dī-mŏvĕo — Lewis & Short
dī-mŏvĕo, ōvi, ōtum (DISMOTUM,
I v. infra), 2, v. a. (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with demoveo, q. v.; not freq. before the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Quint.; perh. not in Cic., where demovere appears everywhere to be the better reading).
I To move asunder, to part, put asunder, separate, divide:
terram aratro,Verg. G. 2, 513; cf.:
glebas aratro,Ov. M. 5, 341:
aera (c. c. dispellere umbras),Verg. A. 5, 839; cf.
auras,id. ib. 9, 645:
cinerem foco,Ov. M. 8, 642:
undas,Lucr. 6, 891; Ov. M. 4, 708; cf.
aquas,id. H. 18, 80; 19, 48:
rubum,Hor. C. 1, 23, 7.—Poet.:
ubi sol radiis terram dimovit abortus (preceded by: ubi roriferis terram nox obruit umbris),cleaves the earth, lays it open, Lucr. 6, 869.—
B Transf.
1 Of a multitude of persons or things, to separate from each other, to scatter, disperse, drive away, dismiss:
humentem umbram polo,Verg. A. 3, 589; 4, 7; cf.:
gelidam umbram caelo,id. ib. 11, 210:
obstantes propinquos,Hor. C. 3, 5, 51:
turbam,Tac. H. 3, 31; 80; Suet. Galb. 19; cf.:
dimotis omnibus,Tac. H. 2, 49; cf.: VTEI EA BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT ... DISMOTA SIENT, i. e. be dissolved, abolished, S. C. de Bacchan. fin.—
2 To separate from something, to remove.
a Lit.:
quos (equites) spes societatis a plebe dimoverat,Sall. J. 42, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:
dimovit perfregitque custodias Poena,Plin. Pan. 49:
parietes (al. demotis),Tac. A. 6, 24:
plagulas (lecticae),Suet. Tit. 10 al.—
b Trop.: gaudentem patrios findere sarculo Numquam dimoveas, ut, etc., thou canst never entice away, in order to, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 13 (al. demo-).—
II To move to and fro, to put in motion (cf. dimitto, no. I.—so perh. only in Celsus):
superiores partes,Cels. 3, 27, 3:
manus,id. 2, 14 fin.:
se inambulatione levi,id. 4, 24 al.