(verb) : disserto, āvi, ātum, 1, dissero
* To discuss, argue, debate a thing; or to dispute, converse, treat respecting a thing (ante-class. and post-Aug., esp. in Tac.): quid ego cum illo dissertem amplius? Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 1 Müll.: dic mihi istuc, quod vos dissertatis,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 58; cf.: vim Romanam pacisque bona dissertans,Tac. H. 4, 69; so, haec atque talia,id. A. 12, 11.—Absol.: ostentandi gratia magno conventu hominum,Gell. 7, 14, 9: totis exercitibus coram dissertare,Tac. A. 13, 38.

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