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|lshtext=<b>dis-cŭtĭo</b>: cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [[quatio]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[strike]] [[asunder]], [[dash]] to pieces, [[shatter]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: dentes, Lucil. ap. Non. 455, 18: deum delubra, Lucr. 6, 418; cf.: [[columna]] rostrata tota ad imum fulmine discussa est, Liv. 42, 20: ne saxa ex catapultis lateritium discuterent, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3; cf.: aliquantum muri [[tribus]] arietibus, Liv. 21, 12: rostro ([[navis]]) discusso, shattered, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 2; cf.: tempora cava ictu, Ov. M. 2, 625: ora saxo, id. ib. 4, 519: percussam aquam, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 118: [[nubes]], Ov. M. 15, 70: discussae jubae capiti, Verg. A. 9, 810 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In medic. lang., to [[scatter]], [[disperse]] ( = digerere), Cels. 2, 17; 3, 15; Scrib. Comp. 43; Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pregn., to [[break]] up, [[scatter]], [[disperse]], [[dissipate]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit. ([[rarely]]): illos [[coetus]], Liv. 2, 28; cf.: Boeoticum [[consilium]], id. 42, 44: [[sole]] orto est discussa ([[caligo]]), id. 29, 27: [[caligo]], Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5; cf. umbras (sol), Verg. G. 3, 357; id. A. 12, 669: discussa nox, Luc. 5, 700.—Rarely [[with]] pers. objects: [[Cato]] discutit Etruscos, [[Gabinius]] Marsos, etc., routs, subdues, Flor. 3, 18, 13; cf.: hostiles turmae discussae, Amm. 25, 1.—Far [[more]] freq. and [[class]].,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: terrorem animi tenebrasque, to [[disperse]], [[dispel]], Lucr. 1, 148; 2, 61 al.; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 57: [[quod]] rem totam discusseram, had frustrated, brought to [[naught]], id. Q. Fr. 2, 12; so freq.: rem, Liv. 34, 56; 39, 10; Suet. Dom. 2 al.: discutere et comprimere [[periculum]] consilio, Cic. Mur. 39, 84; so, [[periculum]], Liv. 2, 52; Front. Strat. 2, 11, 4: captiones ([[shortly]] [[before]]: dissolvere interrogationes), Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46: omnem ejus cunctationem, Asin. [[Pollio]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2: disceptationem, Liv. 38, 13: [[crimen]] alicujus, Quint. 4, 2, 18: famam, Tac. H. 2, 9: fidem, Luc. 1, 119: consilia hostium, Front. Strat. 4, 7, 31: seditionem, id. ib. 1, 9, 2; Vell. 2, 81: [[bellum]] ([[with]] sepelire), id. 2, 75: [[nefas]], Flor. 3, 18, 9 et saep. —Hence, * discussē, adv., [[only]] comp., [[minutely]], [[accurately]]: explorare discussius, Mart. Cap. 9, § 891.!*? For the [[meaning]] to [[investigate]], [[discuss]] (lit., to [[separate]] mentally, [[distinguish]], as in disputare, discernere, etc.), [[which]] prevails in the [[post]]-[[class]]. derivatives: [[discussio]], [[discussor]], and [[discusse]]; as also in the Romance: discutere, discussare, discussione; discuter, [[discussion]], etc., [[there]] [[appear]] to be no examples in the [[literary]] [[language]].