distribuo Latin · revision 7862

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la tribuō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈtrɪ.bu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈtriː.bu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distribuō''' (present infinitive distribuere, perfect active distribuī, supine distribūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[tribuō]] “to assign”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of sharing out money, and the TLL dates it from Terence and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to divide into shares, share out, as Terence's silver, and in Cicero to distribute, allot functions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Cicero it meant to distribute people or forces among places, as his king who divided the people into five classes, and in Vitruvius to arrange at intervals.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant to divide into parts or categories.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''dīvidere'' breaks up a whole, while ''partīrī'' divides in order to give out the parts.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to distribute, divide.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''distribuire'' and French ''distribuer'', and its participle gave [[en|distribute]] in the early 15th century, ''distribūtiō'' gave [[en|distribution]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of sharing out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of dividing the people into classes.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of arranging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''distribute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To share out, [[m|en|distribute]]; to allot.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To distribute (people, forces); to arrange.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To divide into parts or categories.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[distribūtiō]]

+ * [[distribūtīvus]]

+ * [[distribūtor]]

+ * [[distributrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tribuō]]

+ * [[en|distribute]]

+ * [[en|distribution]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[dīvidō]] and [[partior]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}