differo

venti vis nubes differt
the force of the wind scatters the clouds differre aliquem in aliud tempus
to put someone off until another time hi omnes lingua inter se differunt
they all differ from each other in language

differō, distulī, dīlātus, ferre, irreg. a.: to carry apart; tear asunder or in pieces, 8.643; stay, keep at bay, 9.135; put off, postpone, delay, 6.569.

dif-fĕro, distŭli, dīlātum, differre (inf. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. In tmesi: disque tulissent, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14 (833)), v. a. and n.

• I Act., to carry different ways; to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate (cf.: reicere, proferre, procrastinare, producere, ampliare, prorogare—class.).
• • A Lit.: scintillas agere ac late differre favillam, Lucr. 2, 675; cf.: favillam longe (ventus), id. 6, 692: nubila (vis venti), id. 1, 273; Verg. G. 3, 197: ignem (ventus), Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2: casae venti magnitudine ignem distulerunt, id. B. G. 5, 43, 2: majorem partem classis (vis Africi), Vell. 2, 79, 2: rudentes fractosque remos (Eurus), Hor. Epod. 10, 6 et saep.; cf. Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14 (833): nos cum scapha tempestas dextrovorsum Differt ab illis, id. Rud. 2, 3, 39 (369); cf. Lucr. 1, 1088: cytisum, to plant apart, in separate rows = disserere, digerere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43; Col. 11, 3, 30 sq.; 38; 42 al.; cf.: ulmos in versum, Verg. G. 4, 144: ut formicae frustillatim (te) differant, Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20 (576); cf.: insepulta membra (lupi), Hor. Epod. 5, 99; and: Mettum in diversa (quadrigae), Verg. A. 8, 643. —
  • B Trop.
  • • 1 To distract, disquiet, disturb a person (only ante-class.): vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5 (207): differor clamore, id. Ep. 1, 2, 15 (118): cupidine ejus, id. Poen. 1, 1, 28 (156); cf.: amore istius, id. Mil. 4, 4, 27 (1163): laetitia, id. Truc. 4, 1, 3 (701): doloribus, Ter. Ad. 486.—Less freq. act.: aliquem dictis, to confound, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 125 (354); cf. Ter. And. 408 Ruhnk.—
    • 2 To spread abroad, publish, divulge; with a personal object, to cry down, to defame (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.; not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.).
    • • • α With acc. rei: cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 16; cf.: rumores famam differant licebit nosque carpant, Varr. ib. 18: commissam libertatem populo Rom. sermonibus, Liv. 34, 49: promissum jus anulorum fama distulit, Suet. Caes. 33.—With acc. and inf.: ne mi hanc famam differant, Me dedidisse, etc., Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63 (689); Ter. Heaut. 16; Nep. Dion. 10; Val. Fl. 1, 753.—With quasi and dependent clause: rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eundem mox et discruciatum necasset, Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.—Pass. impers.: quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos, tamquam veneno interceptus esset, Tac. A. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 4, 25.—
        • β With acc. pers.: aliquem pipulo, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (446) (cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll., and see pipulum): aliquem maledicendo sermonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 24: dominos variis rumoribus, Tac. A. 1, 4: te circum omnes alias puellas, to bring into disrepute with them, Prop. 1, 4, 22.—In the pass.: differor sermone miser, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 93, 10: alterna differor invidia, Prop. 1, 16, 48.—
    • 3 With reference to time, to defer, put off, protract, delay any thing; with a personal object also to put off, amuse with promises, get rid of (class. and very freq.).
    • • • α With acc. rei: cetera praesenti sermoni reserventur: hoc tamen non queo differre, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8: differre quotidie ac procrastinare rem, id. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.: saepe vadimonia, id. Quint. 5 fin.: iter in praesentia, Caes. B. C. 3, 85, 4: pleraque (with omittere in praesens tempus), Hor. A. P. 44: distulit ira sitim, Ov. M. 6, 366 et saep.: differri jam hora non potest, Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19: tempus, id. ib. 8, 8; id. Prov. Cons. 11 fin.; Liv. 3, 46; Ov. M. 1, 724 al.: diem de die, Liv. 25, 25 et saep.—With inf.: quaerere distuli, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21; so Liv. 42, 2 (but not Suet. Caes. 81, where agere belongs to proposuerat, cf. id. Aug. 72; id. Calig. 49).—With quin: nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent, Liv. 6, 22 fin.; so Suet. Caes. 4; with in and acc.: reliqua in crastinum, Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.: in posterum diem, id. Deiot. 7, 21; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.: in posterum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5: in aliud tempus, Cic. Brut. 87; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 2: in adventum tuum, Cic. Fam. 2, 3 fin.: diem edicti in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec., id. Phil. 3, 8, 20: curandi tempus in annum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39 et saep. —Poet.: tropaea in pueros suos, to reserve for, Prop. 4, 6, 82.—Rarely with ad: aliquid ad crudelitatis tempus, Cic. Vat. 11 fin.; cf. the foll.—
        • β With acc. pers.: sin autem differs me in tempus aliud, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 26, 51; 41, 8: differri non posse adeo concitatos animos, id. 7, 14: dilatus per frustrationem, id. 25, 25; cf.: aliquem variis frustrationibus, Just. 9, 6 fin.: Campanos, Liv. 26, 33: aliquem petentem, Suet. Vesp. 23 Ern.: caros amicos (opp. properare), Mart. 13, 55 et saep.— Poet.: vivacem anum, to preserve alive, i. e. to postpone her death, Ov. M. 13, 519; cf.: decimum dilatus in annum (belli) Hector erat, id. ib. 12, 76: aliquem in spem impetrandi tandem honoris, Liv. 39, 32: aliquem in septimum diem, Suet. Tib. 32; id. Caes. 82 Oud.; id. Aug. 44 fin. et saep.— Rarely with ad: legati ad novos magistratus dilati, Liv. 41, 8: aliquem ad finem muneris, Suet. Vit. 12: quas (legationes) par tim dato responso ex itinere dimisit, partim distulit Tarraconem, Liv. 26, 51.—Once with post: aliquid post bellum differre, Liv. 4, 6, 4.—
        • γ Absol. Prov.: differ; habent parvae commoda magna morae, Ov. F. 3, 394.
• II Neut., to differ, be different (esp. freq. since the Ciceron. period—cf.: discrepare, distare, interesse): qui re consentientes vocabulis differebant, Cic. Fin. 4, 2 fin.; cf.: naturis differunt, voluntate autem similes sunt, id. de Or. 2, 23: verbo differre, re esse unum, id. Caecin. 21, 59: distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre, id. ib. 14: nihil aut non fere multum differre, id. Brut. 40 fin.: paulum differre, id. Agr. 2, 31, 85 et saep.: nec quicquam differre, utrumne ... an, etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 251; cf.: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc., id. ib. 166.—
• • • • • β With ab: ita ut pauxillum differat a cavillulis, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 18 (686): quidnam esset illud, quo ipsi (poëtae) differrent ab oratoribus, Cic. Or. 19, 66; id. Off. 1, 27 fin.: quid hoc ab illo differt? id. Caecin. 14: non multum ab hostili expugnatione, id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.: multum a Gallica consuetudine, Caes. B. G. 5, 14; cf. ib. 6, 21; 6, 28, 5: hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, etc., id. ib. 6, 18, 3 et saep.—
        • γ With inter (esp. impers.): si nihil inter deum et deum differt, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Fin. 4, 25, 70: nequid inter privatum et magistratum differat, id. Rep. 1, 43: ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros, id. Off. 2, 8, 30: multa sunt alia, quae inter locum et locum plurimum differunt (for which, shortly before, inter locorum naturas quantum intersit), id. Fat. 4: haec cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt, id. Tusc. 4, 11: inter se aliqua re, id. Opt. gen. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 7, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; 6, 11, 1; Quint. 12, 10, 22; 34; 67 et saep.: quae quidem inter se plurimum differunt, id. 5, 14, 27.—
        • δ Rarely with cum: occasio cum tempore hoc differt, Cic. Inv. 1, 27: hoc genus causae cum superiore hoc differt, quod, etc., id. ib. 2, 30, 92 Orell. N. cr.—
        • ε Likewise rarely, differre in aliqua re, Lucr. 3, 314; Nep. Ages. 7 fin.—
        • ζ Rarely, and only poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with dat.: quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus, Hor. S. 1, 4, 48: tragico differre colori, id. A. P. 236; Quint. 2, 21, 10; Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.
• —Hence, diffĕ-rens, entis, P. a., different, superior: differentius nomen, a more excellent name, Vulg. Heb. 1, 4; in Quintilian subst. n. (opp. proprium), a difference, Quint. 5, 10, 55; 58; 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 3; 25 sq.—*Adv.: diffĕrenter, differently, Sol. 1.

dif-fero, dis-tulī, dī-lātum, dif-ferre (dis u. fero), I) tr.: A) auseinander tragen, nach verschiedenen Seiten tragen, 1) eig.: ego te faciam ut formicae frustillatim differant, Plaut.: arbores, d.i. aus der Baumschule, wo sie dicht aneinander standen, herausnehmen und weitläufiger setzen, verpflanzen, Plin.: ulmos in versum, setzen, pflanzen, Verg.: ignem, verbreiten, Caes.: palpebras digitis, auseinander machen, Cael. Aur. chron. 1, 4, 74. – 2) übtr.: a) durch die Rede, α) ausbreiten, verbreiten, überall bekannt machen, cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. 1015: rumores, Ter. u. Nep.: rumorem, Liv.: diff. celerem rumorem od. diff. sermonibus m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Nep. u. Liv.: fama distulit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Suet.: rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato quasi eundem necasset, Suet. – dah. β) etw. od. jmd. ins Gerede bringen, austragen, verschreien, alqm turpi famā, Acc. fr.: alqm variis rumoribus, Tac.: alqm circum omnes alias puellas, jmd. in üblen Ruf bei den Mädchen bringen, Prop.: aeternā differor invidiā, Prop. – b) der Zeit nach aufschieben, verschieben, verzögern, hinhalten, tempus, Frist geben, Cic.: bellum, Liv.: contionem, Liv.: iudicium centumvirale, Plin. ep.: profectionem, triumphum, Suet.: stipendia militum protrahere et diff., die Zahlung des S. hinziehen u. verschieben, Suet.: rem in aliud tempus, Caes.: alqd post bellum, Liv.: alqm in tempus aliud, verweisen, vertrösten, Cic.: u. so alqm in septimum diem, Suet.: alqm per frustrationem, hinhalten, Liv.: alqm in spem tandem aliquando impetrandi honoris, Liv.: legatos ad novos magistratus, vertrösten auf usw., Liv.: legationes Tarraconem, die Audienz der G. bis auf seine Ankunft in T., Liv.: u. bl. alqm, hinhalten, verweisen, vertrösten, Suet. u. Tac. (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 71, 10): differre se, sich nicht fördern, säumen, Ov.: diff. alqm, donec etc., nicht verurteilen, bis usw., Tac.: nihil diff., quin m. Konj., Liv. u. Suet. – m. Acc. u. Gerund., totum (Esaiam) talem arbitrans distuli repetendum exercitatior in dominico eloquio, Augustin. conf. 9, 5. – m. Infin., quaerere distuli, Hor.: differo de factis eius dicere, Lact.: nec differret obsides ab Arretinis accipere, Liv. – absol., differens, cunctans et differens, Liv.: diff. diem de die, Liv.: consul differendum negat, behauptet, man dürfe nicht weiter säumen, Liv. – B) mit dem Nbbgr:. des Gewaltsamen: 1) eig.: a) zerstreuen, zerreißen, zerteilen, insepulta membra different lupi, Hor.: v. Lebl., classem vis venti distulit, Hor.: aquilo differt nubila, Verg.: castra in plano sita vi fluminis differebantur, wurde auseinander gerissen, Tac. – b) entfernen, fortschaffen, fortjagen, dilato Mithridate, Flor.: Dacia summota atque dilata est, Flor. – 2) übtr., differri alqā re, fast vergehen vor usw., doloribus, Ter.: laetitiā, Plaut.: amore, cupidine alcis, Plaut.: desiderio, Turpil. fr. – u. differre alqm, jmd. in Verwirrung setzen, verblüffen, Ter.: alqm dictis suis, Plaut.; vgl. Ruhnken u. Spengel Ter. Andr. 2, 4, 5 (408). – II) (ohne Perf. u. Supin.) intr., sich unterscheiden, verschieden sein, inter se, Caes. u. Cic.: ab alqo u. ab alqa re, Caes. u. Cic.: cum alqa re, Cic.: alci rei, Hor. u. Lact. (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 8, 3): aliquid differt, es ist ein gewisser Unterschied, Cic.: nihil differt inter deum et deum, es ist kein Unterschied, Cic.: tolli enim quod maxime inter deos atque homines differt, dann sei der gewaltige Unterschied zwischen G. u. Menschen aufgehoben, Gell. – quid differt ne (enklit.)... an, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 166: nec quicquam differre, utrumne... an, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 251. – dah. differens, verschieden, abweichend, unähnlich, genera, Cic.: causae, Cic.: Compar. in Vulg. Hebr. 1, 4. – subst., differēns, entis, n., die Verschiedenheit, Abweichung (Ggstz. proprium), Quint. – ➳ Parag. Infin. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. – Konj. Plusquamperf. in der Tmesis, disque tulissent, Plaut. trin. 833.

diffĕrō, (8) distŭlī, dīlātum, differre (dis et fero), tr. et intr.

I tr., ¶ 1 porter en sens divers, disperser, disséminer : favillam late Lucr. 2, 675, disperser la cendre au loin ; ignem distulit ventus Cæs. C. 2, 14, 2, le vent répandit le feu de tous côtés || transplanter des arbres en les espaçant : Varro R. 1, 43 ; in versum ulmos Virg. G. 4, 144, transplanter les ormes en les disposant par rangées ¶ 2 répandre des bruits : rumores Varr. d. Non. 284, 18, colporter des bruits ; male commissam libertatem populo Romano sermonibus differre Liv. 34, 49, 6, dire partout quʼon a mal fait de confier la liberté [= le dépôt de la liberté grecque] au peuple romain ; rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eumdem necasset Suet. Aug. 14, le bruit ayant été semé par ses ennemis quʼil lʼavait fait mettre à mort [m. à m., comme si...]; quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos tamquam veneno interceptus esset ? Tac. Ann. 3, 19, à quoi bon ce bruit répandu jusque chez lʼétranger quʼil avait été supprimé par le poison ? || décrier : aliquem variis sermonibus Tac. Ann. 1, 4, décrier qqn dans des propos variés, cf. Cæcil. d. Gell. 2, 23, 10 ; Prop. 1, 16, 48 ¶ 3 [fig.] differri, être tiraillé, tourmenté, déchiré : clamore Pl. Epid. 118, être assassiné de réclamations ; amore alicujus Pl. Mil. 1163, souffrir mille morts de son amour pour qqn ; lætitia differor Pl. Truc. 701, jʼétouffe de joie ; differor doloribus Ter. Ad. 486, les douleurs me déchirent ¶ 4 différer, remettre : rem Cic. Amer. 26, différer une affaire ; tempus Cic. Phil. 8, 23, retarder le délai = user dʼatermoiement ; aliquid in tempus aliud Cic. Tusc. 4, 78, remettre qqch. à un autre moment, cf. Dej. 21 ; Br. 297, etc. ; aliquem in tempus aliud Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10, renvoyer qqn à un autre moment, le faire attendre, cf. Liv. 26, 51, 10 ; 41, 8, 5 ; legati ad novos magistratus dilati Liv. 41, 8, 5, les ambassadeurs dont lʼaudience avait été renvoyée après la nomination des nouveaux magistrats ; [ou seul^t ] differre aliquem Tac. H. 2, 71 ; 3, 51, remettre qqn à plus tard, cf. Liv. 7, 14, 3 ; 25, 25, 3 || nihil differre quin Liv. 6, 22, 9, ne pas tarder de, cf. Suet. Cæs. 4 || quærere distuli Hor. O. 4, 4, 21, jʼai remis à plus tard de chercher( Liv. 42, 2, 2 ) || [abs^t ] différer, remettre à plus tard : Ov. F. 3, 394 ; diem de die Liv. 25, 25, 4, différer de jour en jour.

II intr. (sans pf. ni supin), différer, être différent : ætates vestræ nihil differunt Cic. Br. 150, vos âges ne diffèrent pas du tout ; ex aliqua parte Cic. Cæc. 39, différer en quelque point ; paulum, multum Cic. Agr. 2, 85 ; Br. 150, différer peu, beaucoup ; rebus congruentes nominibus differebant Cic. Ac. 1, 17, dʼaccord sur le fond, ils différaient seulement de nom ( Fin. 4, 5 ; Or. 23 ; Cæc. 59) || ab aliquo, ab aliqua re Cic. Or. 66 ; Off. 1, 96 ; Pomp. 13 ; Cæs. G. 5, 14, 1 ; 6, 28, 5, etc., différer de qqn, de qqch. || ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros Cic. Off. 2, 30, en sorte quʼil nʼy a guère de différence entre les grands personnages et les gens dʼimportance moyenne ( Nat. 1, 80 ; Off. 1, 99 ; Fin. 4, 70, etc.); ut ea inter se magnitudine, non genere differrent Cic. Nat. 1, 16, au point quʼentre ces concepts il y a une différence de quantité, mais non de qualité ; hæc cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, ces notions diffèrent entre elles du point de vue spéculatif, mais en pratique elles sont liées ( Opt. 6 ; Cæs. G. 1, 1, 2 ; 6, 11, 1) || hoc genus causæ cum superiore hoc differt quod... Cic. Inv. 2, 92, ce genre de cause diffère du précédent en ce que.., (1, 40 ) || alicui rei Hor. S. 1, 4, 48 ; P. 236 ; Quint. 2, 21, 10, différer de qqch. || [suivi dʼune interr. double] : quid differt... -ne... an...? Hor. S. 2, 3, 166 ; nihil differt... utrum... an... 2, 3, 251, quelle différence y a-t-il ? il nʼy a pas de différence si... ou si...

➳ inf. pass. differrier Lucr. 1, 1088 ; tmèse disque tulissent Pl. Trin. 833.

differo , fers, distuli, dilatum, ferre. act. n.
散開。緩。移栽。不同。— doloribus 大疼痛。— sitim 甚渴。— eum rumoribus vel dictis 壞其名。 — rumores 傳言。言是非。— rutam 移栽臭草。— inter se 彼此不同。— ab eo 與彼不同。Differri laetitia 不禁樂。 Semper nocuit — paratis 天與不取必受其殃。

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differō distulī, dīlātus, ferre

• dis- + fero, to carry apart, spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate: venti magnitudine ignem, Cs.: Nubila, V.: rudentis (Eurus), H.: in versum ulmos, i. e. planted, V.: Mettum in diversa, tore to pieces, V.—Fig., to distract, disquiet, disturb, confound: (Oratione) te, T.: differor doloribus, T.—To spread abroad, publish, report, circulate: male commissam libertatem populoR.sermonibus, L.: rumores, T.: celeri rumore dilato, N.: alqm rumoribus, make notorious, Ta.: alqm circum puellas, Pr.—To defer, put off, postpone, adjourn, protract, delay: rem cotidie: bellum: iter in praesentia, Cs.: pleraque, H.: vadimonia, to adjourn court, Iu.: distulit ira sitim, O.: differri iam hora non potest: diem de die, L.: impetūs, i. e. make no rash attacks, Ta.: quaerere distuli, H.: nihil dilaturi, quin, etc., L.: in posterum diem: vim doloris in posterum: in aliud tempus, Cs.: (diem edicti) in a. d. IV Kal. Dec.: curandi tempus in annum, H.: id ad crudelitatis tempus: quas (legationes) partim distulit Tarraconem, till he should reach, L.: contentionem totam post bellum, L.: Differ; habent commoda morae, O.: differendum negat, says there must be no delay, L.—Of personal objects, to put off, get rid of, keep off, keep: me in tempus aliud: differri non posse adeo concitatos animos, L.: decumum quos distulit Hector in annum, V.: vivacem anum, i. e. to postpone her death, O.: hi repulsi in spem impetrandi tandem honoris dilati, L.: legati ad novos magistratūs dilati, L.—Intrans.(only praes.system), to differ, vary, be different: verbo differre, re esse unum: paulum: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc., H.: a vobis vestitu: multum a Gallicā consuetudine, Cs.: ut in nullā re (domus) differret cuiusvis inopis (sc. a domo), N.: hi (populi) omnes linguā inter se differunt, Cs.: non multum inter summos et mediocrīs viros: cogitatione inter se: (occasio) cum tempore hoc differt: pede certo Differt sermoni sermo, H.: tragico differre colori, H.