verbthird conjugation
dirimō
dirimō (present infinitive dirimere, perfect active dirēmī, supine dirēmptum)
Classical[ˈdɪ.rɪ.moː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.ri.mo]
Meaning
- to separate, divide, take apart
- to interrupt, disturb, delay
- to frustrate, destroy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dīiūdicō, fīniōdirimō -ere — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 1
sēparō, interrumpōdirimō -ere — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 17
pugnam fīniō, sēparōdirimō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 1
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Dividere · Partiri · Dirimere · Dispertire · Distribuere
1. Dividere and dirimere mean to divide something, merely in order to break the unity of the whole, and separate it into parts, whereas partiri means to divide, in order to get the parts of the whole, and to be able to dispose of them. Hence the phrases divide et impera, and dividere sententias, but partiri prædam. 2. Divisio denotes, theoretically, the separation of a genus into its species, whereas partitio, the separation of the whole into its parts. Quintil. v. 10, 63. Cic. Top. 5. 3. Dividere refers to a whole, of which the parts are merely locally and mechanically joined, and therefore severs only an exterior connection; but dirimere refers to a whole, of which the parts organically cohere, and destroys an interior connection. Liv. xxii. 15. Casilinum urbs . . . Volturno flumine dirempta Falernum ac Campanum agrum dividit: for the separation of a city into two halves by a river, is an interior separation, whereas the separation of two neighboring districts by a city, is an exterior separation. 4. Dividere means also to separate into parts, without any accessory notion, whereas dispertire, with reference to future possessors, and distribuere, with reference to the right owners, or to proper and suitable places. (iv. 156.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dirimō | dirimēbam | dirimam | dirēmī | dirēmeram | dirēmerō |
| 2nd sg. | dirimis | dirimēbās | dirimēs | dirēmistī | dirēmerās | dirēmeris |
| 3rd sg. | dirimit | dirimēbat | dirimet | dirēmit | dirēmerat | dirēmerit |
| 1st pl. | dirimimus | dirimēbāmus | dirimēmus | dirēmimus | dirēmerāmus | dirēmerimus |
| 2nd pl. | dirimitis | dirimēbātis | dirimētis | dirēmistis | dirēmerātis | dirēmeritis |
| 3rd pl. | dirimunt | dirimēbant | diriment | dirēmērunt dirēmēre | dirēmerant | dirēmerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dirimam | dirimerem | dirēmerim | dirēmissem |
| 2nd sg. | dirimās | dirimerēs | dirēmerīs | dirēmissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dirimat | dirimeret | dirēmerit | dirēmisset |
| 1st pl. | dirimāmus | dirimerēmus | dirēmerīmus | dirēmissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dirimātis | dirimerētis | dirēmerītis | dirēmissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dirimant | dirimerent | dirēmerint | dirēmissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dirimor | dirimēbar | dirimar |
| 2nd sg. | dirimeris dirimere | dirimēbāris dirimēbāre | dirimēris dirimēre |
| 3rd sg. | dirimitur | dirimēbātur | dirimētur |
| 1st pl. | dirimimur | dirimēbāmur | dirimēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dirimiminī | dirimēbāminī | dirimēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dirimuntur | dirimēbantur | dirimentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dirimar | dirimerer |
| 2nd sg. | dirimāris dirimāre | dirimerēris dirimerēre |
| 3rd sg. | dirimātur | dirimerētur |
| 1st pl. | dirimāmur | dirimerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dirimāminī | dirimerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dirimantur | dirimerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dirime | dirimere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dirimite | dirimiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dirimitō | dirimitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dirimitō | dirimitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dirimitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dirimuntō | dirimuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dirimere | dirimī |
| perfect infinitive | dirēmisse | dirēmptum esse |
| future infinitive | dirēmptūrum esse | dirēmptum īrī |
| present participle | dirimēns dirimente, dirimentem, dirimentēs, dirimentī, dirimentia, dirimentibus, dirimentis, dirimentīs, dirimentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | dirēmptus dirēmpta, dirēmptā, dirēmptae, dirēmptam, dirēmptārum, dirēmptās, dirēmpte, dirēmptī, dirēmptīs, dirēmptō, dirēmptōrum, dirēmptōs |
| future participle | dirēmptūrus dirēmptūra, dirēmptūrā, dirēmptūrae, dirēmptūram, dirēmptūrārum, dirēmptūrās, dirēmptūre, dirēmptūrī, dirēmptūrīs, dirēmptūrō, dirēmptūrōrum, dirēmptūrōs, dirēmptūrum | dirimendus dirimundus, dirimenda, dirimendā, dirimendae, dirimendam, dirimendārum, dirimendās, dirimende, dirimendīs, dirimendōrum, dirimendōs |
gerunddirimendī, dirimendō, dirimendumsupinedirēmptum, dirēmptū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- nox senatum dirimit
- night breaks up the sitting.
- pacem dirimere, frangere
- to break the peace.
- proelium dirimere (B. C. 1. 40)
- to break off the fight.
- controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollere
- to put an end to, settle a dispute.
dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum (
I. perf. dirempsi, cited as error, Charis. 220 P.), 3, v. a. disĕmo, like diribeo, from dis-habeo, to take apart; to part, separate, divide (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—cf.: findo, scindo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).
I. Lit.:
dirimi corpus distrahive, Cic. N. D. 3, 12; cf. Lucr. 6, 1075: Tiberis Veientem agrum a Crustumino dirimens, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; cf.: castris Ilerdam, Luc. 4, 33: sontes justis (Minos), Claud. ap. Rufin. 2, 477: oppida nostra unius diei itinere dirimuntur, are separated from each other, Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2; cf.: urbs Vulturno flumine dirempta, Liv. 22, 15; and: dirempta mari gens, Plin. Pan. 32; and absol.: dirimente amne, Liv. 42, 39 et saep.—Poet., of cutting through the waves in a ship, Stat. Th. 5, 482.II. Trop.
A. To break off, interrupt, to disturb, put off, delay (the fig. is taken from combatants who are parted asunder; transferred, like the opp. committere, to things; cf.:
dirimere infestas acies, dirimere iras, Liv. 1, 13): proelium tandem diremit nox, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 99; so, proelium, Caes. B. C. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. J. 60 fin.; Liv. 37, 32; Verg. A. 5, 467 al.; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9: pugnam, Liv. 27, 13: bellum, id. 27, 30; 40, 52; Verg. A. 12, 79: certamina, Ov. M. 5, 314 et saep.: controversiam, i. e. to adjust, compose, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119: seditionem, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6: litem, Ov. M. 1, 21: rem arbitrio, id. F. 6, 98 et saep.; also, to separate, dissolve, break off a connection: conjunctionem civium, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: societatem, id. Sull. 2, 6; Liv. 8, 23: nuptias, Suet. Caes. 43: affinitatem, Tac. A. 12, 4: amicitias, id. ib. 6, 29; cf. Cic. Lael. 10, 34: caritatem quae est inter natos et parentes, id. ib. 8, 27: pacem, Liv. 9, 8; Quint. 2, 16, 7: conubium, Liv. 4, 6 et saep.—So too, to interrupt, disturb, break up a conversation, deliberation, etc.: colloquium, Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4: sermonem, Cic. Rep. 1, 11: concilia populi, Liv. 1, 36 fin.: comitia, id. 40, 59 al.; cf. absol.: actum est eo die nihil: nox diremit, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.—B. In gen., to destroy, frustrate, bring to naught:
natura animaï morte dirempta, Lucr. 1, 114: auspicium, Liv. 8, 23 fin.; cf.: rem susceptam, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: dirimere tempus et proferre diem, id. Div. 1, 39, 85: ea res consilium diremit, Sall. C. 18 fin.— Absnl., to dissuade, to be unfavorable: dirimen tibus auspicibus, Amm. 14, 10, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dirimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere
dis- + emo, to take apart, part, separate, divide, cut off : dirimi (corpus) distrahive: dirimit Suebiam montium iugum, Ta.: urbs flumine dirempta, L.: a continenti urbem, Cu.: si quem dirimit plaga solis, whom the torrid zone parts (from us), V.: infestas acies, iras (i. e. iratos), to stand between , L.—Fig., to break off, interrupt, disturb, put off, delay : proelium dirimitur, Cs.: proelium nox diremit, S.: proelia voce, V.: venerunt ad dirimendum bellum, L.: certamina, O.: controversiam, to end : rem arbitrio, O.— To separate, dissolve, break off : coniunctionem civium: caritas dirimi non potest, etc.: dirempta pax, L.: conubium, L. — To interrupt, disturb, break up : conloquium, Cs.: ut concilia populi dirimerentur, L.: actum est nihil, nox diremit.— To destroy, frustrate, bring to naught : auspicium, L.: rem susceptam: consilium, S.
Origins
Rhotacised form of *disimō, from dis- + emō (“buy, purchase”) in its old meaning "take".
Descendants
- Catalandirimir
- Englishdirempt
- Frenchdirimer
- Italiandirimere
- Portuguesedirimir
- Spanishdirimir