Latin

Verb

distineō ‎(present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum); second conjugation

1. I hold or keep apart; divide, separate, split.
2. (of the mind) I divide, split, distract, perplex.
3. I hold off, keep back, hold up; detain, hinder, prevent.
4. I occupy, engage, divert, employ.

Inflection

Derived terms

• distentus

Related terms

References

• distineo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• distineo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “distineo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
    
• distineo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016