Disceptare  contro\rr>ias.  Cic.  De  fcederum  jure  verbi*  di.-crp-
tare.  Liv.  Figuratively  :  In  uno  praelio  omnis  fortuna  Reipublica
disceptat,  Cic.,  That  battle  will  alone  determine  the  fate  of  the  Re-
public.
873.  Disseminare.  Dispergere.
Di.ssEMiNAiiL,   (diversim  sciuinare,  from  semen)  to  sow  up  and


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down  :  it  is  more  commonly  used  in  the  figurative  sense.  Latius  opi-
nione  disseminatum  est  malum.  Cic. — DISPEKGERE,  ( diversim  spar-
gere)  to  spread  abroad,  to  disperse.  Cur  mortifera  tarn  multa  terra
marique  Deus  disperserit.  Cic.  Membra  particulatim  dividit,  per-
que  agros  passim  dispergit  corpus.  Id.  Figuratively  :  Dispergere
vitam  in  auras,  Virg.,  To  die.  Longe  lateque  dispersum  bellum.
Cic.  Ne  disseminate  dispersoque  sernaoni  credatis.  Id.
874.  Dissensio.  Dissidium.  Discordia.  Divisio.  Alruptio.
DISSENSIO,  (diversim  sentire)  properly  a  contrary  opinion,  diffe-
rence of  sentiment.  Fuit  inter  peritissimos  homines  summa  de  jure
dissensio.  Cic.  Vehementer  interfuit  Reipublicae  nullam  in  ejus-  •
modi  causa  dissensionem  esse.  Id.  //  also  signifies  ditsension,  vari-
ance. Non  potestatum  dissimilitudo,  sed  animorum  disjunctio  dis-
sensionem fecit.  Cic. — DISSIDIUM,  (from  dis  and  sedere)  separa-
tion, breach  of  concord.  Valeant  qui  inter  nos  dissidium  volunt.  Ter.
