Lewis Short
distrĭbūtĭo (noun F) : distribuo
* A division, distribution.
* In gen.: caeli,Cic. Div. 2, 20: invidiae et criminum,id. Clu. 1: utilis rerum ac partium in locos,Quint. 7, 1, 1.—In plur., Cic. Part. 2, 7.
* Esp.
* As a fig. of speech, the resolution of a statement or idea into several, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47.
* In arch., Vitr. 1, 2 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary