I.a parting, separating; a going away, departure.
I. Lit. (good prose): “congressus nostri lamentationem pertimui, digressum vero non tulissem,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 4; “opp. accessus,” id. N. D. 2, 19, 50; “c. c. discessus,” id. de Sen. 23, 85; cf. also id. Pis. 26, 63; id. Att. 1, 5, 4; Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107 al. —
II. Trop. only in Quint., a deviating in speech, digression, Quint. 10, 5, 17; 4, 3, 14; in plur., id. 10, 1, 49.