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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
distineō (present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum); second conjugation
- to hold or keep apart; divide, separate, split
- Synonyms: discindō, scindō, findō, discerpō, carpō, discīdō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō
- Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.5:
- Ipse Diviciacum Haeduum magnopere cohortatus docet quanto opere rei publicae communisque salutis intersit manus hostium distineri, ne cum tanta multitudine uno tempore confligendum sit.
- He, addressing himself to Diviciacus, the Aeduan, with great earnestness, points out how much it concerns the republic and their common security, that the forces of the enemy should be divided, so that it might not be necessary to engage with so large a number at one time.
- (of the mind) to divide, split, distract, perplex
- to hold off, keep back, hold up; detain, hinder, prevent
- to occupy, engage, divert, employ
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References
- “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- distineo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016