dis- or dī- praep., inseparable DVA-, disbefore c, p, q, s, t, dī- before d, g, l, m, n, r, and v (but usu. dimminuō, sometimes disrumpo), dif- before f Before a vowel dis- becomes dir
—- before i consonant, sometimes dī, sometimes dis-. Iacio makes dīsiciō or dissiciō.
—Asunder, apart, away, in different directions
— see diffindo, discedo, dimitto, divido, etc.
—Between, among, through
— see dinosco, diiudico, diligo, etc.
—Fig., not, un- (reversing or negativing the primitive)
— see diffido, displiceo, dissuadeo, etc.
—Exceedingly, utterly
— see differtus, dilaudo, dispereo.