distribuo

Esperanto

Etymology

From distribui +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distriˈbuo/

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• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification: dis‧tri‧bu‧o

Noun

distribuo (accusative singular distribuon, plural distribuoj, accusative plural distribuojn)

1. distribution

   Synonyms: disvastiĝo, disdono

Further reading

• “distribuo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “distribuo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Latin tribus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin tribuō

Latin distribuō

From dis- + tribuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪsˈtrɪ.bu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [disˈtriː.bu.o]

Verb

distribuō (present infinitive distribuere, perfect active distribuī, supine distribūtum); third conjugation

1. to divide or distribute

   Synonyms: partiō, tribuō, dispēnsō, cōnsociō, participō, discrībō, dīvidō, largior, compartior

2. to assign

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.9:

     Fuistī igitur apud Laecam illā nocte, Catilīna! Distribuistī partēs Ītaliae, […] .

     You were, therefore, at Laeca’s house on that night, Catiline! You assigned the regions of Italy [to your conspirators], […] .

Conjugation

   Conjugation of distribuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	distribuō		distribuis		distribuit		distribuimus		distribuitis		distribuunt
	imperfect	distribuēbam		distribuēbās		distribuēbat		distribuēbāmus		distribuēbātis		distribuēbant
	future	distribuam		distribuēs		distribuet		distribuēmus		distribuētis		distribuent
	perfect	distribuī		distribuistī		distribuit		distribuimus		distribuistis		distribuērunt, distribuēre
	pluperfect	distribueram		distribuerās		distribuerat		distribuerāmus		distribuerātis		distribuerant
	future perfect	distribuerō		distribueris		distribuerit		distribuerimus		distribueritis		distribuerint
passive	present	distribuor		distribueris, distribuere		distribuitur		distribuimur		distribuiminī		distribuuntur
	imperfect	distribuēbar		distribuēbāris, distribuēbāre		distribuēbātur		distribuēbāmur		distribuēbāminī		distribuēbantur
	future	distribuar		distribuēris, distribuēre		distribuētur		distribuēmur		distribuēminī		distribuentur
	perfect	distribūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	distribūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	distribūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	distribuam		distribuās		distribuat		distribuāmus		distribuātis		distribuant
	imperfect	distribuerem		distribuerēs		distribueret		distribuerēmus		distribuerētis		distribuerent
	perfect	distribuerim		distribuerīs		distribuerit		distribuerīmus		distribuerītis		distribuerint
	pluperfect	distribuissem		distribuissēs		distribuisset		distribuissēmus		distribuissētis		distribuissent
passive	present	distribuar		distribuāris, distribuāre		distribuātur		distribuāmur		distribuāminī		distribuantur
	imperfect	distribuerer		distribuerēris, distribuerēre		distribuerētur		distribuerēmur		distribuerēminī		distribuerentur
	perfect	distribūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	distribūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		distribue		—		—		distribuite		—
	future	—		distribuitō		distribuitō		—		distribuitōte		distribuuntō
passive	present	—		distribuere		—		—		distribuiminī		—
	future	—		distribuitor		distribuitor		—		—		distribuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		distribuere			distribuī			distribuēns			—
future		distribūtūrum esse			distribūtum īrī			distribūtūrus			distribuendus
perfect		distribuisse			distribūtum esse			—			distribūtus
future perfect		—			distribūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		distribūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		distribuendī		distribuendō		distribuendum		distribuendō		distribūtum		distribūtū

Descendants

• Catalan: distribuir
• → English: distribute
• Esperanto: distribui
• Galician: distribuír
• Italian: distribuire
• Old French: destribueir
  • Middle French: distribuer
    • French: distribuer
    • → Middle Dutch:
      • Dutch: distribueren
• Papiamentu: distribuí
• Piedmontese: distribuì
• Portuguese: distribuir
• Romanian: distribui
• Spanish: distribuir

References

• “distribuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distribuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “distribuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

distribuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of distribuir