I.a division, distribution, apportionment: “civitatis,” Cic. Sest. 65, 137: “populi,” id. Planc. 18, 45: “privatarum possessionum,” id. Off. 1, 7, 21; id. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; 5, 24, 68; id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; id. N. D. 1, 33, 92 al. (In these passages, formerly descriptio, q. v.)
dīscriptio , ōnis, f. discribo,