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propter ignaviam. Ovid. Desperat posse 
frul. Ci c. Non desporo, fore aliquando, 
qui. Id. Desperare de republica. Id. 
saluti sum. Id. Sibi liic ipse desperat. 
Id. Suis fortnnis desperare. Id. Cum 
oppido desperassent, h. e. de oppido. 
Id. honores. Scncc. Qui nil potest spe- 
rare, desperet nihil. Cic. A Senatu 
desperasse, h. e. to have despaired of ob¬ 
taining from. - li In passiv. Cic. 
Ab omnibus desperatus. Id. Sive re- 
stituimur, sive desperamur. 
DESPrCABILrS (despicor), e, adject, des- 
3 picahle, contemptible. Ammian. 
DeSPICaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a despising, 
1 contempt. Cic. 
DeSPICaTOS (Id.), a, um, adject, con¬ 
temned, despised, looked upon with con¬ 
tempt. Terent. Nostrum adolescenti- 
am habent despicatam. Cic. Despica- 
tissimi hominis.-IT Also, a particip. 
despising. Aurel. Viet Priino ut deos 
venerati: deinde ut homines despicati. 
DeSPICaTCS (Id.), us, in. contempt. 
1 Plant. Me Jialies despicalui, hold in 
contempt. So, Cic. Si quis despicatui 
ducitur. 
DeSPICIeNTIX (despicio), te, f. a con¬ 
temning, despising, looking upon with 
contempt. Cic. In omnium rerum hu- 
manarum contemptione ac despicientia. 
DeSPICIS (de & specio) is, exi, ectum, 
a. 3. to lookdownupon, Kara[i\iiroi, Kafhi- 
paoi. Cic. Ut ego te despiciam. Colum. 
Area a domino despici possit. Plin. 
Formare vultus suspicientes et despici- 
entes. Horat. Despicere in vias. Ovid. 
de vertice montis Despicere in valles. 
-IT Figur. to despise,look contemptuous¬ 
ly upon. Cic. Despicere et pro nihilo 
putare omnia. Cats. Legionem propter 
paucitatem despiciebant. - IT Also, 
to pass by, overlook, disregard. JVepos. 
Rei familiaris despexit fructum. Cic. 
Ut siinul atque ille despexerit, as soon 
as he should look away. —— IT Also, to 
refuse, disdain. Cats. Neque ullum la- 
borem ant munus despiciens, &c 
DiiSPICOR (despicio), aris, atus sum, dep. 
3 1. to despise. See Dcspicatus. 
DeSPOLIa'PIS (despolio), onis, f. a de¬ 
li pricing, despoiling. Tertull. 
DeSPSLIaTCR (Id.), ocis, in. a spoiler, 
3 plunderer. Plant. 
DeSP$LI 8 (de & spolio), as, avi, atum, 
1 a. 1. to spoil, plunder, ravage, lay waste , 
pillage, strip, rob, deprive of. Cic. Ad 
despoliandum Diana; templum. Cass. 
Despoliare arntis. Liv. Despoliari tri- 
umplio. Plant. Despoliare dorsum vir- 
gis, to excoriate, take off the skin. Id. 
Despoliare aliquem, to rob. Id. Digitos 
suos, to pull the rings off. 
DeSPoNDES (de & spondeo), es, spondi 
and spopondi, sponsum, a. 2. to promise, 
promise in marriage, betroth , iyyvaio, 
pvriorevoj. Plant. Tuarn mihi desponde 
filiam. Varr. Qui spoponderat tiliam, 
despondisse dicebatur. Cic. Tulliolani 
Pisoni despondimus. — Passiv. imper- 
son. Terent. Intus despondebitur. 
- IT Also, to espouse. Cal. ad Cic. 
Cornificius Orestilhe filiam sibi de- 
spondit.-IT Also, applied to other 
contracts. Cic. Bibliothecam tuarn cave 
euiquam despondeas, make a promise of 
the sale of. Id. 111am Bruto despondi- 
mils, have promised to inscribe. Id. Len- 
tuius Hortensii domum sibi desponde- 
rat, had thought himself sure of obtaining. 
Id. Spes despondetur anno consulatus 
tui, it is likely to be realized. Valcr. Flacc. 
Perjuria pcenis despondet, h. e. destinat 
pcenas perjuriis.-IT Despondere ani- 
mum, and Despondere, absol. to be 
disheartened, to lose heart or courage, de¬ 
spair, despond. Liv. and Plant. - 
IT Also, to despair of obtaining. Colum. 
Despondere sapientiam. 
DeSPONSIS (despondeo), onis, f. despond- 
2 ing, despairing. Cal. Aar. 
DeSPoNSS (frequeutat. from despondeo), 
2 as, a. 1. to betroth. Sueton. 
DeSPuMS (de & spumo), as, avi, atum, 
2 a. 1. to take off the froth, scum. Virg. 
Et foliis undam trepidi despumat aheni. 
Plin. Desftjimatis subinde carnibus.- 
IT Also, to dress, boil. Valer. Flacc. In- 
genti despumat aheno.-IT Figur. to 
digest. Pers. Despumare falernum.-- 
V Also, to rub, sfhooth, polish. Plin. 
Pavimentum cote despumare. - 
IT Also, ncut. ; to work off the froth, to 
diminish in bulk. Pallad. — Hence, 
Figur. Scncc. Ut nimius ille fervor de- 
spumet, abate. -IT Also, to shed, pour 
down. Lucan. Suppositas (luna) de¬ 
spumat in lierbas, deposits a frothy mat¬ 
ter. Claudian. Despumat rutilas dives 
Pactolus arenas, pours or brings down. 
DeSPOS (de & spuo), is, ui, utum, a. 3. 
2 to spit, spit down or upon, Karairrvo}. 
Liv. Sacellum ubi nunc despui religio 
est, men have a scruple to spit. Tibull. 
Despuit in molles et sibi quisque sinus 
(for the purpose of averting evil influ¬ 
ences, as of magic, infection, &c.). Plin. 
Despuimus comitiales morbos, hoc est 
contagia regerimus. - IT Hence, to 
reject, abhor. Plaut. Teque obsecro ut 
qute locutus, despuas. Pers. Despuere 
in mores. Catull. Preces nostras, cave, 
despuas, h. e. despicias, improbes, de¬ 
spise, slight, disdain. Sencc. Despuen- 
dse sunt voluptates. 
DeSPuTUM (despuo), i. n. spittle. Cal. 
3 Aurel. 
DeSQUaMS (de & squama), as, avi, 
2 atum, a. 1. to scale, take off the scales, 
euXeiri^co. Plaut. Desquama pisces. 
-H Also, to bark, peel off the bark. 
Plin. Surnmo cortice desquamate. Id. 
Vestis desquamatur cimolia, is scoured. 
Id. Desquamata cum melle curat, ex¬ 
coriated parts. 
DeSTeRTS (de & sterto), is, tui, n. 3. to 
3 give over snoring. Pers. Destertuit esse 
Moenides, h. e. gave over dreaming that 
he was. 
DESTILLO. See Distillo. 2 
DeSTIMOLS (de & stimulo), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. I .to goad through; to run 
through, waste, consume. Plaut. Bona 
destimulant. -IT Also, to stimulate, 
excite. Symmach. Exercendi styli amore 
destimulor. 
DeSTINA (unc.), te, f. a tie, band ; sup- 
3 port, prop, stay. Vitruv. Destins areas 
non potuerint continere. — Figur. Ar- 
voh. Atlantem destinam cieli. 
DeSTINaTe (destinatus), adverb, obsti- 
3 natcly. Ammian. Destinate certans. 
Id. Destinatius repellens. 
DeSTINaTIS (destmo), onis, f. apurposc, 
2 design, resolution, determination, resolve. 
Plin. Destinatio mortis suprema. Id. Por- 
ticum ex destinatione Agrippae a sorore 
ejus inchoatam. Id. Fecit opus maxi¬ 
mum reternitatis destinatio'ne, with the 
intention that it should endure forever. 
-IT Also, a decision. Liv. Nulli pla- 
cere parti um destinatio. Petr on. Quam 
longe a destinatione sua jacet! h. e. 
loco, ad queni pervenire destinaverat. 
DkSTINS (destina), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
tie, fasten by a tie, iv&uo, KaraSeor. Ctes. 
Rates ancoris destinabat. Id. falces 
laqueis.-IT Also, figur. to destine, 
doom, upooplgco. Liv. Destinare ad 
mortem. Virg. Me destinat ane. Vel. 
Domos publicis usibus destinare. - 
IT Also, to determine, resolve. Ctes. In- 
fectis iis qua; agere destinaverat. Liv. 
Morte sola vinci destinaverant ani- 
mis. Sueton. Prcelia destinato sume- 
bat. So, Id. Ex destinato attigit, de¬ 
signedly, on purpose. Id. Destinatum 
ei erat. -IT Also, to assign, appoint, 
fix. Cic. Diem necis destinavisset. 
Liv, Tempus et locum destinare ad 
certamen. Id. Regnum sibi Ilispani® 
destinaverant animis. -IT Also, to 
elect, choose. Quern regem destinet. 
- IT Also, to depute, send. Sueton. 
Legationem ad pnetorianos dest.inave- 
runt.- IT Also, to prepare, design, 
purpose. Sueton. De atnpliando imperio 
plura in dies destinabat. -V Also, 
to aim at. Liv. Quem locum destinas- 
sentoris. Id. Destinatum petere. Curt. 
Adeo certo ictu destinata feriebat, hit 
the mark. - IT Figur. Liv. Animis 
autem Zeuxippum auctorem destina- 
bant credis, designate. Tacit. Multos 
destinare, donee unus eligatur.- 
IT Also, to buy, purchase. Plaut. Af.des 
qu anti destinat ? Cic. Quod tibi desti- 
naras trapezophoron habebis, bought for 
y out self. 
DeSTITOS (de & statuo), is, ui, utum, a. 
3. to fix, place, or fasten down, KafUarripi. 
C. Gracchus apud Gell. Palus destitu- 
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tus est in foro. Liv. Ante tribunal re 
gis destitutus. Id. Cohortes extra vul 
lum destitutas invenit. Curt. ItamiR 
mersa navis omnes destituit, left 
to go to the bottom. Cic. Alios destitui 
in convivio, sal. ad ludibrium. _ 
IT Also, to leave destitute, forsake, abandm 
dnohuTTuv. Plin. Belluas reciprocal 
oceanus destituit. Cic. Qui ne sortj 
quidein fortunas nostras destituit, left ™ 
the hands of fortune. Ovid. Somnus me 
destituit. Curt. Mens eum destituit 
Liv. A spe destitutus. Cic. Consiliij 
destitutus. Sueton. Destitute similis"^ 
to one forlorn. -IT Also, to leave off 
break off. Liv. Rem inchoatam turpiter 
destituere. Ovid. Inceptam destituisse 
fugam. Propert. Dryades solitos de¬ 
stituere choros-IT Also, to revolt de¬ 
sert. Sueton. Alarum altera destituere 
conata est. Id. Principem terrarunr 
orbis destituit. - IT Also, to cheat 
trick, defraud. Horat. Destituit deos 
mercede pacta Laomedon, cheated of 
, their j ust reward, defrauded. (See Desti¬ 
tution Liv. Si spes destituat. Cic. ln- 
ducere, decipere, destituere. 
DeSTITuTIS (destituo), onis, f. an aban- 
1 doni.ng, forsaking, leaving off'. Sueton. 
Post destitutionem, after he was aban¬ 
doned. -H Also, a failing to keep one’s 
promise, a defrauding. Cic. Destilutione 
perculsus Nmvius. 
DeSTITOTOR (Id.), oris, m. one whofor- 
3 sakes, deceives. Tertull. 
DeSTRICTe (destrictus), adverb, pre¬ 
cisely , positively, strictly. Tertull. Veritas 
Christiana destricte pronuntiat. Plin, 
F.p. Destricte minatus, sharply. 
DeSTRICTIVOS (destringo), a, um, adj. 
3 having the property of removing, dissol¬ 
ving. Call. Aurel. 
DeSTRICTOS (Id.), a, um, particip. (See 
Destringo. ) - IT Adj. strict, severe. 
Val. Max. Destricta censura. 
DISTRING5 (de & stringo), is, inxi, 
ictum, a. 3. to strip, rub or pull off, 
scrape, or pare off, pluck, snatch, tear ojf, 
take from , diminish, dnoipfixo), raraipri- 
Xoi. Colum. Olivam manu destringere. 
Qx Until. Destricti ramis cibi.-IT Also, 
to draw, unsheath. Cic. Gladium de- 
strinxit. Liv. Destrictis gladiis dis- 
cinctos. - IT Figur. Senec. In sin- 
gulos severitas Imperatoris destringitur, 
h. e. is exercised. -IT Also, to scrape 
with the strigilis. Plin. Ep. Dum de¬ 
stringitur tergeturque, audiebat aliquid, 
aut dictabat. - IT Also, to cleanse, 
wipe clean. Plin. Interanea destringe¬ 
re. -IT Also, to graze. Ovid. Sum- 
mum destringit arundo corpus. Id. 
Destricta sagitta pectora. Id. Destrin¬ 
gere tequora alis, to shim over. - 
IT Figur. Plin. Paneg. Destringi ali¬ 
quid et abradi bonis. Pliadr. Contu- 
melia destringere aliquem, h. e. prae- 
stringere, lmdere. Id. Destringere 
scripta alicujus, to censure, criticize. 
Ovid. Destrictus nota, h. e. notatus. Id. 
Non ego mordaci destrinxi carmine 
quemquam, have satirized, carped at, cav¬ 
illed. - IT Phaidr. Tunica ab hume- 
ris destricta, gathered up, tied up. 
DeSTRuCTIBILIS, and DeSTRuCTI- 
3 LIS (destruo), e, adj. destructible. Lac- 
taut. 
DeSTRuCTI 5 (Id.), onis, f. a pulling 
2 down, subversion, destruction. Sueton . 
Murorum destructio.. — Figur. Quin- 
til. Destructio et confirmatio sententi- 
arum, refutation. 
DeSTRuCTIVOS (Id.), a, um, adj. de- 
3 structive. Cxi. Aurel. 
DeSTRuCTOR (Id.), oris, m. a destroyer 
3 Tertull. 
DeSTROS (de & struo), is, uxi, uctum, 
a. 3. to pull down, destroy, ruin, dvaOKCV- 
a$w, aeaipe co. Cic. Aldificium destruit. 
Virg. Destruere moenia. Ovid. Vetus- 
tas Inulta destruit. Stat. Crinemque 
manumque destruit, li. e. strips o) tat 
crown and sceptre. — Figur. Vellci. 
Defuisset fortunae destruendi ejus lo¬ 
cus, h. e. of humbling. Curt. Destruer 
magnitudinem alicujus. Liy. Jd Oy 
struet ac demolietur. Quintil. Destru¬ 
ere tyrannidem. Id. Non modo no 
illustrabit orationem, sed ® ‘ 
struet, will weaken it. Tacit. Gallic 
invalidum senem contemptu men 
