verbthird conjugation
dīvidō
dīvidō (present infinitive dīvidere, perfect active dīvīsī, supine dīvīsum)
Classical[ˈdiː.wɪ.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.vi.do]
№ 628 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to divide, separate
dīvide et imperā
divide and conquer. - to distribute, apportion
- to distinguish as separate
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ūnum in duās partēs faciō; vir lignum dīvidit.dīvidō -ere dīvīsī — in Mille Verba, Nāvāle
in partēs sēparōdīvidō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 5
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Dividere · Partiri · Dirimere · Dispertire · Distribuere
1. Dividere and dirimere mean to divide something, merely in order to break the unity of the whole, and separate it into parts, whereas partiri means to divide, in order to get the parts of the whole, and to be able to dispose of them. Hence the phrases divide et impera, and dividere sententias, but partiri prædam. 2. Divisio denotes, theoretically, the separation of a genus into its species, whereas partitio, the separation of the whole into its parts. Quintil. v. 10, 63. Cic. Top. 5. 3. Dividere refers to a whole, of which the parts are merely locally and mechanically joined, and therefore severs only an exterior connection; but dirimere refers to a whole, of which the parts organically cohere, and destroys an interior connection. Liv. xxii. 15. Casilinum urbs . . . Volturno flumine dirempta Falernum ac Campanum agrum dividit: for the separation of a city into two halves by a river, is an interior separation, whereas the separation of two neighboring districts by a city, is an exterior separation. 4. Dividere means also to separate into parts, without any accessory notion, whereas dispertire, with reference to future possessors, and distribuere, with reference to the right owners, or to proper and suitable places. (iv. 156.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvidō | dīvidēbam | dīvidam | dīvīsī | dīvīseram | dīvīserō |
| 2nd sg. | dīvidis | dīvidēbās | dīvidēs | dīvīsistī | dīvīserās | dīvīseris |
| 3rd sg. | dīvidit | dīvidēbat | dīvidet | dīvīsit | dīvīserat | dīvīserit |
| 1st pl. | dīvidimus | dīvidēbāmus | dīvidēmus | dīvīsimus | dīvīserāmus | dīvīserimus |
| 2nd pl. | dīviditis | dīvidēbātis | dīvidētis | dīvīsistis | dīvīserātis | dīvīseritis |
| 3rd pl. | dīvidunt | dīvidēbant | dīvident | dīvīsērunt dīvīsēre | dīvīserant | dīvīserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvidam | dīviderem | dīvīserim | dīvīsissem |
| 2nd sg. | dīvidās | dīviderēs | dīvīserīs | dīvīsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dīvidat | dīvideret | dīvīserit | dīvīsisset |
| 1st pl. | dīvidāmus | dīviderēmus | dīvīserīmus | dīvīsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dīvidātis | dīviderētis | dīvīserītis | dīvīsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dīvidant | dīviderent | dīvīserint | dīvīsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvidor | dīvidēbar | dīvidar |
| 2nd sg. | dīvideris dīvidere | dīvidēbāris dīvidēbāre | dīvidēris dīvidēre |
| 3rd sg. | dīviditur | dīvidēbātur | dīvidētur |
| 1st pl. | dīvidimur | dīvidēbāmur | dīvidēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dīvidiminī | dīvidēbāminī | dīvidēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dīviduntur | dīvidēbantur | dīvidentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvidar | dīviderer |
| 2nd sg. | dīvidāris dīvidāre | dīviderēris dīviderēre |
| 3rd sg. | dīvidātur | dīviderētur |
| 1st pl. | dīvidāmur | dīviderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dīvidāminī | dīviderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dīvidantur | dīviderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dīvide | dīvidere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dīvidite | dīvidiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dīviditō | dīviditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dīviditō | dīviditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dīviditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dīviduntō | dīviduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dīvidere | dīvidī |
| perfect infinitive | dīvīsisse | dīvīsum esse |
| future infinitive | dīvīsūrum esse | dīvīsum īrī |
| present participle | dīvidēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dīvīsus dīvīsa, dīvīsā, dīvīsae, dīvīsam, dīvīsārum, dīvīsās, dīvīse, dīvīsīs, dīvīsō, dīvīsōrum, dīvīsōs |
| future participle | dīvīsūrus dīvīsūra, dīvīsūrā, dīvīsūrae, dīvīsūram, dīvīsūrārum, dīvīsūrās, dīvīsūre, dīvīsūrī, dīvīsūrīs, dīvīsūrō, dīvīsūrōrum, dīvīsūrōs, dīvīsūrum | dīvidendus dīvidundus, dīvidenda, dīvidendā, dīvidendae, dīvidendam, dīvidendārum, dīvidendās, dīvidende, dīvidendīs, dīvidendōrum, dīvidendōs |
gerunddīvidendī, dīvidendō, dīvidendumsupinedīvīsum, dīvīsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- partium studiis divisum esse
- to be torn by faction.
- Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit
- the Rhone. is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani.
- genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)
- to analyse a general division into its specific parts.
dī-vĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 (
I. perf. sync. divisse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169), v. a. root vidh-, to part, split; Sanscr. vidhyati, to penetrate, whence vidhava; Lat. vidua.
I. To force asunder, part, separate, divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo, dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).
A. Lit.: Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20; and id. N. D. 3, 10:
discludere mundum membraque dividere, Lucr. 5, 440; cf.: si omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum, Cic. N. D. 3, 12: crassum aërem, id. Tusc. 1, 19 fin. (with perrumpere); cf. nubila, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: muros, to break through, Verg. A. 2, 234: marmor cuneis, to split, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14; cf.: hunc medium securi, Hor. S. 1, 1, 100: mediam frontem ferro, Verg. A. 9, 751; also simply, insulam, for to divide into two parts, Liv. 24, 6.—Poet.: vagam caelo volucrem, i. e. to cleave, to shoot, Sil. 2, 90: sol ... in partes non aequas dividit orbem, Lucr. 5, 683; so Galliam in partes tres, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: vicum in duas partes flumine, id. ib. 3, 1, 6: civitatem Helvetiam in quatuor pagos, id. ib. 1, 12, 4: populum unum in duas partes, Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 5; id. B. C. 1, 35, 3: divisi in factiones, Suet. Ner. 20 et saep.—2. Transf.
a. For distribuere, to divide among several, to distribute, apportion:
praedam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 72: argentum, id. Aul. 2, 2, 3: pecudes et agros, Lucr. 5, 1109; cf. agros, Cic. Rep. 2, 18: agrum viritim, id. Brut. 14, 57; cf.: bona viritim, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48: munera, vestem, aurum, etc., Suet. Aug. 7 et saep.: nummos in viros, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 30: Thracia in Rhoemetalcen inque liberos Cotyis dividitur, Tac. A. 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 3, 38. So of distributing troops in any place: equitatum in omnes partes, Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4: exercitum omnem passim in civitates, Liv. 28, 2; cf. id. 6, 3 fin.: Romanos in custodiam civitatium, id. 43, 19; cf. id. 37, 45 fin.; cf. also: conjuratos municipatim, Suet. Caes. 14: agros viritim civibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 14; so with dat. (most freq.): agrum sordidissimo cuique, Liv. 1, 47; cf. id. 34, 32; Suet. Caes. 20 et saep.: tabellas toti Italiae, Cic. Sull. 15: praedam militibus, Sall. J. 91, 6: loca praefectis, Liv. 25, 30: duo praedia natis duobus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169: oscula nulli, id. C. 1, 36, 6 et saep.; cf. in double construction: divisit in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti, Liv. 40, 59: inter participes praedam, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 5; so, inter se, id. Poen. 3, 5, 30; Nep. Thras. 1 fin.: per populum fumantia (liba), Ov. F. 3, 672; so, agros per veteranos, Suet. Dom. 9: dimidiam partem cum aliquo, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 37; so id. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Stich. 5, 4, 15: praemia mecum, Ov. F. 4, 887.—Absol.: non divides (with dispertire), Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4; so Liv. 44, 45; Ov. M. 13, 102 al.—b. In mercant. lang. like distrahere and divendere, to sell piecemeal, in parcels, to retail, Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 26.—
B. Trop.
1. In gen.:
bona tripartito, Cic. Tusc. 5, 13 fin.: annum ex aequo, Ov. M. 5, 565: horas (bucina), Luc. 2, 689: tempora curarum remissionumque, Tac. Agr. 9: dignitatem ordinum, id. A. 13, 27: et explanare ambigua, Cic. Or. 32 fin.: idem genus universum in species certas partietur et dividet, id. ib. 33, 117; cf. of logical or rhet. division, id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; Quint. 3, 6, 37 et saep.: verba, to divide at the end of the line, Suet. Aug. 87: nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures, Cat. 62, 15; cf.: animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc, Verg. A. 4, 285.—2. In partic.
a. Sententiam, polit. t. t., to divide the question, i. e. to take the vote separately upon the several parts of a motion or proposition:
divisa sententia est postulante nescio quo, Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Sen. Ep. 21; id. Vit. Beat. 3. The expression used in requiring this was DIVIDE, Ascon. Cic. Mil. 6, 14.—b. (Acc. to A. 2. a.) To distribute, apportion:
sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 3: haec temporibus, Ter. And. 3, 1, 18; Just. Praef. § 3: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc., Sall. C. 43, 2.—c. Pregn., to break up, dissolve, destroy = dissolvere:
nostrum concentum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31: ira fuit capitalis ut ultima divideret mors, id. S. 1, 7, 13: dividitur ferro regnum, Luc. 1, 109; cf.: dividimus muros, et moenia pandimus urbis, Verg. A. 2, 234.—d. To accompany, i. e. to share upon an instrument a song sung by a voice:
grata feminis Imbelli cithara carmina divides, Hor. C. 1, 15, 15.II. To divide, separate, part from; to remove from (class.).
A. Lit.:
flumen Rhenus agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit ... flumen Rhodanus provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit, Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 3; 1, 8, 1; 5, 11, 9: Macedoniam a Thessalia, id. B. C. 3, 36, 3: Gallos ab Aquitanis, id. B. G. 1, 1, 2 al.: tota cervice desecta, divisa a corpore capita, Liv. 31, 34, 4: populum distribuit in quinque classes, senioresque a junioribus divisit, Cic. Rep. 2, 22: tam multa illa meo divisast milia lecto, Quantum, etc., Prop. 1, 12, 3; cf.: dextras miseris complexibus, Stat. Th. 3, 166: tuis toto dividor orbe rogis, Ov. Pont. 1, 9, 48: dividor (sc.: ab uxore) haud aliter, quam si mea membra relinquam, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 73; cf. Prop. 1, 12, 10: (Italiam) Longa procul longis via dividit invia terris, separates, keeps distant, Verg. A. 3, 383; cf. id. ib. 12, 45: discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos, Tac. A. 1, 43 fin.—B. Trop., to separate, distinguish:
legem bonam a mala, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44: defensionem (opp. se comitem exitii promittebat), Tac. A. 3, 15. —2. Transf., for distinguere (II.), to distinguish, decorate, adorn (very rare):
qualis gemma micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum, Verg. A. 10, 134: scutulis dividere, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—Hence, dīvīsus, a, um, P. a., divided, separated: divisior, Lucr. 4, 962.—Adv. (b). dīvīsim, separately, Hier. Ep. 100, 14.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dīvidō vīsī (dīvīsse, H.), vīsus, ere
VID-, to divide, force asunder, part : Europam Libyamque (unda): hunc securi, H.: frontem ferro, V.: insulam, L.: Gallia est divisa in partīs trīs, Cs.: divisum senatum (esse), Cs.: Hoc iter, i. e. gave two days to , H.: ut ultima divideret mors, part (the combatants), H.: gemma, fulvum quae dividit aurum, i. e. is set in gold , V. — To divide, distribute, apportion, share : bona viritim: Vinum, V.: equitatum in omnīs partīs, Cs.: regnum inter Iugurtham et Adherbalem, S.: (pecuniam) iudicibus: agrum cuique, L.: in singulos milites trecenos aeris, L.: bona publicata inter se, N.: praemia mecum, O.: in dividendo plus offensionum erat, L.: Dividite (sc. arma), O.: sedes adhuc nullā potentiā divisae, appropriated , Ta. — To break up, scatter, destroy : concentum, H.: muros, V.: ventis fomenta, H.— To separate, divide, part, remove : agrum Helvetium a Germanis, Cs.: qui locus Aegyptum ab Africā dividit, S.: Scythes Hadriā Divisus obiecto, H.: divisa a corpore capita, L.: Dividor (i. e. ab uxore), O.: parens quem nunc Ardea Dividit, keeps away , V.—Fig., to part, divide, distribute, apportion, arrange : annum ex aequo, O.: tempora curarum remissionumque, Ta.: animum huc illuc, V.: citharā carmina, i. e. sing by turns , H.: sententiam, to divide the question : divisa sententia est: sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc., regulated , Cs.: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc., S.— To separate, distinguish : legem bonam a malā: bona diversis, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindīvidō
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin divido From dis- (“two, twice, double”) + *vidō (“to separate”), from Proto-Italic *wiðō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to divide”) (whence vidua).
Descendants
- Catalandividir
- Englishdivide
- Frenchdeviser
- Frenchdiviser
- Italiandividere
- Portuguesedividir
- Romaniandivide
- Spanishdividir
- Asturiandividir
- Galiciandividir
In English words that came into English from dīvidō
- dividedīvidō
- divisiondivisio
- devicedīvīsus
- dividenddīvidendum
- divisibledivisibilis
- devisedevisō
- dividualdividuus
- dividuousdividuus
- divisimdīvīsim