divisio

dīvīsĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a division, separation.

I.

Lit. (very rare).

A.

In gen.:

si divisio fieret,

Just. 11, 13, 7:

animae ac spiritus,

Vulg. Hebr. 4, 12.—

B.

In partic.

1.

I. q. distributio, partition, distribution:

agrorum,

Tac. A. 1, 10.—

b.

Concr., an allotment, portion of food, etc., Dig. 30, 122; 33, 1, 23: POPVLO VIRITIM DIVISIONEM DEDIT, Inscr. Mommsen, 73; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3094; 4396.—

2.

In mal. part., a violation, dishonoring, acc. to Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4, and Quint. 8, 3, 46.—

3.

Differences, subjects of dispute:

diversa, quae divisiones multiplices ingerebant,

Amm. 22, 7, 3.—

II.

Trop., logical or rhetorical division (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), Cic. N. D. 3, 3; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 7, 1, 1; 5, 10, 63; 2 cap. 6: De divisione, etc.