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diritas

diritas, mischief, misfortune, calamity

dīrĭtas, ātis, f. [dirus] (rare but class.), lit. fearfulness, viz.,
  • Of fate, fatal mischief, misfortune: si qua invecta diritas casu foret, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 3, 14: totius diei, Suet. Ner. 8; cf. ominis, Gell. 4, 9, 10.—
  • II Of character, fierceness, cruelty: omni diritate atque immanitate teterrimus, Cic. Vatin. 3 fin.: quanta in altero diritas, in altero comitas! id. de Sen. 18, 65: morum (Tiberii), Suet. Tib. 21.

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