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dis-cors , cordis (
I.nom. f. discordis, Pompon. ap. Prisc. p. 726 Com., v. 164 Rib.), adj. cor, discordant, disagreeing, inharmonious, at variance; opp. concors (class.).
I. Prop.
A. Of persons: homines non contentione, non ambitione discordes, * Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91: “ad alia discordes,Liv. 4, 26: “in civitate discordi,Tac. H. 2, 10: “vexillarii discordium legionum,id. A. 1, 38.—Poet.: “Tanais discors,Hor. C. 3, 29, 28 et saep.; “of Minotaurus: fetus,Ov. M. 8, 133: “civitas secum ipsa discors,Liv. 2, 23: “filius (Tigranis) discors patri,Vell. 2, 37, 2; so with dat., Tac. A. 3, 42; 11, 6; 14, 38.—
B. Of inanimate things: “inter se discordia membra,Lucr. 5, 894; Liv. 9, 3: “semina rerum,Ov. M. 1, 9: “venti,Verg. A. 10, 356; Ov. M. 4, 621: “arma,Verg. G. 2, 459; Tib. 2, 3, 37; cf. “bella,Ov. M. 9, 403: “animi,Verg. A. 9, 688: “vesania,Hor. S. 2, 3, 174: “concordia rerum,id. Ep. 1, 12, 19: “symphonia,id. A. P. 374.—
II. Transf.
A. In gen., unlike, discordant, different (post-Aug): “hostes moribus et linguis,Curt. 4, 13, 4: “linguae tot populorum,Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 39: “aestus marini tempore,” i. e. taking place at different times, id. 2, 97, 99, § 218: “mixtura generum in vino, non modo in musto discors,id. 17, 22, 35, § 187.—
B. Different, distinct, double: “a fonte discors manat hinc uno latex,two distinct streams, Sen. Herc. Fur. 711: “se scindit unius sacri Discors favilla,id. Oed. 322: “discordemque utero fetum tulit,Ov. M. 8, 133 (Merk. al. dissortem).—Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.33.91
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 3
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.9
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.621
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.133
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.403
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.356
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.688
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.459
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.174
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 374
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.38
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.42
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.10
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.894
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.39
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 23
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 711
    • Seneca, Oedipus, 322
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.13.4
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