diffinderent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diffindo, diffindere, diffidi, diffissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
divide (usu. on length); split/cut/break off/open; defer/put off; refute/deny;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...manu regalem aperire iugulum, alium in cruce membra diffindere. 3. Et adhuc singulorum supplicia narro: quid si tibi..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...quid tu, docte Trebati, dissentis.' 'equidem nihil hinc diffindere possum. sed tamen ut monitus caveas, ne forte negoti..."