disperse Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. spargo, si, sum, 3 (to spread abroad)2. dispergo, si, sum, 3 (like spargo)3. dissĭpo, 1 (to break up and destroy)4. discŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (to clear away, dispel)5. disturbo, 1 (tumultuously to break up)6. disjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (by force)II. Intrans.1. diffŭgio, fūgi, 3 (to fly in diff. directions)2. dīlābor, lapsus, 3 (imperceptibly or gradually)3. diffluo, xi, xum, 3 (of fluids, or fig., of multitudes)4. discurro, curri, 3 (hastily) • disperse: I. Trans.: 1. spargo, si, sum, 3 (to spread abroad): they had d.d themselves in flight in all directions, se passim in fugam sparserant, Liv.: to d. an army throughout the provinces, exercitum per provincias sp., Tac. 2. dispergo, si, sum, 3 (like spargo): the winds d. the clouds, nubes d. venti, Lucr.: to d. half (a prayer) to the fleet winds, partem volucres d. in auras, Virg.: v. to scatter. 3. dissĭpo, 1 (to break up and destroy): to d. the ranks of combatants, ordines pugnantium d., Liv.: Caes. 4. discŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (to clear away, dispel): at sunrise the mist was d.d, sole orto discussa est caligo, Liv.: to d. night-meetings, nocturnos coetus d.: Liv.: to d. ignorance, ignorantiam d., Lact. 5. disturbo, 1 (tumultuously to break up): to d. an assembly with the sword, contionem gladiis d., Cic. 6. disjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (by force): to rout and d. the forces of the barbarians, copias barbarorum d., Nep. Phr.: at daylight darkness is d.d, luce tenebrae dissolvuntur, Varr.: to d. a crowd (of lictors), turbam summovere, Liv. II. Intrans.: 1. diffŭgio, fūgi, 3 (to fly in diff. directions): they d.d to their everal homes, [in silvas dilapsi] inde domus diffugerunt, Liv.: Hirt. Fig.: the snows have d.d, diffugere nives, Hor. 2. dīlābor, lapsus, 3 (imperceptibly or gradually): Liv. (v. supr.). 3. diffluo, xi, xum, 3 (of fluids, or fig., of multitudes): moisture d.s, d. humor, Lucr. 4. discurro, curri, 3 (hastily): they began to d. in all directions, in omnes partes d. coeperunt, Curt.