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|lshtext=<b>dīs</b>:<br /><b>I</b> neutr. dite ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; in [[prose]] [[very]] [[rare]] [[before]] the Aug. per.): dis [[quidem]] esses, Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 8: dite [[solum]], Val. Fl. 2, 296: hujus ditis [[aedes]], Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 42; so, ditis [[domus]], Hor. Epod. 2, 65: diti placitura [[magistro]], Tib. 2, 5, 35: ditem hostem, Liv. 9, 40: ditem, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 48; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 48; Suet. Galb. 3: diti de pectore, Lucr. 1, 414: in diti [[domo]], Liv. 42, 34, 3: patre diti, Nep. Att. 1, 2: [[quam]] estis maxume potentes, dites, fortunati, etc., Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 57; so, dites, Tib. 1, 1, 78; 3, 6, 13; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9; Sil. 3, 673: Persarum campi, Curt. 3, 25, 10: terrae, Tac. A. 4, 55: delubra ditia donis, Ov. M. 2, 77; so, opulenta ac ditia stipendia, Liv. 21, 43: pectora ditum, Sen. Herc. Oet. 649; for [[which]]: regem ditium Mycenarum, Aus. Grat. Act. 59: ditibus [[indulgent]] epulis, Stat. Th. 5, 187: ditibus promissis, Sil. 3, 512.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dīvĭ-tior ([[most]] freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]], [[except]] Hor., v. seq. β), Plaut. Aul. 5, 2; id. Ps. 5, 2, 24; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 1114; Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28; 1, 32; id. Lael. 16, 58; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Ov. H. 16, 34; id. M. 6, 452 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dītior, Liv. Praef. § 11; Hor. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 91; 1, 9, 51; 2, 7, 52; Sil. 13, 684; Stat. Th. 3, 481; Gell. 4, 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Sup.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dīvĭtissi-mus ([[good]] [[prose]]), Cic. Off. 2, 17; id. Div. 1, 36; id. Par. 6, 2, 48; Nep. Alcib. 2; id. Phoc. 1, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dītissimus ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]), Verg. G. 2, 136; id. A. 1, 343; 7, 537; 9, 360; 10, 563; Ov. M. 5, 129; Val. Fl. 5, 123; Sil. 3, 397; Aus. Epigr. 54 ([[twice]]); * Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 1; Nep. Alcib. 2, 1; Liv. 9, 31; 17, 14; 10, 46; Suet. Ner. 9. —Adv.: dītĭus, [[more]] [[richly]] or [[splendidly]] ([[post]]-Aug. and [[very]] [[rare]]): [[ditius]] habitare, Stat. S. 1, 5, 31.—Sup.: ditissime domos exornare, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14.<br /><b>dĭs</b>: an [[inseparable]] [[particle]] Sanscr. dva, [[two]]: dvis, [[twice]]; Gr. δίς (δϝις); cf.: bis, [[bini]], [[dubius]], duo; also Sanscr. vi- (for dvi-) = dis-, occurs [[before]] [[vowels]] [[only]] in [[dishiasco]]; it stands unchanged [[before]]<br /><b>I</b> c, p, q, t, s, and di; loses its s [[before]] b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v; and becomes dif-[[before]] f. So, [[discedo]], [[dispar]], [[disquiro]], [[distraho]], [[dissolvo]]; [[dibalo]], [[dido]], [[digero]], [[dilabor]], [[dimetior]], [[dinumero]], [[dirigo]], [[divello]], etc. Before j (i) we [[have]] [[sometimes]] dī-, as in dijudico, dijungo, and [[sometimes]] dis-, as in disjeci, disjungo. Iacio makes [[disicio]] or [[dissicio]]. In [[late]] Lat. [[disglutino]] and [[disgrego]] [[occur]]; [[while]] [[disrumpo]] occurs in Cic. Lael. 22, 85; cf. dirrumpo, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 37: dirripio in Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 37, in [[some]] MSS.; and dimminuo in MSS. of [[Plautus]], v. Neue Formenl. 2, 782 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Meaning.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Dis, in [[most]] cases, answers to [[our]] [[asunder]], in pieces, [[apart]], in [[two]], in [[different]] directions, implying [[separation]] or [[division]], as in: [[diffindo]], [[diffugio]], [[digero]], [[discedo]], [[discepto]], [[discerno]], [[discerpo]], [[discindo]], [[dido]], [[diffindo]], [[dimitto]], [[dirumpo]], [[divido]], and a [[multitude]] of others.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Less freq. = Engl. un-, reversing or negativing the [[meaning]] of the [[primitive]], as in [[discingo]], [[disconduco]], [[disconvenio]], [[diffido]], [[diffiteor]], disjungo, [[displiceo]], [[dissimulo]], [[dissocio]], [[dissuadeo]], and a [[few]] others; so, [[dinumero]], to [[count]] as [[separate]] objects: [[disputo]], to [[discuss]] [[different]] views or things. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In a [[few]] words dis- acquires an intensive [[force]], [[exceedingly]], as, [[differtus]], [[dilaudo]], [[discupio]], disperio ([[utterly]]), [[dispudet]], [[dissuavior]], [[distaedet]]. This is [[but]] a [[development]] of its [[original]] [[meaning]]: [[thus]], [[differtus]] is [[properly]] stuffed [[out]]; [[dilaudo]], to [[scatter]] [[praise]] of, etc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Between, [[among]], [[through]]: [[dinosco]], [[dirigo]] (or derigo), dijudico, [[diligo]], [[dilucesco]], [[dispicio]], [[dissereno]].<br /><b>dīs</b>: dītis,<br /><b>I</b> adj., [[rich]], v. [[dives]].