dispello
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dis-pello: pŭli, pulsum, 3,
I v. a., to drive asunder, to scatter, disperse (rare but class.).
I Lit.: dispulsa suo de coetu materiaï Copia, Lucr. 1, 1017: pecudes dispulsae, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 7: ater quos aequore turbo Dispulerat, Verg. A. 1, 512; cf. ib. 538: umbras, id. ib. 5, 839: aequora prorā, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—
II Trop., to scatter, drive away, dispel: (philosophia) ab animo tamquam ab oculis caliginem dispulit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; cf.: tenebras calumniae, Phaedr. 3, 10, 42: somnos, Sen. Troad. 452: curas, Sil. 8, 164: inediae metum, Amm. 14, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dispellō,¹³ pŭlī, pulsum, ĕre, tr., [s’emploie ordint au pf et part.],
1 disperser, dissiper : Cic. Att. 7, 7, 7 ; Virg. En. 1, 512 || [avec ab ], chasser loin de : Cic. Tusc. 1, 64
2 fendre [les flots] : Stat. Th. 5, 335.
