English → Latin
“distribute” in Latin
distribuōto divide or distribute; to assigndīvidōto divide, separate; to distribute, apportion; to distinguish as separatepartiōto share, part, apportion; divide, distributedispertiōto divide (up); to distribute; to assigndēscrībōto copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out; to describe in painting or writing, draw, dispēnsōto dispense, distribute; to manage, regulate, controldīgerōto distribute, disseminate; to spread, branch out, disperse; to arrange, organize, classify; digestdispōnōto dispose, distribute or arrangelargiorto grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart; to lavish or bestow; to give bribesdīlargiorto lavish (bestow liberally)
The English word distribute itself goes back to Latin tribus, through distributus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
distribute
distribuere (e.g., populum in quinque classes; pecuniam in judices; exercitum in civitates; frumentum civitatibus): dividere: partiri: dispertire: describere: dispensare: digerere (e.g., cibum in omnes membrorum partes): disponere (e.g., vigilias per urbem, stationes portis): largiri: dilargiri (to distribute liberally: of money, etc., elargiri; Persius). [SYN. in DIVIDE.] To distribute equally, aequabiliter partiri or dispertiri (e.g., praedam): to distribute the voting tablets, tabellas diribere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for distribute?
- The usual Latin words for “distribute” are distribuō, dīvidō, partiō; also dispertiō, dēscrībō, dispēnsō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.