Lewis & Short

dispersĭo, ōnis, f. [dispergo], a scattering, dispersion.

  1. I. In gen.
          1. (α) Act.: exercitus, Isid. 18, 2, 7: populi, gentis, Tert. adv. Jud. 13: gentium, Vulg. Johan. 7, 35.
          2. (β) Pass.: pascentium equorum, Veg. Mil. 3, 8.
  2. II. Transf.
      1. 1. Destruction: urbis, Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30 fin. Ed. Halm. (B. & K., dispertitio).
      2. 2. They who are scattered: dispersiones Israëlis congregabit, Vulg. Psa. 146, 2; id. 2 Macc. 1, 27.