dissipatio
Πολλοῖς ὁ Δαίμων, οὐ κατ' εὔνοιαν φέρων, / Μεγάλα δίδωσιν εὐτυχήματ' ... (Euripides) → God brings great good fortune to many, not out of good will,...
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dissĭpātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a scattering, dispersing (a Ciceronian word). *
I In gen.: hic error ac dissipatio civium, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7.—
II Pregn., destruction, annihilation: interitus et dissipatio corporum, Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 71: praedae, i. e. plundering, id. Phil. 13, 5, 10; Vulg. Isa. 24, 3 al.—As a rhet. flgure, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (so ap. Quint. 9, 1, 35): ita contra illa dispersa sunt, quae a Cicerone dissupata dici puto, Quint. 9, 3, 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dissĭpātĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (dissipo), dispersion : Cic. Rep. 2, 7 || dissolution, anéantissement, destruction : Cic. Nat. 1, 71 || dissipation, dépense, gaspillage : Cic. Phil. 13, 10 || [fig. de rhét.] dispersion : Cic. de Or. 3, 207 (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 39 ).
