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disicio
disicio
Latin
Alternative forms
- dissiciō
Verb
disiciō (present infinitive disicere, perfect active disiēcī, supine disiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw or drive asunder; scatter, disperse, break up, divide; dishevel.
- (military) I disperse, scatter or rout the enemy.
- I destroy, bring to naught; thwart, overthrow, frustrate.
Usage notes
In prosody, the first syllable is always long, thus disiciō can be alternatively written as dīsiciō.
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References
- disicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- disicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “disicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- disicio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016