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|lshtext=<b>di-stinguo</b>: nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [[root]] in Sanscr. tegami, to be [[sharp]]; Gr. [[στίζω]], [[στίγμα]]; Lat. [[stimulus]] [[stilus]], in-stigare, etc.. —Prop., to [[separate]] by points; [[hence]], in gen.,<br /><b>I</b> To [[separate]], [[divide]], [[part]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. ([[very]] [[rare]], and [[almost]] [[exclusively]] [[poet]].): [[onus]] inclusum [[numero]] [[eodem]], Ov. M. 1, 47: crinem docta manu, i. e. to [[arrange]], Sen. [[Troad]]. 884; cf. meton.: [[caput]] acu, Claud. Nupt. Hon. 284.—Of countries: qui [[locus]] Bithyniam et Galatis, Amm. 25, 10.—Far [[more]] freq. and [[class]]. (not in Caes.),<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[distinguish]], [[discriminate]], = discernere.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: ea (crimina) distinguere ac separare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41; cf. [[with]] dividere, id. Pis. 28, 69: servos [[numero]], id. Caecin. 20; so, cadentes guttas intervallis, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: oratorum genera aetatibus, id. Brut. 19: [[status]] familiarum agnationibus, id. Leg. 1, 7 fin.: [[qua]] via ambigua distinguantur, ostendit, id. Fin. 1, 7; id. Brut. 41, 152; id. Or. 4, 16; cf. secernenda, id. Top. 7, 31: genera causarum, Quint. 4, 2, 68 et saep.: fortes ignavosque, Tac. H. 3, 27: veri similia ab incredibilibus dijudicare et distinguere, Cic. Part. 40; cf.: vera somnia a falsis, id. Div. 2, 61: Vargulam a Crasso, id. de Or. 2, 60, 244: artificem ab inscio, id. Ac. 2, 7, 22: voluntatem a [[facto]], Liv. 45, 24: thesin a [[causa]], Quint. 3, 5, 11 et saep.: [[vero]] falsum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 29: simiarum genera caudis [[inter]] se, Plin. 8, 54, 80.—Pass. impers.: [[quid]] [[inter]] naturam et rationem intersit, non distinguitur, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 26; cf.: [[malus]] arborem significet an hominem non [[bonum]], apice distinguitur, Quint. 1, 7, 2: nuntiatum Claudio perisse Messalinam, non distincto sua an aliena manu, Tac. A. 11, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In rhet. and gram., to [[mark]] the pauses in [[discourse]], to punctuate: [[puer]] ut sciat, quo [[loco]] [[versum]] distinguere debeat, Quint. 1, 8, 1; cf.: eam (orationem) distinguent [[atque]] concident, id. 11, 2, 27; and: incidit has (sc. voces) et distinxit in partes, Cic. Rep. 3, 2 Mos.: [[distinctio]] est silentii [[nota]], etc., Diom. p. 432 P.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[end]], [[terminate]]: contationem, App. M. 2, p. 127 fin.<br /><b>II</b> To [[set]] [[off]], [[decorate]], [[adorn]] ([[most]] freq. in the P. a.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: racemos purpureo colore, Hor. C. 2, 5, 11; so, poma [[vario]] colore, Ov. Nux, 31: [[aurum]] gemmarum [[nitor]], Sen. Med. 573; cf. Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: orationem variare et distinguere [[quasi]] quibusdam verborum sententiarumque insignibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36; so of [[discourse]], id. Inv. 2, 15, 49 ([[with]] illustrare); id. de Or. 2, 13; Liv. 9, 17: voluptatem ([[with]] variare), Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 38; cf.: coenam comoedis, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9.—Hence, [[distinctus]], a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I.) Separated, [[separate]], [[distinct]]: [[urbs]] delubris distincta spatiisque communibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 26: Romana [[acies]] distinctior, ex pluribus partibus [[constans]], Liv. 9, 19: [[Hesiodus]] [[circa]] CXX. annos [[distinctus]] ab Homeri aetate, Vell. 1, 7: [[concentus]] ex distinctis sonis, Cic. Rep. 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 6, 18: distinctos dignitatis [[gradus]] non habebat ([[civitas]]), id. ib. 1, 27 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[discourse]], [[properly]] divided: [[oratio]], Quint. 11, 3, 35. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to II.) Decorated, [[adorned]]: pocula gemmis distincta, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27: distinctum et ornatum [[caelum]] astris, id. N. D. 2, 37 fin.: [[lyra]] gemmis et dentibus Indis, Ov. M. 11, 167: herbae innumeris floribus, id. ib. 5, 266: [[retia]] maculis, id. H. 5, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: [[oratio]] et ornata et artificio quodam et expolitione distincta, id. de Or. 1, 12; so of [[discourse]], Quint. 5, 14, 33; and transf., of the [[speaker]] [[himself]]: [[utroque]] genere [[creber]] et [[distinctus]] [[Cato]], Cic. Brut. 17 fin.; cf. in comp., Tac. Or. 18.—Adv.: [[distincte]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) Distinctly, [[clearly]]: [[articulatim]] distincteque dicere, Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Or. 28 fin.: scribere, id. Tusc. 2, 3, 7: designare, Plin. [[Pan]]. 88, 6.—In the comp.: enuntiare, id. Ep. 7, 13.— Sup.: distinctissime persuadere, Cassiod. Complex ad Ephes. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Elegantly, [[handsomely]]: qui [[distincte]], qui [[explicate]], qui abundanter, qui [[illuminate]] et rebus et verbis dicunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53; cf. id. Off. 1, 1, 2: distinctius, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1.

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