque supatis,Lucr. 1, 651; cf. id. 1, 1020: materies,id. 2, 939: vis animaï (with dispertita and discissa),id. 3, 639: equi,id. 5, 400: in vasta urbe lateque omnibus disjectis moenibus,i. e. distributed, stretching out in various directions,Liv. 24, 2; cf. id. 24, 33 fin.: disjecta nube,Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134: nubes,Ov. M. 10, 179: nubila,id. ib. 1, 328: membra,id. ib. 3, 724; cf.: corpora ponto (with age diversos),Verg. A. 1, 70: rates,id. ib. 1, 43; cf.: naves passim,Liv. 30, 24: naves in aperta Oceani,Tac. A. 2, 23 et saep.: frontem mediam mentumque securi,Verg. A. 12, 308; cf.: scyphus in duas partes disjectus, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 3: crinem disjecta Venus,with dishevelled hair,Sil. 5, 203; of money,to squander,Val. Max. 3, 5, 2.
* In partic.
* Milit. t. t., to disperse, scatter, rout the enemy: ea (phalange) disjecta,Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; Liv. 44, 41; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 B.: Sall. C. 61, 3; id. J. 50, 6; Nep. Milt. 2 al.: hostium disjecta frangere,the scattered enemy,Amm. 29, 4.
* Pregn., to dash to pieces, lay in ruins, destroy; to frustrate, thwart, bring to naught.
* Lit.: arcem a fundamentis,Nep. Timol. 3, 3: moenia urbium,id. ib. § 2; Ov. M. 12, 109: statuas,Suet. Caes. 75: sepulchra,id. ib. 81 al.: globum consensionis,to dissolve,Nep. Att. 8, 4: pecuniam,i. e. to squander,Val. Max. 3, 5, 2; cf. absol.: dide, disice, per me licet, Caecil. ap. Cic. Cael. 16, 37.
* Trop. (i. q. discutere, II. B. 2.): dissice compositam pacem,Verg. A. 7, 339; so, pacem,Sil. 2, 295: rem,Liv. 2, 35: consilia ducis,id. 25, 14: cogitationem regiam,Vell. 1, 10: exspectationem novarum tabularum,Suet. Caes. 42.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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