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dissero

  1. third-person plural past historic of dire

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Etymology 1

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    From dis- + serō (to sow, plant).

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    disserō (present infinitive disserere, perfect active dissēvī, supine dissitum); third conjugation

    1. to scatter or sow seed
      Synonyms: serō, īnserō, obserō
    2. to plant
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    Etymology 2

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      From dis- + serō (to join, bind together).

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      disserō (present infinitive disserere, perfect active disseruī, supine dissertum); third conjugation

      1. to examine, argue, discuss, treat
        • 55 BCE, Cicero, De oratore 1.57:
          Haec ego cum ipsīs philosophīs [tum] Athēnīs disserēbam.
          These points I used to argue at Athens with the philosophers in person.
      2. to lecture, to speak at length
        Synonyms: colloquor, agō
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      Etymology 3

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        From dis- + serō (to bar, to bolt).

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        disserō (present infinitive disserāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

        1. to open
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        References

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        • dissero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • dissero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • dissero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • dissero in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung