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|lshtext=<b>dī-gĕro</b>: gessi, gestum, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[force]] [[apart]], [[separate]], [[divide]], [[distribute]] (cf.: [[dispono]], [[distribuo]], [[divido]], [[dispenso]], [[ordino]], [[compono]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ingen. (so [[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.): (insulae) [[interdum]] discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque), Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf. [[nubes]] (opp. congregare), Sen. Q. N. 7, 22: nimbos, Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9: digesti colores, Ov. F. 5, 213: stercoris [[pars]] in prata digerenda, Col. 11, 2, 18: [[radix]] digesta, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161: inque [[canes]] [[totidem]] [[trunco]] [[digestus]] ab uno [[Cerberus]], divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: [[Nilus]] [[septem]] in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for [[which]], [[septem]] [[discretus]] in ostia [[Nilus]], id. ib. 5, 324): [[Crete]] [[centum]] per urbes, id. H. 10, 67: [[populus]] Romanus in classes (coupled [[with]] [[distributus]]), Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.—Poet.: ([[augur]] Thestorides) [[novem]] volucres in belli digerit annos, i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Post-Aug.): cibum, to [[cut]] up, [[divide]]: (dentes) qui digerunt cibum, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; and [[still]] [[more]] freq., [[like]] the [[class]]. concoquere, to [[digest]], Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In medic. lang., to [[dissolve]], [[dissipate]] [[morbid]] [[matter]], Cels. 5, 18 ([[twice]]); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and [[class]].,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[accessory]] [[notion]] of [[arrangement]], to [[distribute]], [[arrange]], [[dispose]], [[set]] in [[order]]: quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9: capillos, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. [[poet]]. 10, 165; cf.: crines ordine, Mart. 3, 63: asparagum, to [[plant]] in [[regular]] rows, [[Cato]] R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267: bibliothecam, to [[arrange]], Suet. Caes. 44: carmina in numerum, Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[distribute]] ([[rare]] and not [[ante]]-Aug.): [[quam]] meruit [[solus]] poenam digessit in omnes, Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.: [[mala]] per annos longos, id. Pont. 1, 4, 9: tempora, id. F. 1, 27; cf.: annum in [[totidem]] [[species]], Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and [[class]].,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[arrange]], [[set]] in [[order]], [[distribute]]: mandata, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3: quaestiones, Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.: reliquos [[usus]] ejus suo [[loco]], to [[relate]] in [[order]], Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.: omina, interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. [[above]], no. I. A. fin.): [[post]] descripte et [[electe]] in [[genus]] quodque causae, [[quid]] cuique conveniat, ex hac [[copia]] digeremus, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186: omne jus civile in genera, id. ib. 1, 42, 190: commentarios in libros, Quint. 10, 7, 30: res in ordinem, id. ib. 7 prooem. § 1: argumenta in digitos, id. 11, 3, 114: commentarium per genera [[usus]] sui, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. [[clause]]: nec [[quid]] [[quoque]] [[anno]] [[actum]] [[sit]], in tanta vetustate non [[modo]] rerum sed [[etiam]] auctorum digerere possis, Liv. 2, 21, 4: [[senium]], [[digest]], i. e. [[endure]], Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. [[γῆρας]] ἕψειν, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[consider]] maturely ([[late]] Lat.): [[consilium]], Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[exercise]] (for [[health]]): si [[satis]] valet, gestando aegrum, digerere; si [[parum]], [[intra]] domum [[tamen]] dimovere, Cels. 4, 7, 4: ne imbecillum hominem [[nimis]] digerant, id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a [[good]] [[digestion]]: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a [[name]] given to a [[collection]] of writings distributed under [[certain]] heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's [[code]] of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.—Sing.: digestum Lucae, the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.