discidium
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
Latin > English
discidium discidi(i) N N :: separation, divorce, discord; disagreement, quarrel; tearing apart
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
discĭdĭum: ii, n. discindo.
I A tearing asunder, dividing, parting (freq. in Lucr., elsewh. rare): partibus ejus (sc. corporis) discidium parere et nexus exsolvere, Lucr. 1, 220; cf. id. 249; 452; 2, 120; 3, 839 al.: nubis, id. 6, 293: humi, Sol. 1 med.: terrarum, Amm. 27, 4 al.—
II A separation of persons or things, a disagreement, discord; also divorce (freq. and class.; see Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44, and the Excurs. ib. p. 812 sq.): neque per vinum umquam ex me exoritur discidium in convivio, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 60; Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; id. Balb. 13, 30: qui inter nos discidium volunt, Ter. And. 4, 2, 14; so of the separation of lovers (of man and wife), id. Hec. 3, 5, 26; 5, 2, 16; Cic. Att. 15, 29, 2; Tac. A. 2, 86; 11, 30; Suet. Dom. 3; Ov. M. 5, 530; 14, 79 et saep.; cf.: divortia atque affinitatum discidia, Cic. Clu. 67: desiderium alicujus discidii, id. Phil. 2, 18, 45; cf. id. Att. 4, 1; Sen. de Const. Sap. 8 fin.; Cic. Sull. 21: amicorum discidia, id. Lael. 21, 78; cf. id. ib. 7, 23; 10, 35: ex cupiditatibus odia, discidia, discordiae, bella nascuntur, id. Fin. 1, 13, 44; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; Liv. 25, 18; Tac. A. 14, 60 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
discĭdĭum,¹¹ ĭī, n. (discindo), déchirement, division : Lucr. 6, 293, etc. || séparation : Cic. Sulla 60 ; de Or. 3, 61 ; Læl. 78 ; desiderium tui discidii Cic. Phil. 2, 45, le regret d’être séparé de toi || divorce : Cic. Att. 15, 29, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
discidium, iī, n. (discindo), I) das Zerreißen, Bersten, nubis, Lucr. 6, 293: inter plura humi discidia (Spaltungen), Solin, 1, 91. – II) die Trennung, A) eig., auch im Plur., Lucr., Cic. u.a.: coniugis miserae, die Tr. von der G., Cic.: u. bes. von der Trennung Liebender od. von der Ehescheidung (s. Lorenz Plaut. Pseud. 69), Komik., Cic. u.a.: disc. civile (gewöhnliche), Tac.: Plur., divortia atque affinitatum discidia, Ehescheidungen u. Auflösungen der Verschwägerungen, Cic.: orbitates, discidia (Ehescheidungen), Sen. – B) übtr., die Trennung der Gemüter, das Zerwürfnis, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: belli discidio, durch das kriegerische Z., Cic.: Plur., deorum odia, discidia, discordiae, Cic. Vgl. (über das Wort übh.) Madvig Cic. de fin. exc. II. p. 812 (799) sqq.
