discrepo
ἡ τῆς παιδογονίας συνουσία → sexual intercourse for the purpose of bearing children
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dis-crĕpo: ŭi, 1,
I v. n., to differ in sound, to sound differently, discordantly, not to harmonize (for syn. cf.: differo, disto, intersum).
I Lit. (rare; perh. only in Cic.): ut in fidibus aut tibiis, quamvis paulum discrepent, tamen id a sciente animadverti solet: sic videndum est in vita, ne forte quid discrepet, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 40 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 42, 69; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196.—Far more freq.,
II Trop., to disagree, be different, to vary, differ: peccata, quia discrepant, aeque discrepant, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: oratio verbis discrepans, sententiis congruens, id. Leg. 1, 10 fin.: tres duces discrepantes, prope ut, etc., Liv. 26, 41: nec multum discrepat aetas, * Verg. A. 10, 434 et saep.: eadem dicit; nulla in re discrepat, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46: de ceteris rebus discrepantium philosophorum, id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: verbo inter se discrepare, re unum sonare, id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf. id. Inv. 2, 49, 144: discrepare ab aequitate sapientiam, id. Rep. 3, 9; so with ab, id. Off. 1, 40, 145; id. de Or. 3, 30, 118; id. Planc. 17, 42 al.: facta ejus cum dictis discrepare, Cic. Fin. 2, 30; so with cum, id. ib. 4, 22; Varr. L. L. 9, § 102 Müll.: ipsi sibi singuli discrepantes, id. de Or. 3, 50, 196; id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; so with dat., Hor. C. 1, 27, 6; id. S. 1, 6, 92; id. Ep. 2, 2, 194; id. A. P. 152; Pers. 6, 18 al.—
B Transf.: res discrepat, and more freq. impers. discrepat, there is a difference of opinion respecting something (esp. a fact), it is a matter of dispute, it is undecided (opp. convenit): incidi in rem multum discrepantem auctorum opinionibus, Vell. 1, 7, 2; cf.: causa latendi discrepat, Ov. F. 6, 572: cum de legibus conveniret, de latore tantum discreparet, Liv. 3, 31 fin.; cf.: veneno quidem occisum, convenit; ubi autem discrepat, Suet. Claud. 44; so with rel. clause, Liv. 29, 25, 1: id, quod haud discrepat, id. 9, 46; cf. Suet. Vit. 2: nec discrepat, quin dictator eo anno A. Cornelius fuerit, Liv. 8, 40; so with quin, id. 25, 28, 3; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 1, 3: inter scriptores rerum, id. 38, 56: inter auctores, id. 22, 61; 29, 25.
