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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la dīvidō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈwiː.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈviː.s̬i.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dīvīsiō''' ''f'' (genitive dīvīsiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dīvidō]] “to divide” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Quintilian has ⟨-viss-⟩.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Varro, of cutting and of division.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant separating into parts by cutting, in Varro division into parts, the division of a motion in the Senate, and classification.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant the division of a speech's subject.^(OLD 2012) From the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' it meant separation, a distinction, and a distribution, partition, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Vitruvius it meant the layout of a site and a compartment.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''dīvidere'' merely breaks a whole into parts, while ''partīrī'' divides in order to distribute.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a part, division, portion.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for dissension, a schism, and a place of separation.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''divisione'' and French ''division'', and [[en|division]] came in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of division.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of dividing a subject.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of partition.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''division'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Cutting apart.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Division]] into parts; classification; a class.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Separation; a distinction.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Distribution, partition; layout.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A compartment.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Dissension, [[m|en|schism]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[dīvidō]]
+ * [[en|division]]
+ * [[en|divide]]
+ 
+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein distinguishes [[dīvidō]] from [[partior]], to divide in order to share.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}