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dishiasco

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Latin

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Etymology

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dis- +‎ hiāscō (to break open)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dishiāscō (present infinitive dishiāscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (intransitive, hapax) to gape open
    • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 12:
      fibulas XL constibilis ligneas, qui arbores conprimat, si dishiascent
      40 stout wooden pins to brace the anchor-posts if they 'spread

Conjugation

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References

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  • dishiasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dishiasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.