tribunus

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tribunus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tribunus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tribunus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tribunus you have here. The definition of the word tribunus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftribunus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

From tribus +‎ -nus.

Pronunciation

Noun

tribūnus m (genitive tribūnī); second declension

  1. (historical) chief of a tribe
  2. commander
  3. (historical, politics) tribune, tribune of the plebs
  4. (historical, military) tribune, military tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tribūnus tribūnī
Genitive tribūnī tribūnōrum
Dative tribūnō tribūnīs
Accusative tribūnum tribūnōs
Ablative tribūnō tribūnīs
Vocative tribūne tribūnī

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • tribunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tribunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribunus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tribunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the plebeian tribunes, whose persons are inviolable: tribuni plebis sacrosancti (Liv. 3. 19. 10)
    • to appeal to the plebeian tribunes against a praetor's decision: appellare tribunos plebis (in aliqua re a praetore) (Liv. 2. 55)
  • tribunus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribunus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • tribunus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin