φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
dispersus: a, um, Part., from dispergo.
(1) dispersus, a, um, part. de dispergo.
(2) dispersŭs, abl. ū, m., dispersion, action dispersée : Cic. *Att. 9, 9, 2.
