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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin tribus (tribe).

Noun

tribus

  1. (taxonomy) The taxon tribe

English

Etymology

From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe.

Noun

tribus (plural tribus or tribuses)

  1. (taxonomy) Synonym of tribe
    • 1963, Proceedings of the International Congress of Zoology, page 207:
      The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian".
    • 1965, A Revision of the West African Eilemic Moths, Based on the Male Genitalia, page 9:
      It might therefore be justified to separate them from the remaining genera of the subfamily Lithosinae as a tribus with two subtribus, or as two tribus.
    • 1990, C Bas, “Tricholomataceae R.Heim ex Pouz”, in Flora Agaricina Neerlandica: Critical monographs on families of agarics and boleti occurring in the Netherlands, volume 2, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 66:
      In this Flora distinctly sarcodimitic species are allowed in two tribus, viz. Xeruleae and Myceneae.

Catalan

Noun

tribus

  1. plural of tribu

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

Noun

tribus

  1. (taxonomy) tribe

Declension

Inflection of tribus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative tribus tribukset
genitive tribuksen tribusten
tribuksien
partitive tribusta tribuksia
illative tribukseen tribuksiin
singular plural
nominative tribus tribukset
accusative nom. tribus tribukset
gen. tribuksen
genitive tribuksen tribusten
tribuksien
partitive tribusta tribuksia
inessive tribuksessa tribuksissa
elative tribuksesta tribuksista
illative tribukseen tribuksiin
adessive tribuksella tribuksilla
ablative tribukselta tribuksilta
allative tribukselle tribuksille
essive tribuksena tribuksina
translative tribukseksi tribuksiksi
abessive tribuksetta tribuksitta
instructive tribuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tribus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tribukseni tribukseni
accusative nom. tribukseni tribukseni
gen. tribukseni
genitive tribukseni tribusteni
tribuksieni
partitive tribustani tribuksiani
inessive tribuksessani tribuksissani
elative tribuksestani tribuksistani
illative tribukseeni tribuksiini
adessive tribuksellani tribuksillani
ablative tribukseltani tribuksiltani
allative tribukselleni tribuksilleni
essive tribuksenani tribuksinani
translative tribuksekseni tribuksikseni
abessive tribuksettani tribuksittani
instructive
comitative tribuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tribuksesi tribuksesi
accusative nom. tribuksesi tribuksesi
gen. tribuksesi
genitive tribuksesi tribustesi
tribuksiesi
partitive tribustasi tribuksiasi
inessive tribuksessasi tribuksissasi
elative tribuksestasi tribuksistasi
illative tribukseesi tribuksiisi
adessive tribuksellasi tribuksillasi
ablative tribukseltasi tribuksiltasi
allative tribuksellesi tribuksillesi
essive tribuksenasi tribuksinasi
translative tribukseksesi tribuksiksesi
abessive tribuksettasi tribuksittasi
instructive
comitative tribuksinesi

Synonyms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

tribus f

  1. plural of tribu

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A compound from the stem of trēs (three) and either from:[1][2]

Originally referring to three divisions of the (Roman) people. Cognate to Umbrian trifu (tribe, people).

Noun

tribus f (genitive tribūs); fourth declension

  1. One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities, Luceres.
  2. A division of the Roman people.
  3. A tribe.
    Synonyms: gēns, prōgeniēs
  4. The mob, the lower classes.
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tribus tribūs
genitive tribūs tribuum
dative tribuī tribūbus
accusative tribum tribūs
ablative tribū tribūbus
vocative tribus tribūs

*This noun is irregular in the dative plural and the ablative plural.

Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael (2010) Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy: The Ritual Complex of the Third and the Fourth Tabulae Iguvinae (Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe), Brill, →ISBN, pages 192-200
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tribus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 629

Further reading

  • tribus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tribus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribus 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)
  • tribus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    • to gain the vote of a century or tribe: centuriam, tribum ferre (Planc. 49)
    • to expel some one from his tribe: tribu movere aliquem
    • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
  • tribus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • tribus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1090

Etymology 2

Inflected form of trēs (three)

Numeral

tribus

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter of trēs

Middle English

Noun

tribus

  1. plural of tribe

Old Spanish

Noun

tribus m or f pl

  1. plural of tribu

Spanish

Noun

tribus f pl

  1. plural of tribu