distribuo

to distribute, divide.

dis-trĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to divide, distribute (class.; cf.: divido, impertio, dispenso, participo, communico).

Lit.:

argentum,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 17:

partiendum sibi ac latius distribuendum exercitum putavit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.:

distribuisti partes Italiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 8:

reliquum populum distribuit in quinque classes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22; cf. id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; Ov. F. 6, 84:

copias in tres partes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 3; id. B. C. 1, 55, 2:

pueros in classes,

Quint. 1, 2, 23:

orbem in duodecim partes,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28 et saep.:

milites circum familias conventus Campani,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.; cf.:

gladiatorias familias Capuam et in cetera municipia,

Sall. C. 30 fin.:

Numidas in hiberna in proximis Thessalis urbibus,

Liv. 42, 67:

legiones et auxilia provinciatim,

Suet. Aug. 49:

milites in legiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 2; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 43:

gladiatores binos singulis patribus familiarum,

distributed among them, apportioned to them, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2:

naves quaestori, legatis, praefectis, equitibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 3 and 5:

equos Germanis,

id. ib. 7, 65 fin.:

pecunias exercitui,

id. B. C. 1, 39, 3 al.; cf.

also: pecuniam in judices,

Cic. Clu. 27, 74:

naves in legiones,

Tac. A. 2, 8:

pecus viritim,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 7:

capita singula ex captivis toto exercitu praedae nomine,

id. ib. 7, 89 fin.:

Poenorum arma inter suos,

Front. Strat. 4, 7, 12 et saep. Rarely of the distributing of a service among several:

alterum (genus) emendi, quod praeterea civitatibus aequaliter esset distributum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70 Zumpt. —

Of abstract objects:

quae observata sunt in usu ac tractatione dicendi, haec partibus distributa sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 109; Quint. 9, 3, 93; cf. id. 9, 1, 34:

meministis me ita distribuisse initio causam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 42:

vitae opera hac (honesti) regulā,

Sen. Ben. 7, 2.—Hence, distrĭ-būte, adv., orderly, methodically (very rare):

neque distincte neque distribute scribere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:

distributius tractare,

id. Inv. 2, 59, 177.

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dī-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to force apart, separate, divide, distribute (cf.: dispono, distribuo, divido, dispenso, ordino, compono).

Lit.

Ingen. (so mostly post-Aug.):

(insulae) interdum discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque),

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf.

nubes (opp. congregare),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 22:

nimbos,

Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

digesti colores,

Ov. F. 5, 213:

stercoris pars in prata digerenda,

Col. 11, 2, 18:

radix digesta,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161:

inque canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno Cerberus,

divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: Nilus [p. 577] septem in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for which, septem discretus in ostia Nilus, id. ib. 5, 324):

Crete centum per urbes,

id. H. 10, 67:

populus Romanus in classes (coupled with distributus),

Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.— Poet.:

(augur Thestorides) novem volucres in belli digerit annos,

i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—

In partic.

(Post-Aug.): cibum, to cut up, divide:

(dentes) qui digerunt cibum,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

and still more freq., like the class. concoquere,

to digest, Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—

In medic. lang., to dissolve, dissipate morbid matter, Cels. 5, 18 (twice); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and class.,

With the accessory notion of arrangement, to distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order:

quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. poet. 10, 165; cf.:

crines ordine,

Mart. 3, 63:

asparagum,

to plant in regular rows, Cato R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267:

bibliothecam,

to arrange, Suet. Caes. 44:

carmina in numerum,

Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).

Trop.

In gen., to distribute (rare and not ante-Aug.):

quam meruit solus poenam digessit in omnes,

Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.:

mala per annos longos,

id. Pont. 1, 4, 9:

tempora,

id. F. 1, 27; cf.:

annum in totidem species,

Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and class.,

In partic., to arrange, set in order, distribute:

mandata,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

quaestiones,

Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.:

reliquos usus ejus suo loco,

to relate in order, Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.:

omina,

interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. above, no. I. A. fin.):

post descripte et electe in genus quodque causae, quid cuique conveniat, ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186:

omne jus civile in genera,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

commentarios in libros,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

res in ordinem,

id. ib. 7 prooem. §

1: argumenta in digitos,

id. 11, 3, 114:

commentarium per genera usus sui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. clause:

nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non modo rerum sed etiam auctorum digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4: senium, digest, i. e. endure, Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. gêras hepsein, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—

To consider maturely (late Lat.):

consilium,

Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—

To exercise (for health): si satis valet, gestando aegrum, digerere;

si parum, intra domum tamen dimovere,

Cels. 4, 7, 4:

ne imbecillum hominem nimis digerant,

id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a good digestion: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med. —

(Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a name given to a collection of writings distributed under certain heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's code of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.— Sing.:

digestum Lucae,

the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.

dī-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to force apart, separate, divide, distribute (cf.: dispono, distribuo, divido, dispenso, ordino, compono).

Lit.

Ingen. (so mostly post-Aug.):

(insulae) interdum discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque),

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf.

nubes (opp. congregare),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 22:

nimbos,

Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

digesti colores,

Ov. F. 5, 213:

stercoris pars in prata digerenda,

Col. 11, 2, 18:

radix digesta,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161:

inque canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno Cerberus,

divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: Nilus [p. 577] septem in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for which, septem discretus in ostia Nilus, id. ib. 5, 324):

Crete centum per urbes,

id. H. 10, 67:

populus Romanus in classes (coupled with distributus),

Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.— Poet.:

(augur Thestorides) novem volucres in belli digerit annos,

i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—

In partic.

(Post-Aug.): cibum, to cut up, divide:

(dentes) qui digerunt cibum,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

and still more freq., like the class. concoquere,

to digest, Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—

In medic. lang., to dissolve, dissipate morbid matter, Cels. 5, 18 (twice); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and class.,

With the accessory notion of arrangement, to distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order:

quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. poet. 10, 165; cf.:

crines ordine,

Mart. 3, 63:

asparagum,

to plant in regular rows, Cato R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267:

bibliothecam,

to arrange, Suet. Caes. 44:

carmina in numerum,

Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).

Trop.

In gen., to distribute (rare and not ante-Aug.):

quam meruit solus poenam digessit in omnes,

Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.:

mala per annos longos,

id. Pont. 1, 4, 9:

tempora,

id. F. 1, 27; cf.:

annum in totidem species,

Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and class.,

In partic., to arrange, set in order, distribute:

mandata,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

quaestiones,

Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.:

reliquos usus ejus suo loco,

to relate in order, Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.:

omina,

interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. above, no. I. A. fin.):

post descripte et electe in genus quodque causae, quid cuique conveniat, ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186:

omne jus civile in genera,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

commentarios in libros,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

res in ordinem,

id. ib. 7 prooem. §

1: argumenta in digitos,

id. 11, 3, 114:

commentarium per genera usus sui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. clause:

nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non modo rerum sed etiam auctorum digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4: senium, digest, i. e. endure, Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. gêras hepsein, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—

To consider maturely (late Lat.):

consilium,

Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—

To exercise (for health): si satis valet, gestando aegrum, digerere;

si parum, intra domum tamen dimovere,

Cels. 4, 7, 4:

ne imbecillum hominem nimis digerant,

id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a good digestion: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med. —

(Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a name given to a collection of writings distributed under certain heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's code of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.— Sing.:

digestum Lucae,

the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.

dis-penso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.

Orig. of money, to distribute by weight, to [p. 592] disburse, pay out (for syn. cf.:

partior, impertio, distribuo, divido): ducentos nummos (sc. inter milites),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 47.—

In gen., to manage, regulate household expenses:

domesticas res,

Cic. Att. 11, 1; cf. Juv. 7, 219:

eligere aliquem ad dispensandam pecuniam,

to have charge of the military chest, Nep. Con. 4.— Absol.:

dispensat pueris vilicus,

distributes rations, Mart. 12, 18, 22.—

Transf., of other things, to dispense, distribute, arrange (for syn. cf.: dispono, digero, ordino, compono).

Lit.:

(fons) certis horarum spatiis dispensatur inter incolas,

Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188; Front. Aquaed. 9; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 89:

vitis aequa portione sucum proli suae dispensat,

Col. 4, 24, 9:

oscula suprema natos per omnes,

Ov. M. 6, 278 (cf.:

dividit oscula,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 6):

filum candelae,

Juv. 3, 287:

quem (annum) intercalaribus mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 19 fin. —

Trop., to manage, regulate, control, distribute:

inventa non solum ordine, sed etiam momento quodam atque judicio dispensare atque componere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

quasi dispensare rem publicam et in ea quodam modo vilicare,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; Just. 7, 6, 4:

laetitiam inter impotentes populi animos,

i. e. to impart to them by degrees, Liv. 27, 50 fin.:

male dispensata libertas,

Sen. Ben. 1, 10:

quae dispensant mortalia fata sorores,

Ov. H. 12, 3 et saep.: consilium dispensandae cohonestandaeque victoriae imperatoribus majores dederunt nostri (qs. to arrange as the general's manager; the fig. acc. to I. B., v. also dispensator), Liv. 38, 47.— Absol.: si modo recte dispensare velis, to dispense, arrange ( = administrare), Hor. S. 1, 2, 75.

distrĭbūtĭo, ōnis, f. [distribuo], a division, distribution.

In gen.:

caeli,

Cic. Div. 2, 20:

invidiae et criminum,

id. Clu. 1:

utilis rerum ac partium in locos,

Quint. 7, 1, 1.—In plur., Cic. Part. 2, 7.—

Esp.

As a fig. of speech, the resolution of a statement or idea into several, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47.—

In arch., Vitr. 1, 2 fin.

dī-vĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 ( perf. sync. divisse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169), v. a. [root vidh-, to part, split; Sanscr. vidhyati, to penetrate, whence vidhava; Lat. vidua].

To force asunder, part, separate, divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo, dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.: Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20; and id. N. D. 3, 10:

discludere mundum membraque dividere,

Lucr. 5, 440; cf.:

si omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12:

crassum aërem,

id. Tusc. 1, 19 fin. (with perrumpere); cf.

nubila,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

muros,

to break through, Verg. A. 2, 234:

marmor cuneis,

to split, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14; cf.:

hunc medium securi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

mediam frontem ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 751; also simply, insulam, for to divide into two parts, Liv. 24, 6.— Poet.:

vagam caelo volucrem,

i. e. to cleave, to shoot, Sil. 2, 90:

sol... in partes non aequas dividit orbem,

Lucr. 5, 683;

so Galliam in partes tres,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

vicum in duas partes flumine,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

civitatem Helvetiam in quatuor pagos,

id. ib. 1, 12, 4:

populum unum in duas partes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 5; id. B. C. 1, 35, 3:

divisi in factiones,

Suet. Ner. 20 et saep.—

Transf.

For distribuere, to divide among several, to distribute, apportion:

praedam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 72:

argentum,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 3:

pecudes et agros,

Lucr. 5, 1109; cf.

agros,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

agrum viritim,

id. Brut. 14, 57; cf.:

bona viritim,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

munera, vestem, aurum, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 7 et saep.:

nummos in viros,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 30:

Thracia in Rhoemetalcen inque liberos Cotyis dividitur,

Tac. A. 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 3, 38. So of distributing troops in any place:

equitatum in omnes partes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4:

exercitum omnem passim in civitates,

Liv. 28, 2; cf. id. 6, 3 fin.:

Romanos in custodiam civitatium,

id. 43, 19; cf. id. 37, 45 fin.; cf.

also: conjuratos municipatim,

Suet. Caes. 14:

agros viritim civibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14; so with dat. (most freq.):

agrum sordidissimo cuique,

Liv. 1, 47; cf. id. 34, 32; Suet. Caes. 20 et saep.:

tabellas toti Italiae,

Cic. Sull. 15:

praedam militibus,

Sall. J. 91, 6:

loca praefectis,

Liv. 25, 30:

duo praedia natis duobus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 169:

oscula nulli,

id. C. 1, 36, 6 et saep.; cf.

in double construction: divisit in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti,

Liv. 40, 59:

inter participes praedam,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 5; so,

inter se,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 30; Nep. Thras. 1 fin.:

per populum fumantia (liba),

Ov. F. 3, 672; so,

agros per veteranos,

Suet. Dom. 9:

dimidiam partem cum aliquo,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 37; so id. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Stich. 5, 4, 15:

praemia mecum,

Ov. F. 4, 887.— Absol.:

non divides (with dispertire),

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4; so Liv. 44, 45; Ov. M. 13, 102 al.—

In mercant. lang. like distrahere and divendere, to sell piecemeal, in parcels, to retail, Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 26.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4 Wagner; 7; cf. Petr. 11 Büch.—

Trop.

In gen.:

bona tripartito,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13 fin.:

annum ex aequo,

Ov. M. 5, 565:

horas (bucina),

Luc. 2, 689:

tempora curarum remissionumque,

Tac. Agr. 9:

dignitatem ordinum,

id. A. 13, 27:

et explanare ambigua,

Cic. Or. 32 fin.:

idem genus universum in species certas partietur et dividet,

id. ib. 33, 117; cf.

of logical or rhet. division,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; Quint. 3, 6, 37 et saep.: verba, to divide at the end of the line, Suet. Aug. 87:

nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures,

Cat. 62, 15; cf.:

animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,

Verg. A. 4, 285.—

In partic.

Sententiam, polit. t. t., to divide the question, i. e. to take the vote separately upon the several parts of a motion or proposition:

divisa sententia est postulante nescio quo,

Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Sen. Ep. 21; id. Vit. Beat. 3. The expression used in requiring this was DIVIDE, Ascon. Cic. Mil. 6, 14.—

(Acc. to A. 2. a.) To distribute, apportion:

sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 3:

haec temporibus,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 18;

Just. Praef. § 3: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 2.—

Pregn., to break up, dissolve, destroy = dissolvere:

nostrum concentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31:

ira fuit capitalis ut ultima divideret mors,

id. S. 1, 7, 13:

dividitur ferro regnum,

Luc. 1, 109; cf.:

dividimus muros, et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234.—

To accompany, i. e. to share upon an instrument a song sung by a voice:

grata feminis Imbelli cithara carmina divides,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15.

To divide, separate, part from; to remove from (class.).

Lit.:

flumen Rhenus agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit... flumen Rhodanus provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 3; 1, 8, 1; 5, 11, 9:

Macedoniam a Thessalia,

id. B. C. 3, 36, 3:

Gallos ab Aquitanis,

id. B. G. 1, 1, 2 al.:

tota cervice desecta, divisa a corpore capita,

Liv. 31, 34, 4:

populum distribuit in quinque classes, senioresque a junioribus divisit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22:

tam multa illa meo divisast milia lecto, Quantum, etc.,

Prop. 1, 12, 3; cf.:

dextras miseris complexibus,

Stat. Th. 3, 166:

tuis toto dividor orbe rogis,

Ov. Pont. 1, 9, 48:

dividor (sc.: ab uxore) haud aliter, quam si mea membra relinquam,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 73; cf. Prop. 1, 12, 10:

(Italiam) Longa procul longis via dividit invia terris,

separates, keeps distant, Verg. A. 3, 383; cf. id. ib. 12, 45:

discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos,

Tac. A. 1, 43 fin. —

Trop., to separate, distinguish:

legem bonam a mala,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

defensionem (opp. se comitem exitii promittebat),

Tac. A. 3, 15. —

Transf., for distinguere (II.), to distinguish, decorate, adorn (very rare):

qualis gemma micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum,

Verg. A. 10, 134:

scutulis dividere,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—Hence, dīvīsus, a, um, P. a., divided, separated:

divisior,

Lucr. 4, 962.— Adv.

dīvīse, distinctly, separately, Gell. 1, 22, 16; 7, 2 fin.; Tert. Carn. Chr. 13.—

dīvīsim, separately, Hier. Ep. 100, 14.