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dĭrĭmo , ēmi, emptum (
I.perf. dirempsi, cited as error, Charis. 220 P.), 3, v. a. disĕmo, like diribeo, from dis-habeo, to take apart; to part, separate, divide (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—cf.: findo, scindo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).
I. Lit.: “dirimi corpus distrahive,Cic. N. D. 3, 12; cf. Lucr. 6, 1075: “Tiberis Veientem agrum a Crustumino dirimens,Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; cf.: “castris Ilerdam,Luc. 4, 33: sontes justis (Minos), Claud. ap. Rufin. 2, 477: “oppida nostra unius diei itinere dirimuntur,are separated from each other, Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2; cf.: “urbs Vulturno flumine dirempta,Liv. 22, 15; and: “dirempta mari gens,Plin. Pan. 32; and absol.: “dirimente amne,Liv. 42, 39 et saep.—Poet., of cutting through the waves in a ship, Stat. Th. 5, 482.
II. Trop.
A. To break off, interrupt, to disturb, put off, delay (the fig. is taken from combatants who are parted asunder; transferred, like the opp. committere, to things; cf.: “dirimere infestas acies, dirimere iras,Liv. 1, 13): “proelium tandem diremit nox,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 99; so, “proelium,Caes. B. C. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. J. 60 fin.; Liv. 37, 32; Verg. A. 5, 467 al.; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9: “pugnam,Liv. 27, 13: “bellum,id. 27, 30; 40, 52; Verg. A. 12, 79: “certamina,Ov. M. 5, 314 et saep.: “controversiam,” i. e. to adjust, compose, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119: “seditionem,Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6: “litem,Ov. M. 1, 21: “rem arbitrio,id. F. 6, 98 et saep.; also, to separate, dissolve, break off a connection: “conjunctionem civium,Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: “societatem,id. Sull. 2, 6; Liv. 8, 23: “nuptias,Suet. Caes. 43: “affinitatem,Tac. A. 12, 4: “amicitias,id. ib. 6, 29; cf. Cic. Lael. 10, 34: “caritatem quae est inter natos et parentes,id. ib. 8, 27: “pacem,Liv. 9, 8; Quint. 2, 16, 7: “conubium,Liv. 4, 6 et saep.—So too, to interrupt, disturb, break up a conversation, deliberation, etc.: “colloquium,Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4: “sermonem,Cic. Rep. 1, 11: “concilia populi,Liv. 1, 36 fin.: “comitia,id. 40, 59 al.; cf. absol.: “actum est eo die nihil: nox diremit,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.—
B. In gen., to destroy, frustrate, bring to naught: “natura animaï morte dirempta,Lucr. 1, 114: “auspicium,Liv. 8, 23 fin.; cf.: “rem susceptam,Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: dirimere tempus et proferre diem, id. Div. 1, 39, 85: “ea res consilium diremit,Sall. C. 18 fin.— Absnl., to dissuade, to be unfavorable: “dirimen tibus auspicibus,Amm. 14, 10, 9.
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