dispertio Latin · revision 32436

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *parti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɪsˈpɛr.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [disˈpɛr.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dispertiō''' (present infinitive dispertīre, perfect active dispertīvī or dispertiī, supine dispertītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Many manuscripts spell it ''dispartiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) A deponent ''dispertior'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Plautus has the archaic passive infinitive ''dispertīrier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|partiō|t1=apart|t2=to divide, share]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|partiō]] is formed from [[m|la|pars|t=part]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*parti-|t=part]]; following Schrijver, he explains it as a formation on the stem of [[m|la|pariō|t=to bring forth]], first meaning "lot, portion, fate".^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who says it would have been fair for the gods to divide human life in the same way.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to separate into lots or groups, divide up, distribute, of things, people and land, and of time and other abstract things: Cicero speaks of people who divide their time between pleasure and work.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) An inscription with the senate's decree on the cost of gladiatorial games, of 176/7 AD, spells it ⟨dispartio⟩.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it distribute, separate, part, divide.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the gods dividing human life.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of dividing time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 176/7 AD – an inscription spells it dispartio.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|divide|alt=divide]] up, separate into lots or groups.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|distribute]]; to assign.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[partio|alt=partiō]]

+ * [[pars]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes [[divido|alt=dīvidō]] and [[dirimo|alt=dirimō]], which divide a whole merely to break its unity, from [[partior]], which divides it in order to obtain the parts and dispose of them.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}