distribution Copy link • distribution: partītio, distrĭbūtio, largītio (lavish), Cic. (But usu. better expr. by verb: commissioners for d. of lands, triumviri agris dividendis: after the d. of the spoil, praedā dispertitā; of the voting tablets, diribitis tabellis: v. to distribute.) Diribitio (with ref. to voting tables) occurs in Symmach.