dīvīsĭo, ōnis, f. [divido], a division, separation.
I Lit. (very rare).
A In gen.: si divisio fieret, Just. 11, 13, 7: animae ac spiritus, Vulg. Hebr. 4, 12.—
B In partic.
1 I. q. distributio, partition , distribution : agrorum, Tac. A. 1, 10.—
b Concr., an allotment , portion of food, etc., Dig. 30, 122; 33, 1, 23: POPVLO VIRITIM DIVISIONEM DEDIT, Inscr. Mommsen, 73; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3094; 4396.—
2 In mal. part., a violation , dishonoring , acc. to Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4, and Quint. 8, 3, 46.—
3 Differences , subjects of dispute : diversa, quae divisiones multiplices ingerebant, Amm. 22, 7, 3.—
II Trop., logical or rhetorical division (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), Cic. N. D. 3, 3; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 31, 99; Quint. 7, 1, 1; 5, 10, 63; 2 cap. 6: De divisione, etc.