divisor

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dīvīsor: ōris, m. id.. *
I A divider: divisor et disterminator mundi (axis), Ap. de Mundo, p. 57.—Esp., arithm. t. t., a divisor, Boëth. Geom. 1, p. 1529 al.—More freq.,
II A distributer.
   A In gen.: Italiae, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13; 5, 7, 20: regni inter filios, Eutr. 4, 11.—
   B In partic.
   1    One who superintended the legal distributions to the tribes, Ps. Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22, p. 136 Bait.—
   2    A person hired by a candidate to bribe the electors, by distributing money among them (persons regarded as infamous), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14, 57; Cic. Planc. 19, 48; Cornel. Fragm. 1 (18, p. 450 ed. Orell.); id. Mur. 26 fin.; id. Verr. 1, 8, 22; 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Har. Resp. 20, 42; id. de Or. 2, 63 fin.; Suet. Aug. 3; cf. Smith's Antiq. p. 46, b.—
   C A judge (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 12, 14.