Italian

Verb

divido

1. first-person singular present of dividere

Latin

Etymology

From dis- ‎(“two, twice, double”) +‎ videre ‎(“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰ- (confer English widow).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.wi.doː/

Verb

dīvidō ‎(present infinitive dividere, perfect active dīvīsī, supine dīvīsum); third conjugation

1. I divide, separate
   • divide et impera

     divide and conquer.

2. I distribute, apportion
3. I distinguish as separate

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• dīvidia

Descendants

References

• divido in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• divido in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “divido”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the Rhone[TR2] is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani: Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit
    
  • to analyse a general division into its specific parts: genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)
    

Portuguese

Verb

divido

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of dividir

Spanish

Verb

divido

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of dividir.