diffindo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

diffindō fidī, fissus, ere

dis- + findo, to cleave asunder, split, divide . saxo diffisso: diffissā nate, H.: tempora plumbo, V.: portas muneribus, i. e. to open , H.—Fig., to detract : nihil hinc diffindere possum, can deny no part of it , H.— To render useless : omen diem diffidit, i. e. compelled adjournment , L.