I.to divide, part, separate (very rare; cf. “divido, dispertio): aliquid,” Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 4: Etruriam discriminat Cassia, * Cic. Phil. 12, 9: “late agros,” Verg. A. 11, 144: “crinem,” Vulg. Jud. 10, 3.—
II. Trop., to distinguish: “notae, quibus inter se similia discriminentur,” Sen. Ep. 95 fin. et saep.: “verba,” Varr. L. L. 9, § 104 Müll.—
2. To divide, apportion: “vigiliarum somnique tempora,” Liv. 21, 4, 6.