dissensio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dissensĭo, ōnis, f. [dissentio],

I difference of opinion , disagreement , dissension , discord (good prose): inter homines de jure, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 238; cf. id. Leg. 2, 13, 32: animorum disjunctio dissensionem facit, id. Agr. 2, 6: inter aliquos sine acerbitate, id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 22 et saep.: hoc dissidio ac dissensione facta, etc., Cic. Sull. 21; id. Agr. 3, 2; id. Lael. 21, 77 (twice); Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 1 (twice); id. B. C. 1, 20, 4 et saep.: Zenonis a superioribus, Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 42: de bono oratore cum populo dissensio, id. Brut. 49, 185: civilis, Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 3; Sall. J. 41 fin. : Suet. Ner. 3; cf. ordinum, Tac. A. 3, 27 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102; id. Lael. 7, 23; Caes. B. G. 6, 22 fin. ; id. B. C. 3. 1, 3; Tac. Agr. 32 al.—

II Of inanimate things, disagreement , incompatibility : utilium cum honestis, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 56: actionum, Sen. Ep. 20, 2.

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