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(verb) : di-sto, āre (
* Perf. distiti, only Boëth. in Porphyr. 4, p. 89), , to stand apart, to be separate, distant (freq. and class.).
* Lit. (cf. absum), absol.: quantum summa labra (fossae) distabant,Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 17, 6; Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Liv. 33, 1; Ov. M. 2, 241 et saep.—With inter se: turres pedes LXXX. inter se distant,Caes. B. G. 7, 72 fin.: trabes inter se binos pedes,id. ib. 7, 23, 1; cf. id. B. C. 2, 10, 2: inter se modicum spatium,Liv. 8, 8, 5: multum sidera inter se,Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: hastati inter se modicum spatium,Liv. 8, 8 et saep.—With a or ab: (imago) distare a speculo,Lucr. 4, 289; so, castra ab castris,Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3: terra ab hujus terrae continuatione,Cic. N. D. 2, 66 al.—With simple abl.: cum tanto Phrygiā Gallica distet humus,Ov. F. 4, 362; cf. id. M. 3, 145; also: foro nimium distare Carinas,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48: spatium,Ov. M. 11, 715.
* Transf., of remoteness in time: non multum aetate distantes,Quint. 12, 10, 4: non multum inter se distantes tempore, ib. § 11: quantum distet ab Inacho Codrus,Hor. C. 3, 19, 1: haud multum distanti tempore,Tac. A. 3, 24.
* Trop., of quality, to differ, be different=differre, discrepare (freq.): ut distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre videatur,Cic. Caecin. 14; cf.: quia res differebant, nomina rerum distare voluerunt,id. Top. 8, 34: moribus et legibus distant (civitates),Quint. 5, 10, 40; cf. id. 6, 4, 21: in totum metaphora brevior est similitudo, eoque distat, quod, etc.,id. 8, 6, 8: multum inter se distant istae facultates longeque sunt diversae atque sejunctae,Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215: multum inter se genera dicendi,id. Or. 16, 52; Quint. 7, 2, 3: hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15; so with ab, id. ib. 3, 17, 71; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Quint. 5, 10, 114; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 11 al.; cf.: quid enim tam distans quam a severitate comitas?Cic. Or. 10, 34. —With dat.: infido scurrae distabit amicus,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 4; so, paulum sepultae inertiae celata virtus,id. C. 4, 9, 29: quid aera lupinis,id. Ep. 1, 7, 23: pulchra et exactis minimum distantia,id. ib. 2, 1, 72: enthymema syllogismo,Quint. 5, 10, 7 al.— Impers.: distat, there is a difference: distat, sumasne pudenter An rapias,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; 2, 2, 195; id. S. 2, 3, 210; Quint. 5, 10, 26.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary