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dis-plĭcĕo , ŭi (displicitus est, Gell. 1, 21, 4), ĭtum, 2, v. n. placeo,
I.to displease (opp. placeo and complaceo, v. 3. dis, II. —rare but class.): quodne vobis placeat, displiceat mihi? Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 19; “so opp. placere,id. Men. 4, 2, 107; Cic. Brut. 57; Quint. 12, 9, 6: “mortis mihi displicet auctor,Ov. M. 8, 493 et saep.: “si displicebit vita,Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 19; so without dat., Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3 (opp. arridere); Quint. 12, 9, 6 (opp. placere); Suet. Calig. 20; Hor. C. 1, 38, 2; id. Ep. 1, 19, 47 al.: “non mihi displicet adhibere etiam istam rationem, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157; “so with a subjectclause,Quint. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Claud. 4.—
II. Sibi, to be displeased, dissatisfied with one's self, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20; Poëta ap. Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3; also, “in gen.,to feel fretful, Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12; cf.: “aconitum potum protinus facit corpus grave et displicens,uneasy, Scrib. Comp. 188.
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