English → Latin
“distribution” in Latin
partītiōThe act of sharing or parting; partition, division, distribution.; A logical division into parts or heads, classificatiodistribūtiōdivision, distributiondēscrīptiōdescription; diagram, plan; transcript, copyassignātiōmarking, showing, assignment, allotment, allocationdispēnsātiōmanagement, administration, stewardship; dispensationlargītiōgranting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting; largess; briberyagerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territoryannōnayearly produce, yearly income, annual output; corn, grain; means of subsistence; price of grain, or of some other food
The English word distribution itself goes back to Latin tribuō, through distributio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
distribution
partitio: distributio: descriptio [SYN. in To DIVIDE]. (☞ divisio is foreign to standard prose in this meaning, and digestio only occurs in conjunction with ciborum): assignatio (with reference to estates or landed property, agrorum): dispensatio (e.g., annonae; Liv., 10, 11): largitio (the distribution of money, largesses, etc.). Equal distribution of the booty, aequabilis praedae partitio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for distribution?
- The usual Latin words for “distribution” are partītiō, distribūtiō, dēscrīptiō; also assignātiō, dispēnsātiō, largītiō. 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.