dirimo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dirimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere

dis- + emo, to take apart, part, separate, divide, cut off : dirimi (corpus) distrahive: dirimit Suebiam montium iugum, Ta.: urbs flumine dirempta, L.: a continenti urbem, Cu.: si quem dirimit plaga solis, whom the torrid zone parts (from us), V.: infestas acies, iras (i. e. iratos), to stand between , L.—Fig., to break off, interrupt, disturb, put off, delay : proelium dirimitur, Cs.: proelium nox diremit, S.: proelia voce, V.: venerunt ad dirimendum bellum, L.: certamina, O.: controversiam, to end : rem arbitrio, O.— To separate, dissolve, break off : coniunctionem civium: caritas dirimi non potest, etc.: dirempta pax, L.: conubium, L.— To interrupt, disturb, break up : conloquium, Cs.: ut concilia populi dirimerentur, L.: actum est nihil, nox diremit.— To destroy, frustrate, bring to naught : auspicium, L.: rem susceptam: consilium, S.

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