dispersio

dispersĭo, ōnis, f. [dispergo], a scattering, dispersion.

• I In gen.
• • • • • α Act.: exercitus, Isid. 18, 2, 7: populi, gentis, Tert. adv. Jud. 13: gentium, Vulg. Johan. 7, 35. —
        • β Pass.: pascentium equorum, Veg. Mil. 3, 8.—
• II Transf.
• • • 1 Destruction: urbis, Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30 fin. Ed. Halm. (B. & K., dispertitio).—
    • 2 They who are scattered: dispersiones Israëlis congregabit, Vulg. Psa. 146, 2; id. 2 Macc. 1, 27.

dīspersio, ōnis, f. (dispergo), die Zerstreuung, I) im allg.: a) aktiv: exercitus, Isid. 18, 2, 7: populi, gentis, Tert. adv. Iud. 13. – b) passiv = das Zerstreutsein, pascentium equorum, Veget. mil. 3, 8. – II) prägn. = die Zerstörung, qui cum exercitu Romam sit ad interitum nostrum et ad dispersionem urbis venire conatus, Cic. Phil. 3, 30 cod. Vat. et ed. Halm. (Müller mit Klotz u. Kayser nach Vermutung dispertitionem).

dispersio [LL] 1 dispersal, dispersion (of people). b dispersion (of Jews), diaspora. c dispersion (of light). Gildas EB 19 (v. desperabilis); †948 (14c) duo [monachi] a ~one regressi CS 872 p. 20; s1202 alii ‥, timentes ‥ fratrum ~onem, querebant ut pax fieret in diebus suis Chr. Evesham 110.  b 680 duodecim tribubus in ~one constitutis [cf. Jac. i 1] Aldh. Ep. 4; cognovi totius mee gentis ~onem ex omnibus mundi partibus iterum colligendam Eccl. & Synag. 77.  c ~o speciei secundum omnes diametros in omni parte medii Bacon Maj. II 520. 2 dissipation, squandering. lucrorum suorum ~onis amissionem R. Cold. Cuthb. 32; [H. episcopus, ob. 1194] in edificiis eandem habebat instantiam, nec in qualibet rerum pensabat erogatione sive ~one dispendium G. Cold. Durh. 7 (cf. Hist. Durh. 3 p. 138); M. Par. Min. III 33 (v. dilapidatio b); s1256 secundum quod dicimus omnia esse principis, ac si diceretur ‘defensione, non ~one’ Id. Maj. V 540. 3 a spreading (of hay or manure). b breaking up (of mole-hills). a c1308 in falcacione tocius prati ad tascham, cum ~one et levacione tocius feni LTR Ac 19 r. 41; 1439 pro ~one, levacione et lucracione feni Ac. Durh. 72; 1532 pro dispercione fimi Househ. Bk. Durh. 76.  b 1493 pro dispercione del moldhillez Ac. Durh. 652. 4 (by conf. w. disperdere) perdition. a700 (11c) [donationem] minuentibus vel contradicentibus ~o perveniat sempiterna! CS 76; 855 (18c) aeterna ultio vel ~o super illos perveniat! CS 490.

dispersĭō, ōnis, f. , dispersion : Veg. Mil. 1, 8 ; Isid. Orig. 18, 2, 7 || destruction : Cic. *Phil. 3, 31, v. dispertitio.

dīspersiō ōnis, f

• dispergo, a destruction: urbis (dub.).