Lewis Short
distantĭa (noun F) : disto
* Distance, remoteness.
* Lit.: a longissimis distantiae suae (sc. Veneris) finibus,Plin. 2, 15, 12, § 61
* Transf., a separation, opening: oris hiscens,Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 5, 50.
* Trop., difference, diversity: inter eos morum studiorumque, * Cic. Lael. 20, 74: caloris,Quint. 7, 10, 10: condicionis,id. 5, 10, 26: aetatis vel sexus,Amm. 31, 6: personarum,Vulg. Deut. 1, 17.—In plur.: coloris rufi,Gell. 2, 26, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary