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.