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|lshtext=<b>di-sto</b>: āre (<br /><b>I</b> perf. distiti, [[only]] Boëth. in Porphyr. 4, p. 89), v. n., to [[stand]] [[apart]], to be [[separate]], [[distant]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (cf. [[absum]]), absol.: [[quantum]] [[summa]] labra (fossae) distabant, Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 17, 6; Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Liv. 33, 1; Ov. M. 2, 241 et saep.—With [[inter]] se: turres [[pedes]] LXXX. [[inter]] se [[distant]], Caes. B. G. 7, 72 fin.: [[trabes]] [[inter]] se binos [[pedes]], id. ib. 7, 23, 1; cf. id. B. C. 2, 10, 2: [[inter]] se modicum [[spatium]], Liv. 8, 8, 5: [[multum]] sidera [[inter]] se, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: hastati [[inter]] se modicum [[spatium]], Liv. 8, 8 et saep.—With a or ab: ([[imago]]) distare a speculo, Lucr. 4, 289; so, [[castra]] ab castris, Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3: [[terra]] ab hujus terrae continuatione, Cic. N. D. 2, 66 al.—With [[simple]] abl.: cum tanto Phrygiā Gallica distet [[humus]], Ov. F. 4, 362; cf. id. M. 3, 145; also: [[foro]] [[nimium]] distare [[Carinas]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48: [[spatium]], Ov. M. 11, 715. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of [[remoteness]] in [[time]]: non [[multum]] aetate distantes, Quint. 12, 10, 4: non [[multum]] [[inter]] se distantes tempore, ib. § 11: [[quantum]] distet ab Inacho [[Codrus]], Hor. C. 3, 19, 1: [[haud]] [[multum]] distanti tempore, Tac. A. 3, 24.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[quality]], to [[differ]], be [[different]]=differre, discrepare (freq.): ut distare aliquid aut ex [[aliqua]] parte differre videatur, Cic. Caecin. 14; cf.: [[quia]] res differebant, nomina rerum distare voluerunt, id. Top. 8, 34: moribus et legibus [[distant]] (civitates), Quint. 5, 10, 40; cf. id. 6, 4, 21: in totum [[metaphora]] brevior est [[similitudo]], eoque distat, [[quod]], etc., id. 8, 6, 8: [[multum]] [[inter]] se [[distant]] istae facultates longeque sunt diversae [[atque]] sejunctae, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215: [[multum]] [[inter]] se genera dicendi, id. Or. 16, 52; Quint. 7, 2, 3: hominum [[vita]] [[tantum]] distat a victu et cultu bestiarum, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15; so [[with]] ab, id. ib. 3, 17, 71; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Quint. 5, 10, 114; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 11 al.; cf.: [[quid]] [[enim]] tam distans [[quam]] a severitate [[comitas]]? Cic. Or. 10, 34. —With dat.: infido scurrae distabit [[amicus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 4; so, [[paulum]] sepultae inertiae celata [[virtus]], id. C. 4, 9, 29: [[quid]] [[aera]] lupinis, id. Ep. 1, 7, 23: pulchra et exactis minimum [[distantia]], id. ib. 2, 1, 72: [[enthymema]] syllogismo, Quint. 5, 10, 7 al.— Impers.: distat, [[there]] is a [[difference]]: distat, sumasne [[pudenter]] An rapias, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; 2, 2, 195; id. S. 2, 3, 210; Quint. 5, 10, 26.