diffluvio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dif-flŭvĭo, āre, v. a. [fluvius; cf. quadrifluvium] (qs. to part into two streams, i. e.),

to divide, to split : vitem, Col. Arb. 7, 5; cf. Schneid. ad Pall. 12, 15, 3, p. 207 sq.