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dĭrĭbĭtor, ōris, m. [diribeo],

  1. I. the separater or sorter of the ballots used in voting, Cic. Pis. 15, 36; id. post Red. in Sen. 11, 28; Aus. Grat. Act. 5.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., a distributor, App. M. 2, 32, p. 137 ed. Oud.; Amm. 18, 5, 6.

dĭrĭbĭtōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. aedificium; in Dio Cass. 55, 8: τὸ δειριβιτώριον) [id.], the building in which the ballots were sorted (v. diribeo), Suet. Claud. 18; Plin. 6, 40, 76, § 201; 36, 15, 24, § 102 Sillig. N. cr.