distractio

λύχνον μεθ' ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ → he lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a man

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

distractĭo: ōnis, f. distraho,
I a pulling asunder, dividing, separating.
I In gen.
   A Lit.: distractio cruciatusque membrorum, Gell. 12, 5, 3.—
   B Transf., a parting, dividing: humanorum animorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 27: animi corporisque, Sen. Ep. 30 fin.: harum mihi voluptatum omnium atque itidem tibi distractio, discidium, vastities venit, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 68.—
   C In partic., in mercant. lang., a selling in single portions, piecemeal, or by retail: fundi, Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 15: mercium, ib. 14, 3, 5, § 12.—
II Trop., dissension, discord, disagreement: nulla nobis societas cum tyrannis et potius summa distractio est, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32; so, civium, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 15.

distractĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (distraho),
1 action de tirer en sens divers, déchirement : des membres] Gell. 12, 5, 3