Immagini della pagina
PDF
ePub
[ocr errors]

f

down, lower. Pass.: dēmittor, missus sum, mitti. dēmum, adv.: 1. Enclitically with pronouns: Especially, indeed; ii. 9, etc.-2. With tum: Then at length, then indeed; ii. 2 [a lengthened form of particle dem in idem, tandem, etc., and akin to Gr. δή].

press "] ("To press down"; hence) To sink deep in the ground. Pass.: dē-primor, pressus sum, primi.

de-scendo, scendi, scensum, scendere, 3. v. n. [for dēscando; fr. de, "down"; scando, "to climb"] ("To climb down"; hence) To come, or go, down; to descend;-at lv. 3 the second

dē-něgo, něgāvi, něgātum, něgāre, 1. v. a. [de, in " aug-person sing. of the perf. subj. mentative" force; něgo, "to deny"] ("To deny thoroughly"; hence) To reject, refuse, deny a request, etc.

deni-que, adv. [for deinque; fr. dein, "then"; que, "and"] ("And then"; hence) 1. At length, at last.-2. In a climax: In short, in a word, briefly.

(descenderis) is used in an indefinite force; see cerno.

descen-sus, sūs, m. [for descend-sus; fr. descend-o, "to descend"] ("A descending"; hence) A descending way, road, etc.; a descent.

دو

dē-sĕro, serui, sertum, serĕre, 3. v. a. [dē, in "negative" force; sero, "to join "] (" To disjoin; to undo or sever one's connexion with some object; hence) To forsake, abandon, desert.-Pass.: dēsĕror, sertus sum, sĕri.

dē-prehendo, prehendi, prěPhensum, prehendere, 3. v. a. de, "away"; prěhendo, "to "ake"]("To take, or snatch, away"; hence) 1. To seize upon, catch, overtake. To detect, find out, discover any one, especially in doing dēsĭd-Ĭa, ĭæ, f. [desĭd-čo, what is wrong.-Pass.: dē-"to sit down idle"] ("A prehendor, prehensus sum, prehendi.

2.

deprehensus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of deprehendo. depressus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of deprimo.

desertus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of desĕro.

sitting down idle "; hence) Idleness, inactivity, slothfulness.

dēsignātus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of designo.

dē-signo, signāvi, signātum, signāre, 1. v. a. [dē, "off or away" from something; signo, "to"to mark”] (“To mark off,"

dē-primo, pressi, pressum, primere, 3.v.a. [for de-premo; fr. dē, “down”; premo,

etc.; "to mark out"; hence) 1. To appoint, or nominate, a person to an office.-2. Part. perf. pass. Political t. t.: Elect;-applied to a person elected to an office, but who has not yet entered upon it. dē-sum, fùi, esse, v. n. [dē, "away from"; sum, "to be"] ("To be away from"; hence) To fail; to be wanting or lacking.

dē-tĭněo, tĭnŭi, tentum, tînēre, 2. v. a. [for de-těněo; fr. de, "away ; těněo, "to hold"] To hold away or off; to keep away or back; to detain.

dētrī-mentum, menti, n. [dētĕro," to rub off," through true root DETRI] ("That which is rubbed off"; hence) Loss, hurt, damage, injury, detriment.

[blocks in formation]

on the right-hand side; to, or on, the right.-As Subst.: dextra, æ, f. The right hand [akin to Sans. daksh-a; Gr. déέ-ios, dec-iтepós].

[ocr errors]

dicendi, Gerund in di fr. dico. dico, dixi, dictum, dīcère, 3. v. a. ("To show, or point out," by speaking; hence) 1. a. To speak, say, state, mention, report ;-at xvi. 1 without follg. Object;-at li. 5 folld. by Objective clause, bellum (esse) inceptum ;-so at li. 29 by fieri (sc. ea) merito.-b. Pass.: (a) To be said, mentioned, reported; lix. 3.—(b) Impers.: dictum est, It has been said, spoken, etc.;-at xix. 4 with satis dictum supply est, it has been spoken enough; i. e. enough has been said.-2. a. To pronounce, deliver a speech, etc.-b. Without follg. Object: To speak, be a speaker, etc.:-bene dicere, to speak well or be a good speaker, iii. 1.—3. a. With second Acc.: To call something that which is denoted by the second Acc.b. Pass. folld. by Nom. [§ 93, 2]: To be called something;

14.-Pass.: dicor, dictus sum, dīci [akin to Gr. deík-vuμl, and Sans. root DIC, "to show"].

dē-vinco, vici, victum, vincĕre, 3. v. a. (dē, denoting "completeness"; vinco, "toli. conquer"] To conquer completely; to vanquish, subdue, reduce, etc.-Pass.: dē-vincor, victus sum, vinci.

dex-ter, tra, trum, adj. Right as opposed to "left";

dic-tum, ti, n. [dīc-o, "to speak" ("That which is spoken"; hence) 1. A saying or statement-2. A word.

dictus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of dicor.

di-es, ēi, m. (in Sing. sometimes f.) A day;-at xxxvi. 1 dies is the Acc. of Duration of Time [§ 102, (1)]; cf., also, xxvii. 2, dies noctesque. Phrases: a. in dies (acc. plur.), or as one word (indies), day by day, daily. -b. dies noctesque, days and nights, or day and night, i. e. continually, unceasingly, uninterruptedly, xxvii. 2; see above.-c. Ante diem vi. Kalendas Novembris; see ante, no. 2, c. [akin to Sans. div, "heaven, a day "]. dif-ficilis, ficile, adj. [for dis-făcilis; fr. dis, in " negative" force; facilis, "easy"] Not easy, hard, difficult.

difficul-tas, tātis, f. [difficul (old form of difficilis), "difficult"]("The state or condition of the difficul"; hence) Difficulty, difficult or dangerous position of affairs,

[blocks in formation]

to feel mistrust, to despair about a matter, etc.;-at xxxi. 3 diffidere is the Hist. Inf. [§ 140, 2].

dign-itas, itatis, f. [dign-us, "worthy "]("The quality of the dignus"; hence, "worthiness"; hence) Dignity, rank, honour.

dig-nus, na, num, adj. (" Shown, pointed out"; hence) 1. a. Worthy.-As Subst.: digni, ōrum, m. plur. Worthy persons.--b. With Abl. [§ 119, (a)]: Worthy of. -2. Of things: a. Suitable, fit, fitting, proper.-b. With Abl. [§ 119, (a)]: Suitable to, etc. [fr. same source as dico ; see dico].

di-labor, lapsus sum, lābi, 3. v. dep. [di (= dis), "in different directions" labor, "to glide "] ("To glide in different directions or away"; hence) Of persons: To slip away, disperse, be scattered,

etc.

diligent-ia, iæ, f. [diligens, diligent-is, “diligent"]("The quality of the diligens"; hence) Carefulness, attentiveness, earnestness, diligence.

di-mitto, mīsi, missum, mittĕre, 3. v. a. [dī (= dis), apart "; mitto, "to send "] ("To send apart " from one; hence) 1. To send about, in different directions or to different parts.-2. Of an

dif-fido, fisus sum, fidère," 3. v. n. semi-dep. [for dis-fido; fr. dis, in "negative" force; fido, "to trust "] With Dat. [§ 106, 3]: To be mistrustful,

assembly: To break up, dis-
solve, dismiss.-3. To send
away; to let go, dismiss, free,
release.-Pass.: di-mittor,
missus sum, mitti.
dĭrēmi, perf. ind. of dirimo.
dir-imo, ēmi, emptum,
ĭměre, 3. v. a. [for dis-ěmo;
fr. dis, "apart"; ĕmo, "to
take"] ("To take apart";
hence, to part, separate";
hence) To frustrate, destroy,
bring to nought, put an end to.
dī-rŭo, răi, rŭtum, růĕre,
3. v. a. [dī (= dis), “apart";
ruo, "to dash down "] ("To
separate by dashing down";
hence) Of buildings: To throw
or pull down, to demolish,
destroy.

dîs, dat. and abl. plur. of děus.

cerno, "to separate"] (" To separate apart"; hence) Mentally: To distinguish, decide, discern ;-at xxv. 3 the second pers. sing. (of the imperf.) Subj.-discernèresis used in an indefinite force; see cerno.

disco, didici, no sup., discère, 3. V. a. ("To be shown" how to do, etc., something; hence) To learn [akin to Gr. deík-vuμl, Sans. root DIC, "to show "; cf. dico].

[ocr errors]

discord-ia, iæ, f. [discors, discord-is, disagreeing"] ("The quality of the discors"; hence) Discord, dissension, variance.

discrī-men, minis, n. [for discre-men; fr. discerno, "to separate," through true root DISCRE] ("That which separates or divides"; hence, "an intervening space; a separation or division"; hence) Distinction, difference.

disjēcēram, pluperf. ind. of disjicio.

dis-cedo, cessi, cessum, cedĕre, 3. v. n. [dis, "apart"; cedo, "to go"] ("To go apart"; hence) 1. To go away, depart :-ab armis discěděre, to depart from arms, i.e. to lay down one's arms.-2. To come off in a certain way, whether in battle or a civil contest.-3. a. To go away to a place.-b. Political t. t.: With in alicujus sentent-throw in different directions"; iam, (To go away to, i. e.) go hence) Military t. t. To or pass over to some one's scatter, disperse, rout the opinion, to adopt some one's enemy. views, etc.

dis-cerno, crēvi, crētum, cernere, 3. v. a. [dis, "apart";

dis-jicio, jeci, jectum, jicere, 3. v. a. [for dis-jăcio; fr. dis, "in different directions " jăcio, "to throw "] ("To

;

dis-par, păris, adj. [dis, in "negative" force, like English un-"; par, "equal"] (“Un

[ocr errors]

dissimulandi, Gerund in di

equal"; hence) Unlike, dis-
similar, different:-dispări fr. dissimulo.
genere, of different race, Abl.
of quality [§ 115], vi. 2.

dis-pōno, posui, positum, pōněre, 3. v. a. [dis, "in different directions "; pōno, "to place"]("To place in different directions "; hence) Of troops, etc. To set in order, to draw up, post, station, dispose.-Pass.: dispōnor, positus sum, pōni. dispositus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of dispono.

dis-sentio, sensi, sensum, sentire, 4. v. n. [dis, denoting "opposition or difference"; sentio, "to think"] To think differently, differ in opinion, dissent.

dis-sĕro, sěrůi, sertum, sěrĕre, 3. v. a. and n. [dis, "asunder "; sĕro, in force of "to plant"] ("To plant asunder or apart"; hence, "to fix in" the ground, etc., at certain distances; to set asunder "; hence) 1. Act.: To treat of, narrate, recount, etc.-2. Neut.: To argue, treat, discuss. dissĕruisse, perf. ind. of dissĕro.

dis-similis, simile, adj. [dis, in "negative" force; similis, "like"] Unlike, dissimilar;-at vi. 2 dissimili lingua is Abl. of quality [S 115].

um,

m.

dissimulandus, a, Gerundive of dissimulo. dissimŭlā-tor, tōris, [dissimul (a)-o, "to dissemble"] A dissembler, concealer.

dissĭmul-o, āvi, ātum, āre, 1. v. a. [for dissimil-o; fr. dissimil-is, "unlike "] (“To represent (a thing as) unlike or different from" what it really is; hence) 1. To feign, dissemble, put a false face on, etc.-2. Without Object: To dissemble; xxxi. 5; xlvii. 1. dis-solvo, solvi, solūtum, solvère, 3. v. a. [dis, "asunder "; solvo, "to loosen "] ("To loosen asunder"; hence) Of troubles, ills, etc.: To put an end to.

[ocr errors]

dis-tribuo, tribŭi, trĭbūtum, tribŭěre, 3. v. a. [dis, denoting "amongst persons; tribŭo, "to give "] ("To give amongst several persons; hence) To divide, divide out, distribute.-Pass.: dis-trăbăor, trĭbūtus sum, tribŭi.

[ocr errors]

di-tio, tionis, f. [prob. for de-tio; fr. do, "to put," through root DE] ("A putting " one's self under another; hence, with reference to the person under whom one places one's self) Dominion, sway, rule, authority.

dĭu, adv. [old abl. form of dies, "a day"] 1. For a long

« IndietroContinua »