discord Copy link Outline I. In music1. *dissŏnantia (as t. t.)2. expr. by dissŏnus, absŏnus (out of tune)3. expr. by discrĕpo, ui, 1II. Fig.III. Personified, the goddess • discord: I. In music: 1. *dissŏnantia (as t. t.): Quint. 2. expr. by dissŏnus, absŏnus (out of tune): to produce a d. in singing, dissonum quidquam canere, Cic.; of one person who sings out of tune, *absonum canere: d.s and concords, *dissona et consona. 3. expr. by discrĕpo, ui, 1: however slight be the d., quamvis paullum discrepent (tibiae, etc.), Cic. II. Fig.: of strife: discordia: the seeds of d., semina discordiarum, Liv.: to sow the seeds of d. between the plebeians and the knights, serere causam discordiarum inter plebem et equites, Suet. Join: dissensiones atque discordiae, Cic.: v. disagreement, strife. III. Personified, the goddess: Discordia: Virg.
DISCORD Copy link • DISCORD 1. PROPR. In music, discrepans in fidibus aut tibiis concentus (Vid: Cic., de Rep., 2, 42), or by neuter of dissonus and absonus, or circumlocution; as absonum, dissonum quiddam canere: to perceive no discord in anything, in aliqua re nihil absonum deprehendere: a good ear perceives the slightest discord in instrumental music, in fidibus, quamquam paullum discrepent, tamen id a sciente animadverti solet: to guard against any possible discord, videre, ne forte quid discrepet. FIG., Want of agreement, symmetry, discrepantia (Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 31, 111). Disagreement, discordia: dissensio: simultas: dissidium (☞ Not discidium). [Vid: DISAGREEMENT]. To sow the seeds of discord, to sow discord, discordiam concitare; semina discordiarum, or odiorum, jacere (spargere): discordias serere; among citizens, civiles discordias serere; civium dissensiones commovere or accendere: now at last let all discord cease, sit discordiarum finis aliquando. 2. v. discordare (ab aliqua re; a se; one with another, inter se): dissidere (with ab, cum, inter se or absolutely): dissonare (very rare; not pre-Augustan, Vitr. and Col.): discrepare (seldom PROP., ab, cum; sibi, inter se, or absolutely). “The one jarring and discording with the other.” (Bacon), discordes inter se. Vid: To DISAGREE.