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dīvīsĭo, ōnis, f. [divido], a division, separation.

  1. I. Lit. (very rare).
    1. A. In gen.: si divisio fieret, Just. 11, 13, 7: animae ac spiritus, Vulg. Hebr. 4, 12.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. I. q. distributio, partition, distribution: agrorum, Tac. A. 1, 10.
        1. b. Concr., an allotment, portion of food, etc., Dig. 30, 122; 33, 1, 23: POPVLO VIRITIM DIVISIONEM DEDIT, Inscr. Mommsen, 73; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3094; 4396.
      2. 2. In mal. part., a violation, dishonoring, acc. to Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4, and Quint. 8, 3, 46.
      3. 3. Differences, subjects of dispute: diversa, quae divisiones multiplices ingerebant, Amm. 22, 7, 3.
  2. II. Trop., logical or rhetorical division (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), Cic. N. D. 3, 3; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 7, 1, 1; 5, 10, 63; 2 cap. 6: De divisione, etc.