English → Latin
“division” in Latin
dīvīsiōdivision; distribution, allotment; sharepartītiōThe act of sharing or parting; partition, division, distribution.; A logical division into parts or heads, classificatiodistribūtiōdivision, distributiondĭremptĭoa separationdirimōto separate, divide, take apart; to interrupt, disturb, delay; to frustrate, destroysēparātiōsevering, separation; divisionsējunctĭoa disjunctiondisiūnctiōseparation; disjunctiondiscrīmendistinction, difference, discrimination; division, separation; decision, judgementparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, side
The English word division itself goes back to Latin dīvidō, through divisio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
division
The 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).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for division?
- The usual Latin words for “division” are dīvīsiō, partītiō, distribūtiō; also dĭremptĭo, dirimō, sēparātiō. 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.