Latin

Verb

tribuō ‎(present infinitive tribuere, perfect active tribuī, supine tribūtum); third conjugation, limited passive

1. (transitive) I grant, bestow.
2. (transitive) I yield, give up, concede, allow.

Inflection

Derived terms

• attribuō
• contribuō
• distribuō
• retribuō

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tribuo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016