distributio Latin · revision 9191

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la tribuō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪs.trɪˈbuː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dis.triˈbut.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distribūtiō''' ''f'' (genitive distribūtiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[distribuō]] “to distribute” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[dis-]] and [[tribuō]] “to allot”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', “division into parts”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC; his first source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant sharing out, distribution, allocation, as in Cicero, and division into parts, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', and Cicero has ''distribūtiō caelī'' “the division of the heavens”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Vitruvius it meant arrangement to a plan, and in Cicero logical classification.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for distribution, apportionment, in grammar, and for a gift or allowance distributed.^(DMLBS) Through Old French it gave [[en|distribution]] in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of sharing out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''distribution'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|distribution|alt=Distribution]], allocation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Arrangement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Division; classification.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[distribuō]]

+ * [[tribuō]]

+ * [[en|distribution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}