disicite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →disicio, disicere, disjeci, disjectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
break up; scatter; drive apart; separate into two halves, halve, divide;; ruin; destroy; rout; disperse; squander; frustrate; dispel, end;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...acres ultra Tirynthius arcus exercet, socia sed disicit agmina clava. ac veluti magna iuvenum cum densa securi silva..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...trahentem dira canum rabies morsu depasta cruento disicit. hic uero attonitas ut nuntius aures matris adit, pulsi..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...excita tumultu prosilit et nondum totos ornata capillos disicit hos ipsos colloque infusa mariti, mittat ut auxilium sine..."