partior

Latin

Alternative forms

• partiō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ti.or/, [ˈpärt̪iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.t͡si.or/, [ˈpärt̪͡s̪ior]

Verb

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

Used more often in Classical Latin than partiō.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of partior (fourth conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	partior	partīris, partīre	partītur	partīmur	partīminī	partiuntur
	imperfect	partiēbar	partiēbāris, partiēbāre	partiēbātur	partiēbāmur	partiēbāminī	partiēbantur
	future	partiar	partiēris, partiēre	partiētur	partiēmur	partiēminī	partientur
	perfect	partītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	partītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	partītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	partiar	partiāris, partiāre	partiātur	partiāmur	partiāminī	partiantur
imperfect	partīrer	partīrēris, partīrēre	partīrētur	partīrēmur	partīrēminī	partīrentur
perfect	partītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	partītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	partīre	—	—	partīminī	—
	future	—	partītor	partītor	—	—	partiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		partīrī	partītum esse	partītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		partiēns	partītus	partītūrus	—	—	partiendus, partiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		partiendī	partiendō	partiendum	partiendō	partītum	partītū

Derived terms

• partītor

Descendants

• Catalan: partir
• Spanish: partir

References

• “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)