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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto tribo, English tribe, French tribu, Italian tribù, Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.
Pronunciation
Noun
tribuo (plural tribui)
- tribe
Latin
Etymology
From tribus.
Pronunciation
Verb
tribuō (present infinitive tribuere, perfect active tribuī, supine tribūtum); third conjugation, limited passive
- (transitive) to grant, bestow, assign, attribute
- Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, lēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, dēferō, largior, addīcō
- (transitive) to yield, give up, concede, allow
- Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, linquō, dēsinō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, committō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, dō, remittō, permittō
- to divide, share, distribute
- Synonyms: dispēnsō, partiō, distribuō, cōnsociō, participō, discrībō, dīvidō, compartior, impertiō
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References
- “tribuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tribuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tribuo in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- tribuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote time to anything: tempus tribuere alicui rei
- to do any one a service or kindness: beneficium alicui dare, tribuere
- to consider of importance; to set much (some) store by a thing: multum (aliquid) alicui rei tribuere
- to value, esteem a person: multum alicui tribuere
- to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui
- to honour, show respect for, a person: honorem alicui habere, tribuere
- to expend great labour on a thing: operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre
- to believe in, trust in a thing: fidem tribuere, adiungere alicui rei
- to pay divine honours to some one: alicui divinos honores tribuere, habere
- to present a person with the freedom of the city: civitatem alicui dare, tribuere, impertire
- to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one: primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere
- to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
- tribuo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016