division Copy link Outline I. The act of dividing into parts1. dīvīsio2. dīvīsus, ūs (only in dat.)3. descriptio (laying out and distributing by plan)4. partītio5. expr. by verbs under TO DIVIDE (I., II.)II. Of a subject, by a writer1. partītio (into heads or branches)2. dīvīsio (when things individually distinct are spoken of)III. Disunion1. dissĭdium2. sēdĭtio (political)IV. That which separates1. discrīmen, ĭnis, n. (only in fig. sense)2. dīvīsūra (rare)V. A separate portion of a subject or work1. pars, partis, f.2. căput, ĭtis, n. (a leading d.)VI. Of an armyVII. Of the senate, for voting • division: I. The act of dividing into parts: 1. dīvīsio: d.s of lands, Tac.: fourfold d., quadripartita d., Cic. 2. dīvīsus, ūs (only in dat.): easy of d., facilis divisui, Liv. 45, 30. 3. descriptio (laying out and distributing by plan): the d. into centuries and classes, d. centuriarum classiumque, Liv.: v. distribution. 4. partītio: Cic. 5. expr. by verbs under to divide (I., II.): easy of d., quod facile secatur, dividitur; for the d. of the spoil, ad praedam dispertiendam., dividendam, etc. II. Of a subject, by a writer: 1. partītio (into heads or branches): Cic. 2. dīvīsio (when things individually distinct are spoken of): Cic.: Quint. III. Disunion: 1. dissĭdium: v. disagreement. 2. sēdĭtio (political): a d. arose between those who were for war and those who were for peace, s. inter belli pacisque auctores orta., Liv.: v. sedition. Phr.: to be in a state of d., discrepare, dissidēre, dissentire: v. to disagree. IV. That which separates: 1. discrīmen, ĭnis, n. (only in fig. sense): to be separated by a very narrow d., pertenui d. separari, Cic.: v. distinction. 2. dīvīsūra (rare): Plin.: v. partition. V. A separate portion of a subject or work: 1. pars, partis, f.: cf. Liv. 21, 1, init. Dimin., partĭcŭla., a smaller division: v. portion. 2. căput, ĭtis, n. (a leading d.): the two first d.s of your letter, prima duo c. epistolae tuae, Cic.: v. head, chapter. VI. Of an army: no nearer word than exercitûs, copiarum pars. Phr.: in two, three d.s, bipartīto, tripartīto: to attack in two (three) d.s, signa bipartito inferre, Caes.; tripartito (urbem) aggredi, Liv. VII. Of the senate, for voting: discessio: to have recourse to a d., d. facere, Cic. Phil. 14, 7, fin. (but according to some the discessio was only made when the house was unanimous, Gell. 14, 7, ad fin.).
DIVISION Copy link • DIVISIONThe act of dividing into parts, divisio: partitio: distributio [SYN. in To DIVIDE]. To make an equal division of anything, aequa portione dividere aliquid. The state of being divided, divisio: diremptio: diremptus: separatio: sejunctio: disjunctio [SYN. in To DIVIDE] (in the sense of keeping apart; second section of that article). That by which anything is kept apart, paries intergerinus (a wall of division, PROP.): discrimen (IMPROP., distinction). The divided part itself, pars: portio: membrum [SYN. in PART]. Scientific division, dispositio (e.g., in rhetoric, architecture, etc.; Vid: also, DISPOSITION): distributio (the arranging everything in its proper place): locus (the principal part of a subject): The divisions of a litterary work, pars (sing.): particula (subdivision or paragraph, in general): caput (principal division): liber (bonk or chapter of a larger work): a division in a speech, incisum, articulus (article): membrum (κῶλον): division in a verse, caesura: incisio (gramm.). Distinction, Vid: Technical term in arithmetic, divisio. Military term, legio (a Roman legion): pars exercitus (a part of the army, in general): agmen (if on the march): in two, three, etc., divisions, bipartito, tripartito: to march up in three divisions or columns, tripartito agmine or diviso in tres partes exercitu incedere; triplici acie instructa proficisci: by or in divisions, exercitu in partes diviso (e.g., to advance or march up, incedere). For the purpose of voting (in the Senate), discessio. To insist that a division shall be taken, discessionem facere: no division took place, discessio non facta est (Cic.). [Vid: To DIVIDE, INTR.] Difference, disunion, Vid: DIVISOR (in arithm.), perhaps *divisor (as technical term).
Division Copy link Outline I. in der Mathem.: *divisio. ...II. größere Heeresabteilung: ... Division, I. in der Mathem.: *divisio. II. größere Heeresabteilung: legio (eine römische Legion). pars exercitus (Teil des Heeres übh., s. Kolonne). divisionsweise, s. kolonnenweise.