Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Deponent form of partiō (share, part), from pars (part, piece).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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partior (present infinitive partīrī, perfect active partītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. Alternative form of partiō: to share, distribute, partition, divide
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.194:
      Hinc portum petit, et sociōs partītur in omnēs.
      Then [Aeneas] heads for the harbor, and divides [the meat] among all his comrades.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.652:
      vōta Iovī solvō populīsque recentibus urbem / partior
      I fulfilled my prayer to Jove, and divided the city amongst this new people.

Usage notes

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Used more often in Classical Latin than partiō.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: partir
  • Spanish: partir

References

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  • partior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • partior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to analyse a general division into its specific parts: genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)