tributus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of tribuō.

Participle

tribūtus (feminine tribūta, neuter tribūtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. bestowed
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tribūtus tribūta tribūtum tribūtī tribūtae tribūta
genitive tribūtī tribūtae tribūtī tribūtōrum tribūtārum tribūtōrum
dative tribūtō tribūtae tribūtō tribūtīs
accusative tribūtum tribūtam tribūtum tribūtōs tribūtās tribūta
ablative tribūtō tribūtā tribūtō tribūtīs
vocative tribūte tribūta tribūtum tribūtī tribūtae tribūta

Etymology 2

tribū(s) +‎ -tus

Adjective

tribūtus (feminine tribūta, neuter tribūtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. forming tribes
  2. formed by tribes
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • tributus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tributus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tributus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.