noun
dissertĭo
Meaning
- destruction
dissertĭo, ōnis, f. 2. dissero,
I. destruction, abolition:
cur exsecrabilis ista nobis solis velut dissertio juris humani est? Liv. 41, 24, 10 (dub., this not being the etym. sense of the word; al. dissaeptio, discerptio).—II. The explanation, solution, Hier. in Matt. 13, 13.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dissertiō ōnis, f
2 dissero, a gradual destruction, abolition : iuris humani, L. (dub.).