diffindō fidī, fissus, ere dis- + findo, to cleave asunder, split, divide. saxo diffisso: diffissā nate, H.: tempora plumbo, V.: portas muneribus, i. e. to open, H.

—Fig., to detract: nihil hinc diffindere possum, can deny no part of it, H.

—To render useless: omen diem diffidit, i. e. compelled adjournment, L.