dissertĭo, ōnis, f. [2. dissero],
I destruction , abolition : cur exsecrabilis ista nobis solis velut dissertio juris humani est? Liv. 41, 24, 10 (dub., this not being the etym. sense of the word; al. dissaeptio, discerptio).—
II The explanation , solution , Hier. in Matt. 13, 13.