Diuersitie: difference: sheading or parting othaire: perill: danger: battaile. Inter bonos & malos nullum est discrimen. Salust. Nullo discrimine. Virg. Without anye regarde of one more than an other: making no difference. Vera falsis nullo discrimine separantur. Cic. Easlly: without any difficultie. Discrimen atque delectus. Cic. Difference and chaice. Ingeniorum discrimina. Quin. Difference and diuerslties of wittes. Vocum discrimina. Virg. Discrimen confusum. Li. When things be so confonnded as one cannot be knowne from an other. Ingens. Quint. Obscurum. Horat. A difference harde to be discerned. Discrimen surdum, Vide SVRDVS. Custodire discrimina ordinum. Vide CVSTODIO. Dabat discrimina sexus. Claud. The kinde shewed the difference. Remouere delectum ac discrimen. Cic. In discrimine est res. Cicer. The matter is in controuersle or debate. In discrimine est nunc humanum omne genus, vtrum vos, an Carthaginienses principes orbis terrarum videat. Liu. All mankind is owe in doubt whether they shal see you, or the Carthaginienses lordes of the worlde. Tollere discrimen. Cic. Discrimen, Certamen. Virg. Danger: contention: strife. Ambiguum discrimen. Stat. A doubtful contention. Dubium discrimen. Claud. Mittere in discrimen. Tacit. To put in danger or bazarde. Maturare discrimen. Tacit. In contentionem aut discrimen venire. Ci. To be contended and striued for: to come in controuersie. Discrimen, Periculum. Virg. Danger: perill. Videt in summo rem esse discrimine. Cæsar. In extreame daunger. Vt se tanto discrimine eriperet, orabat. Plin. iun. Discriminum & periculorum comes. Cic. Maximum periculum & extremum penè discrimen. Cic. Læthale discrimen. Claud. Deadly daunger. Adire discrimen, Vide ADEO. In discrimen adducere. Cic. To bring in dauger. In capitis discrimen aliquem adducere. Cic. In propinquum discrimen adducere. Cic. In fortunæ discrimen adduci. Cic. Salutem in discrimen adducere. Cic. Committere in discrimen, Vide COMMITTO. Vir ad extrema Reip discrimina delectus. Cic. Chosen to defend the common weale in extreame danger. In extremo discrimine, ac dimicatione fortunæ desertum esse. Cice. Dare in discrimen aliquid. Tac. To put in daunger: to venture: to hazarde. Quum omnis Resp. in meo capite discrimen esset habitura. Ci. Seeing the whole common weale should be in dauger by the perill of my life. Incidere in discrimen. Cic. Fannia hoc discrimine implicita est. Plin. iun. Offerre se in discrimen pro re aliqua. Cic. To put himselfe in danger for a thing. Pati discrimina. Val. Flac. Tentare discrimen sui. Claud. Venire in discrimen dicitur res. Cic. To come in danger. In discsimen existimationis venite. Cic. Fortunæ alicuius venioutin discrimen. Cic.

I. Lit., an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation: cum (duo maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: minimum quos inter et hostem Discrimen murus clausaque porta facit, Ov. Pont. 1, 8, 62: aequo discrimine, Lucr. 5, 690; Verg. A. 5, 154: parvum leti, Ov. M. 7, 426; Verg. A. 9, 143: dare discrimina costis, i. e. to separate them, id. ib. 10, 382: quae (sc. littera F) inter discrimina dentium efflanda est, Quint. 12, 10, 29: agminum, Curt. 4, 12 fin.: ungulae, Col. 6, 15 fin.: comae, Ov. A. A. 2, 302; and in like manner poet.: telluris pectitae, i. e. furrow, Col. Poët. 10, 94; Claud. Nupt. Honor. 103: medium luci, Grat. Cyneg. 486.—Hence, med. t. t., the dividing membrane, the midriff, diaphragm, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127; 5, 10, 124 al.—

II. Trop. (so most frequent).

A. In gen., a distinction, difference: amabat omnes, nam discrimen non facit, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 27: iste, qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset omniumque rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.: officia tollebantur delectu omni et discrimine remoto, id. Fin. 4, 25, 69: sit hoc discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, ut illi, etc., id. Balb. 21 fin.: sine ullo sexus discrimine, Suet. Calig. 8; cf.: rapti per agros viatores sine discrimine liberi servique, id. Aug. 32: omisso sui alicuique discrimine, Liv. 5, 55: divinarum humanarumque rerum, id. 5, 40: recti pravique, Quint. 12, 3, 7: vocum, id. 1, 5, 25; cf. so of the different tones of the strings: septem discrimina vocum, Verg. A. 6, 646 et saep.—Poet.: tenues parvi discriminis umbrae, i. e. of easy gradation, Ov. M. 6, 62. —

B. In partic.

1. With respect to disputed matters, which are to be distinguished between, and thus decided upon, the decisive point, turning-point, critical moment, determination, decision: quoniam res in id discrimen adducta est, utrum ille poenas rei publicae luat, an nos serviamus, to this point, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 29; cf.: ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum ... an, etc., id. Quint. 30, 92; Liv. 29, 17: vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii majestas, quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent, id. 8, 35, 4: haec et his similia haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, shall not regard as of great moment, id. praef. 8: postquam adesse discrimen ultimum belli animadvertit, id. 44, 23: instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt, abandon the most decisive points, Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.—Poet.: experiar, deus hic, discrimine aperto, An sit mortalis, the test, Ov. M. 1, 222.—

2. Transf., a dangerous, decisive moment, crisis, dangerous condition; risk, danger, hazard: in ipso discrimine periculi aliquem destituere, Liv. 6, 17; so, periculi, id. 8, 24: in summo rem esse discrimine, Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2; cf.: adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene discrimen, Cic. Phil. 7, 1: salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur, id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12: in extremo discrimine ac dimicatione fortunae, id. Sull. 28: in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur, id. Mur. 27, 55; cf.: aliquem in discrimen capitis adducere, id. Deiot. 1, 2; so, capitis, Quint. 11, 1, 49: si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae, Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154: rem publicam in discrimen committere, Liv. 8, 32; 33, 7; cf.: fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis, Vulg. Esth. 11, 8.