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.