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distractio

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distractĭo (noun F) : distraho
* A pulling asunder, dividing, separating.
* In gen.
* Lit.: distractio cruciatusque membrorum,Gell. 12, 5, 3.
* Trop., dissension, discord, disagreement: nulla nobis societas cum tyrannis et potius summa distractio est,Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32; so, civium, Varr. ap. Non. 287, 15.
* In partic., in mercant. lang., a selling in single portions, piecemeal, or by retail: fundi,Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 15: mercium,ib. 14, 3, 5, § 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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