distributio
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
Latin > English
distributio distributionis N F :: division, distribution
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
distrĭbūtĭo: ōnis, f. distribuo,
I a division, distribution.
I 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.—
II Esp.
A 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.—
B In arch., Vitr. 1, 2 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
distrĭbūtĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (distribuo), division : distributio cæli Cic. Div. 2, 45, division du ciel || [log.] pl., les divisions : Cic. Part. 7 || [rhét.] distribution : Cic. de Or. 3, 203 || [archit.] distribution des pièces d’une maison : Vitr. Arch. 1, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
distribūtio, ōnis, f. (distribuo), I) die Verteilung, a) übh., Cic. u.a.: distributio quadripertita (in vier Teile), Cic.: aquarum, Frontin.: distributiones communium operum, Einrichtungen, Vitr. – b) als Redefigur, die Auflösung eines Begriffs in mehrere ähnliche, Cornif. rhet. 4, 47. Cic. de or. 3, 203. – II) die logische Einteilung, Plur. b. Cic. part. or. 7.
