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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		partīrī			—			partiēns			—
future		partītūrum esse			—			partītūrus			partiendus, partiundus
perfect		partītum esse			—			partītus			—
future perfect		partītum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		partītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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)