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DILOVrS (diluvium), as, a. 1. to deluge , 
3 pod, inundate. Lucret. 
DiLOVWM (diluo), 11 , n. a deluge, flood, 
2 overflowing of water. Plin. Ep. Tem- 
pestateset crebra diluvia.-IT Figur. 
ruin, desolation. Virg. Diluvio ex lllo 
diversa per tequora vecti. 
DiMACHiE (Sipaxai), arum, m. soldiers 
3 that fight cither on foot or horseback, 
dragoons. Curt. 
DIMADkS (dis & madeo), es, ui, n. 2. to 
be moist or wet, to dissolve, melt. Lucan. 
Dimaduere nives. 
DIMaNS (dis & inano), as, avi, atum, n. 
1. to flow different ways, spread abroad, 
liapieu i. Cic. Meus labor dimanavit ;td 
existimationem hominum. Catull. Te¬ 
nuis sub artus flamma dimanat. 
DIMeNSIS (dimetior) onis. I.ameasuring, 
1 dimension. Cic. Dimensio quadrati. 
DIMERGO. See Demerge. 
DIMETER (Slperpo;), tra, urn, adj. Di- 
3 meter ve sus, of two measures, or four 
feet. Dinned. 
DIMeTIeNS (dimetior), entis, f. the di¬ 
ameter of a circle. Plin. 
DTMSTI6R (dis & metior), Iris, mensus 
sum, to measure, dtaper/ieoi. Cic. Dime- 
tiri caelum. Id. Dimetiri et dinumerare 
syllabas.-IF Also, to dispose, arrange. 
Cic. Omnia ista sum dimensus. 
DIMeTS (dis & meto), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. to measure out, appoint certain limits. 
Liv. Locum castris dinietari jussit. 
Cic. Dimetata signa sunt. 
DIMICaTIS (dimico), onis, f. a fight, 
skirmish, struggle, encounter, battle, con¬ 
test. Sueton. In serum dimicatione 
protracta. Id. In media dimicatione. 
Cass. Oppugnare castra dimicatione per- 
niciosa.-IT Also, risk, danger, haz¬ 
ard. Cces. Maximam ea res attulit di- 
micationem. Liv. Subeunda dimica- 
tio toties. Cic. Prcelii dimicatio.- 
IF Figur. dispute, straggle, danger, hazard. 
Cic. Jam in aciem dimicationemque ve- 
niamus. Id. In extremo discrimine ac 
dimicatione fortunas. Id. capitis. Id. 
vitie. 
DIMIC5 (dis & mico), as, avi or Icui 
atum, n. 1. to fight, skirmish, encounter, 
contend, struggle, dyiovL^co, Siapaxopai. 
, Cic. Cum aliquo proeiio dimicare. Id. 
Dimicare pro patria. Id. Cum Latinis 
de imperio 'flimicabatur. Curt. Dimi¬ 
care de victoria. Cats, magno cum 
periculo. Id. iniquo loco. Nepos. In 
terra dimicari. Id. Dimicare equitatu. 
Lio. acie cum hoste. Nepos. Dimicare 
armisadversus aliquem. Cart. Dimicare 
viritim, to fight man to man. -IT Also, 
to war, make war. Nepos. In Europa 
dimicare. Flor. In Hispania prope du- 
centos per annos dimicatum est. - 
Fi Also, to hazard, risk, contend fur. Cic. 
Dimicare de vita, to hazard, risk. Liv. 
Capite dimices tuo. Nepos. Dimicare 
de fama. 
DI.MIDIaTIQ (dimidio), onis, f. a halving, 
A deciding into halves. Tertull. 
DiMrore (dimidius), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
J to halve. Cic. Dimidiatus mensis. Ca¬ 
to. Homines dimidiatos in terram de- 
lodere, up to the middle. Id. Dimidia- 
tum digitum, half a finger. Plaut. Pro- 
cumbunt dimidiati, with half the body re¬ 
clining, h. e. at meals. 
(Id ')> U > n - 1m V- Plaut. 
Dmudium auri, the half of the money. 
Uc. Dmndium pecuni®. Plaut. Di- 
nnnium de praeda. Ilorat. Dimidium 
<tct.i qui ccepit habet, has completed half 
the deed. Cas. Dimidio major. Cic. 
n-,11 1 ™!, 0 carius, by one half. 
iilIDIOS (dis & medius), a, um, adject. 
divided into two equal parts, half. 
circuli forma, a semicircle. 
Dimidios mullos. Cic. Dimidia 
P> rs terras, id. Heres ex parte dimidia. 
J^-octa ad dimidias, sc. partes, to 
•J'MIiVoRS (dis & minoro), or DeMINo- 
t0 diminish. Tertull. 
mJHNOa ( di s& minuo), and DeMINOO, 
nu , Um .\ to diminish, lessen, 'extenu- 
mipr^c’ Wl i hdra Iteibco. Liv. Dimi- 
Ke auid lq r| Uld - 6X , r . eg ! a Potentate. Cas. 
hi q xri^ ure diminuisse videretur. 
minuerat r^rv inopia frumenti di- 
Uw Dimin Id ~ Dlmlnute copia;. Sue- 
' Ulmi nuere numerum militum_ 
IT Also, to alienate. Cic. Ne quid de 
bonis diminuerent. Id. Prtediis dimi- 
nutis.-IT Also, to break. Plaut. Illi 
homini diminuam caput. Terent. Dimi 
nuetur tibi quidem jam cerebrum, I will 
break your pate. - II Cic. Diminui 
capite, to lose his rights and rank. Varr. 
Diminuere liostes, to cripple, impair. 
DiMmOTIS, and DeMUNuTIO (dimi- 
nuo), onis, f. a diminishing. Cic. Liber- 
tatis diminutio. Id. Diminutio vectiga- 
lium. Plin. Diminutio familite, a fall¬ 
ing off, declining. -IT Also, alienation, 
selling. Cic. Ne de bonis privatorum 
publice diminutio fiat, h. e. huic adinien- 
do, alteri assignando. Sueton. Mentis 
diminutio, a being out of his wits _ 
ir Also, a taking away. Cic. Multare im- 
peratorem deminutione provincire.- 
IT Diminutio capitis. See Caput. 
DIMINuTlVdS (Id.), and DeMINuTI- 
VOS, a, uni, adj. expressing littleness or 
diminution, diminutive. Tertull. vox. 
DiMiSSIS (dimitto), onis, f. a sending 
away, discharging, dismissing. Cic. Di- 
missio remigu m.-IF Also, a sending 
forth. Cic. Dimissiones libertoruin ad 
diripiendas provincias.-IF Oell. Di- 
missio sanguinis, a letting of blood. 
DIMISSOR (Id.), oris, m. who discharges, 
3 pardons. Tertall. 
DIMISSUS, a, uni, particip. from dimitto. 
DIMITTO (dis & mitto;, is, isi, issum,a. 
3. to send different ways, send off or away, 
despatch, aif)ir)pi,6ianepr:w. Cic. puenis 
circum amicos. Cces. nuntios in onines 
partes. Liv. litteras passim in alias 
urbes.-IF Also, to dismiss , discharge, 
let go. Cic. senatum. Liv. concilium. 
Cic. and Nep. aliquem ab se. Cic. re¬ 
gem spoliatum. Id. tabellarium. Cces. 
niilites, to discharge. Cic. exercitum, 
to disband. Sueton. uxorem, to repudiate, 
divorce. — Hence, figur. Nep. occasio- 
nem, to let pass or slip. Varr. sangui- 
nem, to let or draw blood. — Also, to 
leave, pass over, not to animadvert upon. 
Cic. injuriam impunitam. — Also, to 
free, deliver. Paneled. — Also, to pay, 
satisfy. Plin. Ep -IT Also, to aban¬ 
don, leave, forsake. Cces. oppida, ripas. 
Cic. prasidia. — Hence, to lose. Nep. 
vitam. Cic. patrimonium. Cces. prin- 
eipatuni.-IF Also, to give up or over , 
to drop, leave off, discontinue, abandon, &c. 
Cic. quffistionem. Cces. oppugnationem. 
Cic. jus suum. Cces. iracundiam su- 
am reipublicre, to give over his anger 
for the sake of the stale. - II Also, 
to remit, relax. Cic. Multum de cupidi- 
tate. — Hence, to remit, give up. Tacit. 
alicui tributa. — Also, to lessen, miti¬ 
gate, abate. Cic. vim suam.-IT Al¬ 
so, to send down, to send, to let down, 
let go any where. Ovid, imbres ccelo. 
Cic. se in causam. But in these pas¬ 
sages the reading demittcre seems to be 
more correct. 
DIMOTUS, a, um. See Dimoveo. 
DiMOVEO (dis & moveo), es, ovi, otum, 
2 a. 2. literally, to move asunder, to push 
asunder, to divide. — Hence, sometimes, 
to open. Ovid, arenas. Virg. terrain 
aratro, h. e. to plough. Plin. occurrcn- 
tia manu. Ovid, os, h. e. to open. 
Sueton. plagulas lecticse. -II Also, 
to remove by separation or division ; to re¬ 
move, put away or aside. Virg. innbram, 
aera tenebrosum. Sallust, aliquem a 
plebe. Tacit. Dimotis omnibus. — 
Hence, to remove, turn away, divert, dis¬ 
suade from. Cic. de mente, de cursu. 
Id. Dinioveri de civitate, to withdraw, 
retire. But the reading demovere, in the 
last passages, seems to be preferable. 
-IT Also, to move or carry to a place ; 
to move, persuade. Ilorat. Nunquam 
eum dimoveas, ut, &c. Others read, 
more correctly, demoveas. -IF Also, 
to move to and fro, back and forth. Cels. 
manuim Id. Ambulatione dinioveri. 
DINDyMeNe (Aivivpnini), es, f. same as 
3 Cybele. Martial, and Ilorat. 
DINDyMOS, and DINDyMoS, i, m. and 
DiNDyMX, orum, n. plur. A'u'Svpoi, 
and tol AlvSvpa, a mountain of Phrygia, 
sacred to Cybele. Prop, and Virg. 
DINOSCO. See Diguosco. 
DINODO. See Denudo. 
DINOMeRaTIS (dinumero), and DeND- 
JIeRaTio, onis, f. an enumeration, a 
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recounting, counting, reckoning , number. 
ing. Pandect. -ir Also, a figure of 
speech, an enumeration of the parts of a 
whole, one by one, pepcop6s. Cic. and 
Quintil. 
DHV0MER6 (dis & numero), as, avi, 
atum, a. 1. to count to, deliver to by count- 
ing, to pay. Terent. pecuniam alicui. 
— Also, to calculate, compute, to count, 
reckon, number, tell, e^upt^ueio. Virg. 
tempora. Cic. Stellas. Plin. boras. 
proBdLARrS (Jico/SoAoj), e, adj. that 
3 may be bought fur t wo oboli, or worth two 
obolij lienee, cheap, vile. Plaut. 
DIOICkSiS (SioUr/ais), is, f. a district, 
part of a province. Cic. -IF Under 
the emperors, several provinces governed 
by the same provincial governor or his sub¬ 
stitute ; a diocese. Ammian - If Also. 
an ecclesiastical diocese. Sidon. _Also 
a parish. Sidon. 
DIGECeTeS (iioiKiirris), se, m. one who is 
l charged with the care of the revenues of 
the king. Cic. 
DIOMkDeS (Aiopf/iris), is, m. son of Tyde- 
us, and one of the Grecian chiefs in the Tro¬ 
jan war. He went afterwards to Apulia, in 
Italy, where he built a city called Arpi._ 
Hence, Diomedeus, a, um, adj. pertain¬ 
ing to Diomedes. Ovid. — Also, AEto- 
lian._ Martial. — Also, Apulian. Plin. 
DIoNe (Aiwan), es, or DIoNX, *, f. the 
mother of Venus. Cic. — Also, Venus 
herself. Ovid. -IF Hence, Dionaius, 
a, um, adj. relating to Dione or Venus. 
Virg. mater, A. c. Venus. Id. Osar (who 
was said to be descended fromVenus). 
Ilorat. antrum, h. e. sacred to Venus. 
DIoNySeOS, a, urn, same as Dionysius. 
Sil. 
DIONySIaCOS (A(oi/i><T<riKds), a, um, adj. 
3 relating to Bacchus. Auson. 
DIONySYXS (dtovvcrias), adis, a precious 
stone, said to prevent drunkenness. Plin. 
DI6NySI0S (Aioi/vojoj), a, um, adj. re¬ 
lating to Bacchus. Plaut. Dionysia, sc. 
sacra, festivals in honor of Bacchus. 
DISNySIOS (Aiovvoios), i, m. the name of 
two kings or tyrants of Syracuse. Nep. 
DI5NyS 0S, and DIONySOS ( Ai6ovoos ), 
i, m. Bacchus. Plaut. and Cic. 
DIOPeTeS (dioTrerris), is, falling down 
2 from heaven, sent by Jove. — Hence, a 
sort of frogs. Plin. 
DIoPTRX IdioTT-pa), re, f. a geometrical 
2 instrument., to take the distance and height 
of a place afar off; also, an instrument to 
measure the depth of water. Vitruv. 
■ -- IT Also, an instrument to measure the 
shadow of the sun. Plin. 
DIoRyX (Sirh/nif), fgis, f. a canal, ditch. 
Pompon. Mela. 
DK5S, h. e. Jovis. Plin. — Dios Balanus, 
f. Aids PdXavos, a kind of large chestnut. 
DjfoSPNEUMX (Aids zrvevpa), &tis, n. a 
species of rosemary. Apul. 
DIoTX (didrr/), je, f. a kind of vessel, or 
3 jar, for wine, with two handles; also, 
any drinking-pot with two ears. Horat. 
DIPHRIS, is, f. a gem. See Diphyes. 
DIPHRyGjES (to Suppvyes), is, f. a sort 
of tutty. Cels. 
DiPHTHoNGDS (<5 l<p$oyyos), i,f.adiph- 
3 thong, two vowels in one sound. Martian. 
Capell. 
DIPIIyeS (Sicpvtis), of two natures. — 
Hence, subst.fem. a precious stone un¬ 
known to us. Plin. 37, 57. Ed. Hard. 
More ancient Edd. read Diphris. 
DIPLXSIaSMOS (SnrXaaiaapds), i, m. 
a doubling, for example of a letter, as, 
relligio for religio. 
DTPLINTHlfOS (fJnrAivSIof), a, um, adj. 
“ of the thickness of two bricks. Vitruv. 
DIPL51S (dtirXot's), idis, f. sc. vestis, a 
cloak large enough to be worn double, an 
ample robe, a double robe. Snip. Sever. 
DIPLOMA (SlnXwpa), atis, n. a letter of 
recommendation, which was given to 
persons who travelled in behalf of the 
state, that they might speedily get any 
thing required for the prosecution of 
their journey from the magistrates of 
the towns on their way. Only in this 
signification the word is used by Cicero. 
Cic. — In later times it denoted a writ 
granted by the emperor, or any Roman 
magistrate, by which certain rights, priv¬ 
ileges, dignities, &c. are conferred. Suet. 
DIPONDIUS, DIPONDIARIUS. See 
Dupondius, &c. 
