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|lshtext=<b>trĭbŭo</b>: ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [[tribus]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[assign]], [[impart]], [[allot]], [[bestow]], [[give]], etc. (syn.: do, [[dono]], [[largior]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ut ei plurimum tribuamus, a quo plurimum deligimur, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 47: in tribuendo suum cuique, id. ib. 1, 5, 14: si uni omnia tribuenda sint, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52: praemia alicui, Caes. B. C. 3, 4; 2, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 46: cujus sceleribus tanta praemia tribuistis, Sall. H. 1, 18, 4 Dietsch: dona nulli, Ov. M. 9, 402; Phaedr. 1, 5, 8: beneficia, Nep. Att. 11, 5: [[pretium]] aedium Aurelio, Tac. A. 1, 75: pecunias ex [[modo]] detrimenti, to [[deal]] [[out]], [[allot]], id. ib. 4, 64. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[grant]], [[give]], [[show]], [[pay]], [[render]]: misericordiam fortissimo viro, Cic. Mil. 34, 92; so, veniam alicui, Tac. A. 12, 40: inventoribus gratiam, Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13: [[silentium]] orationi alicujus, id. Cael. 12, 29: [[quod]] [[tantum]] dignitatis civitati Aeduae tribuerat, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; cf.: sibi honorem, id. ib. 7, 20: mulieri honorem, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: [[tibi]] turis honorem, Ov. M. 14, 128: vocabula monti, id. ib. 14, 621: salutem mihi, id. H. 15 (16), 2: parem voluntatem paribus beneficiis, Caes. B. C. 1, 35: pacem terris, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 44; Luc. 4, 358 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., to [[grant]], [[yield]], [[give]] up, [[concede]], [[allow]] [[something]] to a [[person]] or [[thing]] (syn. [[concedo]]): si [[sit]] [[quispiam]], qui aliquid tribuat voluptati, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106: valetudini aliquid, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: observantiam [[officio]], non timori [[neque]] spei, Nep. Att. 6, 5: hoc matris precibus, Ov. A. A. 1, 689: aliquid rei publicae et amicitiae, Caes. B. G. 6, 1: ego [[tantum]] [[tibi]] [[tribuo]], [[quantum]] mihi [[fortasse]] [[arrogo]], I [[yield]] or [[concede]] as [[much]] to [[you]], [[have]] as [[high]] an [[opinion]] of [[you]], Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2: cum [[senatus]] impediretur quo [[minus]], id [[quod]] hostibus [[semper]] erat [[tributum]], [[responsum]] equitibus Romanis redderetur, id. Planc. 14, 34; cf.: gratissimum mihi feceris, si huic commendationi meae [[tantum]] tribueris [[quantum]] cui tribuisti plurimum, id. ib. 13, 22, 2; and: [[nusquam]] [[tantum]] tribuitur aetati ([[quam]] Lacedaemone), id. Sen. 18, 63: mihi tribuebat omnia, gave me the [[preference]] in all things, deferred in [[every]] [[thing]] to me, id. Brut. 51, 190.—Absol.: cum universo ordini publicanorum [[semper]] libentissime tribuerim, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2: quos ne [[nominatim]] tradam, majoribus eorum tribuendum [[puto]], Tac. A. 14, 14 fin.: [[tribus]] in generibus rerum versari rhetoris [[officium]] ... demonstrativum est, [[quod]] tribuitur in alicujus certae personae laudem aut vituperationem, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[ascribe]], [[assign]], [[attribute]] a [[thing]] to a [[person]] or [[thing]] as the [[cause]]: aliquid virtuti hostium, Caes. B. G. 7, 53: aliquid juri [[potius]] [[quam]] suae culpae, id. B. C. 3, 73: id tribuite vestrae culpae, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: aliquid ignaviae, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3: miseriae nostrae [[potius]] [[quam]] inconstantiae tribuere [[quod]], etc., id. Att. 3, 4 init.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[set]] [[store]] by, [[with]] [[magnopere]], [[multum]], etc., to [[make]] [[much]] of: quibus [[ille]] [[secundum]] fratrem plurimum tribuebat, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 12: ne ob eam rem suae [[magnopere]] virtuti tribueret, Caes. B. G. 1, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[divide]], [[distribute]] (syn. [[dispertio]]): rem universam in partes, Cic. Brut. 41, 152; id. Or. 4, 16: [[secundus]] ([[locus]]) in tempora tribuitur, id. Inv. 1, 55, 107: omnem vim loquendi in duas partes, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[time]], to [[bestow]] or [[spend]] [[upon]], [[devote]] to a [[thing]]: comitiis omnibus perficiundis XI. [[dies]] tribuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 2: his rebus [[tantum]] temporis tribuit, id. ib. 3, 78: reliqua tempora litteris, Nep. Att. 4, 3; id. Hann. 13, 2.—Hence, trĭbūtum, i, n., a stated [[payment]], a [[contribution]], [[tribute]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. ([[class]].): in capita singula servorum et liberorum [[tributum]] imponebatur, Caes. B. C. 3, 32: a se intolerabilia tributa exigi, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 3: omnes [[Siculi]] ex censu [[quotannis]] tributa conferunt, id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: tributa pendere, Caes. B. G. 6, 14: ceram in tributa praestare, Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 77: civitates tributis liberare, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2: tributo [[populo]] indicto, Liv. 4, 60, 4: imperare, id. 23, 31, 1; 23, 48, 8; Tac. A. 2, 47; 4, 71; id. G. 43; Mart. 7, 54, 8; Val. Max. 4, 3, 8; 8, 3, 3.—In the [[ante]]-[[class]]. collat. form trĭbūtus, i, m.: cum [[tributus]] exigeretur, [[Cato]] ap. Non. 229, 11: [[tributus]] cum [[imperatus]] est, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 43 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[contribution]] made for [[any]] [[private]] [[purpose]] (jurid. Lat.), Dig. 14, 2, 2; 14, 2, 4; 14, 4, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[gift]], [[present]] ([[poet]].): Saturnalicium, Mart. 10, 17, 1: praestare tributa clientes cogimur, Juv. 3, 188; Stat. S. 1, 4, 86.