I.v. a., to part, separate, divide (rare but class.).
I. In gen.: “Juppiter nos per gentes alium alia disparat,” Plaut. Rud. prol. 10: “(Servius Tullius) seniores a junioribus divisit, eosque ita disparavit, ut, etc.,” Cic. Rep. 2, 22; * Caes. B. G. 7, 28 fin.: “ab Euphrate brevi spatio disparatur,” Amm. 14, 3, 3; 14, 8, 4.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: “tot sententias in eandem rem,” Gell. 11, 11, 4: “ab omni turpitudinis labe disparata atque abjuncta divinitas,” Arn. 3, p. 105.—
B. Esp., in rhet.: disparatum est id, quod ab aliqua re per oppositionem negationis separatur, hoc modo: sapere, non sapere, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; cf. Quint. 5, 11, 31.
