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IHPSXCiS'S (StyaKns), i, f. a teasel, a ful¬ 
ler's thistle (dipsacus fullonum,L.). Plin. 
DTPS AS (Sapus), &dis, f. thirsty. So a 
serpent is called, which having stung a 
man puts him into a great thirst. Lucan. 
(According to Schneider, coluber vipe- 
ra, LA. . 
DlPTEROS (S'urrcpos), a, urn, adj. with 
2 two wings ; with double rows of pillars. 
Vitruv. 
DIPTi'CIIOS (Ji'rrrtixof), a, urn, ^.fold¬ 
ed, doubled. — Dypticha, orum, n. a table- 
book or tablet consisting of two leaves. 
Symm. — Also, in Christian churches 
of the first centuries, a register, list, 
as, episcoporum, mortuorum. 
DIPyLUM, and DIPyL8N (Slirvhov), l, 
n. one of the gates of Miens. Cic. 
DIPyRaS (Siirvpos), i, adject, twice burnt. 
3 sunbeams. Martial. 
DTRADI8 (dis & radio), as, a. 1. Colum. 
Vitem diradiare, to spread or place like 
sunbeams. Al. leg. disrarare. 
DIRfE, arum, f. See Dims. 
DTRAR5, or DISRaRS (dis & rarus), as. 
a. 1. to make thin, cut away here and there. 
Colum. 
DIRCX. See Dircc. . 
DIRCb (Ai'p/cr;), es, and DiROA, re, t. a 
fountain in or near Thebes. -5 Also, 
a wife of Lycus, king of Thebes. When 
Amphion and Zethus were informed of 
the cruelties to which their mother 
Antiope had been exposed by Dirce, 
they tied the cruel Dirce to the tail of 
a wild bull, who dragged her over rocks 
and precipices till the gods, in pity, 
changed her into the above-mentioned 
fountain. — Hence, Dircmus, a, um, 
adj. Theban, Bceotian. Horat. cygnus, 
h. e. Pindar. Stat. heros, h. e. Polynices. 
DIRCENNX, re, f. a cold fountain of Spain, 
near BUbilis. Martial. 
DIRECTARIbS (perhaps from dirigo), t, 
3 m. a house-breaker, burglar. Pandect. 
DIRECTE (directus), adv. strain-fit, directly. 
] Cic. Directe. Id. Directius. 
DIRECTIaNGGLOS (directus & angu- 
3 lus), a, um, adj. right-angled. Martian. 
Capell. 
DIRECTrLINEOS (directus & linea), a, 
3 um, adj. straight-lined, rectilinear. Mar¬ 
tian. Capell. 
DTReCTIM (directus), adv. same as 
3 Directe. Macrub. 
DTRECTI8 (dirigo), onis, f. a laying out. 
2 by a line, making straight , even, level. 
Vitruv. _IT Also, a direction, directing, 
aiming. Quint'd. rationis ad veritatem. 
DIRECTS. See Directus. Cic. 
DIRECTOR A (dirigo), a:, f. a laying nut 
o by a line, straightening or evening of a 
surface. Vitruv. 
DIRECTOR a, um, particip. from din¬ 
go._if Adj. made straight, level, 
plain ; directed, ordered, straight, right, 
direct, evSvs, sarevS-vs. Cws. trabes. 
Id. locus, h. e. precipitous, steep. Cic. 
ordo. Id. iter. Vitruv. capillus. — 
Also, going straight forward, making no 
round-about way. Cic. ratio. Id. homo, 
a downright, plain-dealing man. — 
ir Hence,° Directum, i, n. straightness, 
straight posture. Senec. — Hence, ablat., 
Directo, h. e. in a straight line, straight. 
Cic. — Also, Directo, straight forward, 
directly, immediately, without digression, 
&c. Cic. and Liv. 
DIREMPTI5, and DIReMTIS (dtnmo), 
3 onis, f. a separation, breaking of. Val. 
Max. — Cic. Diremptio, a separation of 
the tablets wherewith they used to vote, 
h. e. counting the votes. 
1 HREMPTUS, and DIREMTUS, a, um. 
See Dirvnw . . 
DIReMPTOS, and DIReMTOS (dirimo), 
1 us, in. a separation. Cic. 
DIREPO. See Dtrcpo. 
DIREPTrS (diripio), onis, f. a plundering, 
ransaekinu, pillaging, oiapirayy. Cic. 
DTREPTOR (Id.), oris, m. a plunderer, 
1 spoiler. Cic. . 
DIREPTOS (Id.), us, m. a separation. Cic. 
;>_it Also, a plundering. Spartian. 
DIREPTOS, a, um. See Diripio. 
DIRIBE8 (for dishibeo, from dis & haheo), 
es ui, a. 2. to distribute. Plin. Par¬ 
ticularly, to distribute the tablets for vo¬ 
ting. 'Cic. Fragm. — In Cic. Pis. 40, 
the reading airimantur ( to separate and 
•cunt the votes ) seems to he preferable 
DIRIBITIQ (diribeo),onis,f. a distribution. 
Cic. Plane. 6. Ed. Grcev.; but Ed. Em. 
reads diremptio, h. e. a counting. 
DIRIBIT8R (Id.), oris, in. an officer ap¬ 
pointed to distribute the tablets amongst the, 
Roman citizens in their assemblies, on which 
each citizen marked his suffrage. Cic. 
DIRIBIToRIUM (Id.), ii,"n. a place 
2 where the diribitores attended; also, a 
house begun by Agrippa and finished by 
Augustus, where soldiers were mustered 
and received their pay. Sueton. 
DIRIBIToRIOS, a, um. See Diribilor. 
DIRIGE8 (dis & rigeo), es, ui, n. 2. to 
grow stiff or motionless; to curdle or 
freeze, airoppiysco. Virg. and Ovid. — 
This verb is found only in the preterit 
tenses. 
DIRIG 5 '(dis & rego), is, exi, ectum, a. 3. 
to make or place straight, KarevOvvco. 
Liv. aciem, to arrange, range, draw up. 
Id. in frontem, to set in array. Cic. 
regiones , to mark out. Liv. fines, to de¬ 
termine, limit or mark out the boundaries. 
-IT Also, to direct, guide, point, steer, 
level, aim. Jffcjios. navem aliquo. Cws. 
cursum ad litora, to make for. Virg. 
tela in corpus. Id. spicula arcu, h. e. 
to shoot off. Cic. Cogitationes ad ratio- 
nes, to turn. Virg. vulnera alicui, for 
in aliquem. — It is sometimes used 
absolutely, and se, cursum, &c. are to be 
supplied. Senec. Ad Nesida direxi, sc. 
cursum, or navem. Cic. Divinatio ad 
veritatem dirigit, points. — Hence, to 
send, despatch. Claudian. affatus nullos 
alicui.-IT Also, to measure, regulate, 
make by a certain rule, square. Cic. cur- 
sus maritimos ab Etesiis. Id. ad nor- 
mam, and norma. Id. utilitatem ho- 
nestate. Vellei. facta ad consilium. 
DIRIM8 (for disimo, from dis & emo), is, 
emi, emptum & emtum, a. 3. to part, 
divide , separate, SiaXvw. Liv. acies. 
Cic. corpus. Claudian. justis sontes. 
Liv. castra. Plin. Ep. Oppida unius 
dei itinere dirimuntur, are distant. Cic 
tabellas, to count the votes. So, also 
Varr. suffragia. - IT Also, to inter¬ 
rupt. Cic. rein. Id. tempus, h. e. to 
cause any thing to be delayed, put off, 
deferred, prorogued. - IT Also, to put 
an end to, terminate, break off. Id. con- 
troversiam. Cws. proelium. Id. collo¬ 
quium. Liv. iras. Id. concilium. 
IT Also, to render null or void, frustrate. 
Liv. auspicium. Cic. omnia. 
DIRIPrS (dis & rapio), Ipis, Ipui, eptum, 
a. 3. to tear asunder; to tear in pieces ; 
to tear, diapzratjo). Plant, and Ovid. 
- IT Also, to tear or drag to and fro. 
Ovid. -IT Also, to plunder, pillage, 
rob, spou, lay waste, ravage. Cic. do- 
mum. Id. patriain. Id. patrimonium. 
Id. res. - IT Also, of persons whose 
company or services are in great re¬ 
quest, and of things highly valued and 
sought for, to seek eagerly fov, to make 
exertions to obtain. Senec. and Martial. 
-IT Also, to take, tear or snatch aicay. 
Cic. alicui ornamenta. — In this signi¬ 
fication, however, the reading deripere 
seems to be more correct. 
DIRITaS (dims), atis, f. unfavorableness, 
unluckiness, inauspiciousness ; a misfor¬ 
tune, mishap. Sueton. diei. Cic. exEuripi- 
de. Si qua diritas irtyecta foret. - 
IT Also, cruelty, barbarity, fierceness, in- 
‘ humanity. Cic. In altero diritas, in al- 
tero comitas. Sueton. morum. 
DIRuMPS (dis & rumpo), is, upi, upturn, 
a. 3. to break, break in pieces, chappfiy- 
vvpi. Cic. aliquid. Tacit, imagines. 
— Dirumpi or se dirumpere, to over¬ 
strain one's self. Cic. — Also, to burst 
or split asunder, burst into pieces; to 
burst, as, with envy. Id. — Hence, 
Id. Diruptus, having a rupture (of the 
body). - IT Also,' to sever, break off. 
Cic . amicitiam. Id. societatem. 
DTRG8 (dis & ruo), is, ui, utum, a. 3. to 
pull down, overthrow, destroy, demolish, 
KarafSaXXw. Cic. urbem. Jffepos. mu- 
ros. Horat. agmina, to disperse, cause 
to fly. -U Varr. A3re dirui, to be 
punished with a diminution or temporary 
loss of one's pay (of soldiers). —- Hence, 
also, to break, become a bankrupt. 
Cic. 
DIRuPTIS (dirumpo), onis, f. a breaking 
9 asunder, bursting, disjunction. Senec. 
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DIROS (tiupo;, from Sica, h. e. SetSu) a 
um, adj. producing fear.- particularly’ j n ’ 
a religious sense, of forebodings, omens 
signs of the gods, &c., ominous, ill 
omened, boding, portentous, threatening or 
portending some calamity. Ovid, omen 
Plin. alites. Virg. comette. id. pj) 
ra religio loci, h. e. awful, striking tht 
mind with reverential fear. Cic. Lego 
2, 8. Dira (plur.), things portendin'* 
some dreadful calamity. -IT In general 
calamitous, unfortunate. Cic. tempus’ 
Tihull. Dira precari alicui, h. e. some 
misfortune or calamity. -If Also, of 
any thing dreadful to hear or to look at 
horrible, terrible, dreadful, ghastly, abomi 
liable, detestable, &e. Virg. nefas. Ovid. 
facies. Horat. venena. Plin. odor 
h. e. foul, stinking, nasty. Virg. exse- 
cratio. Id. funus. h. e. disgraceful, jV- 
nominious. -IT Dine, arum (subst.)," f, 
sc. res, things foreboding some misfortune 
or calamity; inauspicious signs; also 
in general, misfortune, calamity. Plin. 
Inter diras liaberi. Cic. Obnunciatio 
dirarum. Tacit. Diras alicui impreca. 
ri. — Dir®, sc. preces, curses, impreca. 
lions, apai. Horat. and Justin. — Virg. 
Dir® sorores, or merely Dir®, the Furies. 
DTROTuS, a, um. See Diruo. 
DIS. See Di. 
DIS (dives), Itis, m. and f. and DITE is, 
11 . rich, (both properly and figur.) 77X011- 
crios. Tcrent. and Liv. — Also, with 
a genit.. Virg. Ditissimus agri_ 
IT Dis, and Ditis, m. Pluto, the god of 
the infernal regions. Virg. Janua Di¬ 
tis. Id. Domos Ditis, h. e. the infernal 
regions. — With the Celtce he was 
the god of night; and the inhabitants of 
Gaul supposed themselves descended 
from him, according to Cats.B. G. 6,18. 
DTSCaLCEaTOS, or DiSCaLCIaTBS 
2 (dis & calceo), a, um, adj. having no 
shoes on; wearing sandals or slippers, 
affXavro;. Sueton. 
DISCAVE8 (dis & caveo), es, n. 2. to be 
3 very careful; to beware. Plant. 
DISCED 8 (dis & cedo), is, essi, essum, 
n. 3. to part, divide, open, gape, yawn, 
avaxwpeor, dirox<vpcco. Cic. Discedit 
terra. Id. ccelum. Virg. ccelum, h. 1 . 
to clear up. Sallust, and Liv. in duas 
partes. Mcpos. inter se, h. e. a se. — 
IT Also, to depart, go away, leave, direj). 
Xopai. Cic. de foro. Id. e Gallia, 
Ovid, e patria. Sueton. Discedere e 
medio, to hide one's self, abscond. Cic, 
ab aliquo. —- Also, with an ablat., with¬ 
out a preposit. Ovid, finibus, templo. 
Cic. Capua.—Also, figur. Cic. ex vita 
tanquam ex hospitio. Id. a vita, h. e. 
to die. Id. ab officio. Id. a gloria spe- 
rata. Id. a voluptate. Id. a consue- 
tudine. Id. a re (in speaking), to i 1 - 
<rress. Id. Nunquam ex animo meo 
cliscedit viri memoria. Id. Hostibus 
discessit spes. — Hence, to come or ga 
off, away (both in a good and bad sense). 
Terent .and Cic.- Hence, Discedere ab 
aliquo, or a re, to except■ Cic. Cuma 
vobis discesserim, excepting you. — fre¬ 
quently it is put for esse, when the issue 
or event of an affair is indicated, witu 
a departure implied. Cic. Supen 
discedit, he comes off victorious, is r- 
umphant, gets the better. -H h\so< 
to go to a place. Cic. cubitum, to bed or 
to sleep. JVepos. domos suas. m- 
ad urbem. — Hence, figur. Cws. Quo 
nunquam discessum est, to micj . ! 
had never had recourse. Liv. m al j 
sententiam, to approve, assent, a : 1 
be of the same opinion. Cic. m alia 
nia, to be of the contrary opinion. 
DISCENTIX (disco), ®, f- “ learnmg 
DISCEPTaTIS (discepto), onis, f. 
retting, altercation in words. J■ > 
disputation, debate, discourse, reasonw,i 
didXcfi?. C/c. andZic. , 
DISCEPTATIONCOLX (dimm. of discep 
tatio), ®, f. a sfight quarrel. 
DISCEPT aT 8R (discepto), oris, m. an 
virc. arbitrator, judrre, oiayvoi^ • ^ 
DISCEPTATRIX (disceptator), ic'Si 
1 she that judges, arbitrates or dccids. v 
DISCEPT8 (dis & capto), as, avt, atu», 
1. to contend with words, dispute, 
Siatcpivogai- Ltv ’ 
a. 
bate, reason, 
de jure. Cic. jure, leg 
le gibus. — Also, 
verbu 
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