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.