noun

dīvīsor

gen. dīvīsōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

A divider; a divisor

A divider: divisor et disterminator mundi (axis), Ap. de Mundo, p. 57.—Esp., arithm. t. t., a divisor, Boëth. Geom. 1, p. 1529 al.—More freq.,

A distributer

A distributer.

In gen.: Italiae, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13; 5, 7, 20: regni inter filios, Eutr. 4,… •

In gen.: Italiae, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13; 5, 7, 20: regni inter filios, Eutr. 4, 11.—

in particular

One who superintended the legal distributions to the tribes

One who superintended the legal distributions to the tribes, Ps. Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22, p. 136 Bait.—

A person hired by a candidate to bribe the electors; by distributing money among them

A person hired by a candidate to bribe the electors, by distributing money among them (persons regarded as infamous), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14, 57; Cic. Planc. 19, 48; Cornel. Fragm. 1 (18, p. 450 ed. Orell.); id. Mur. 26 fin.; Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22; 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Har. Resp. 20, 42; id. de Or. 2, 63 fin.; Suet. Aug. 3; cf. Smith's Antiq. p. 46, b.—

A judge

A judge (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 12, 14.

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