v. a., to divide : Sacerdotes clusi succincti libellis acceptis carmen descindentes tripodaverunt, i. e. marking, in singing, the pauses and measure , Inscr. Frat. Arv. 41. (Henz.; cf.: carmina divides, Hor.Od. 1, 15, 15; acc. to others, absol., parting, dividing into two parties , v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Specim. p. 391.)