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(v. a.P. a.) : at-trĭbŭo (adt-, Weissenb., Jan; att-, B. and K., L. Müller), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a.
* To associate, add or join to, to annex, assign, bestow, give (class., but rare in the poets; syn.: tribuo, assigno, do, ascribo, addico).
* In gen.
* Lit.: pueros attribue ei, quot et quos videbitur,Cic. Att. 12, 30: video, cui Apulia sit attributa,assigned as a province,id. Cat. 2, 3, 6: insulae Rhodiis attributae,annexed, subjected,id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11: Camunni finitimis adtributi municipiis,Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134: equos gladiatoribus,Caes. B. C. 1, 14: quae (juventus) praesidio ejus loci adtributa erat,Liv. 24, 21: pontifici sacra omnia. id. 1, 20: possessionem,Vulg. Num. 36, 12: aliquem,ib. Deut. 29, 26.—Of the assigning of state domains or other possessions belonging to the public treasures: bona oppressorum in Vesvio restitutioni afflictarum civitatium attribuit,Suet. Tit. 8 al.—Hence of appropriations from the exchequer: pecuniam alicui,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 16: ad aliquam rem pecuniam dare, attribuere, solvere,id. ib. 14, 14 fin.; so Liv 40, 51.—Also of private assignments: Faberius si venerit, videbis, ut tantum attribuatur, quantum debetur,Cic. Att. 13, 2, 1.—Hence also aliquem, to assign, make over to any one: attributos quod appellas, valde probo,i. e. my debtors, to whom I have referred you,Cic. Att. 13, 22.
* Esp.
* To join in addition, to add: non attribuere ad amissionem amicorum miseriam nostram,Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.
* Aliquid alicui, to attribute or impute to one, to charge with, ascribe to (cf. ascribo): si eruditius videbitur disputare, attribuito Graecis litteris,Cic. Sen. 1, 3: Hoc tu si cupidius factum existimas, Caesari attribues,id. de Or. 2, 3, 14: bonos exitus dis immortalibus,id. N. D. 3, 37, 89: aliis causam calamitatis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41.
* T. t., to lay as a tax or tribute: his rebus omnibus terni in milia aeris adtribuerentur,Liv. 39, 44.—Hence, attrĭbūtus (adt-), a, um, P. a., lit. that is ascribed or attributed to a thing; hence, subst.: attrĭbūtum, i, n.
* (Acc. to I.) Money assigned from the public treasury, Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.
* In gram. lang., a predicate, attribute: Omnes res confirmantur aut ex eo, quod personis, aut ex eo, quod negotiis est attributum,Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34; 1, 25, 36 sqq.; Gell. 4, 1 fin.
* To associate, add or join to, to annex, assign, bestow, give (class., but rare in the poets; syn.: tribuo, assigno, do, ascribo, addico).
* In gen.
* Lit.: pueros attribue ei, quot et quos videbitur,Cic. Att. 12, 30: video, cui Apulia sit attributa,assigned as a province,id. Cat. 2, 3, 6: insulae Rhodiis attributae,annexed, subjected,id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11: Camunni finitimis adtributi municipiis,Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134: equos gladiatoribus,Caes. B. C. 1, 14: quae (juventus) praesidio ejus loci adtributa erat,Liv. 24, 21: pontifici sacra omnia. id. 1, 20: possessionem,Vulg. Num. 36, 12: aliquem,ib. Deut. 29, 26.—Of the assigning of state domains or other possessions belonging to the public treasures: bona oppressorum in Vesvio restitutioni afflictarum civitatium attribuit,Suet. Tit. 8 al.—Hence of appropriations from the exchequer: pecuniam alicui,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 16: ad aliquam rem pecuniam dare, attribuere, solvere,id. ib. 14, 14 fin.; so Liv 40, 51.—Also of private assignments: Faberius si venerit, videbis, ut tantum attribuatur, quantum debetur,Cic. Att. 13, 2, 1.—Hence also aliquem, to assign, make over to any one: attributos quod appellas, valde probo,i. e. my debtors, to whom I have referred you,Cic. Att. 13, 22.
* Esp.
* To join in addition, to add: non attribuere ad amissionem amicorum miseriam nostram,Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.
* Aliquid alicui, to attribute or impute to one, to charge with, ascribe to (cf. ascribo): si eruditius videbitur disputare, attribuito Graecis litteris,Cic. Sen. 1, 3: Hoc tu si cupidius factum existimas, Caesari attribues,id. de Or. 2, 3, 14: bonos exitus dis immortalibus,id. N. D. 3, 37, 89: aliis causam calamitatis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41.
* T. t., to lay as a tax or tribute: his rebus omnibus terni in milia aeris adtribuerentur,Liv. 39, 44.—Hence, attrĭbūtus (adt-), a, um, P. a., lit. that is ascribed or attributed to a thing; hence, subst.: attrĭbūtum, i, n.
* (Acc. to I.) Money assigned from the public treasury, Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.
* In gram. lang., a predicate, attribute: Omnes res confirmantur aut ex eo, quod personis, aut ex eo, quod negotiis est attributum,Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34; 1, 25, 36 sqq.; Gell. 4, 1 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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