dissipō or dissupō āvī, ātus, āre
dis + * supo, throw,
to spread abroad, scatter, disperse
: ignis se dissipavit, L.: fratris membra: dissipatos homines congregare: venenum per ossa,
O.: in mille curias dissipata res p.,
L.—
To disperse, rout, scatter, put to flight
: ordines pugnantium, L.: in fugam dissipari, L.: obliquo
latrantīs ictu, O.— In
P. perf., disordered, scattered
: dissipata fuga, L.: cursus, L. —
To demolish, overthrow, destroy, squander, dissipate
: statuam: ignis cuncta dissipat: a maioribus possessiones
relictas: rem familiarem.—Fig.,
to disperse, spread abroad, circulate, disseminate, scatter
: famam: sermones huiusmodi, me esse deductum,
etc.: dissipatum passim bellum, L.—
To drive away
: Curas, H.
