con-trĭbŭo, trĭbŭi, trĭbūtum, 3
* V. a., to throw together, bring together, unite, incorporate, impart.
* Of a part added to or united with a whole.
* In gen.
* Of several objects united in one whole.
* Esp.
* With dat.: prodesse putat apibus vetustate corruptis examen novum contribuere,Col. 9, 13, 9: suos (annos) tibi contribuit,Sen. Brev. Vit. 15, 1; cf. Dig. 35, 2, 15 pr.: CONTRIBVTVS EX LEGIONE III. GALLICAE (LEGIONI), Inscr. Afric. ap. Renier, 1357.
* Publicists' t. t., to add, join a district, city, etc., to a people, government, etc., to annex.
* With cum and abl.: Oscenses et Calagurritani, qui erant cum Oscensibus contributi,Caes. B. C. 1, 60 init. Kramer ad loc.
* To admit, bring into a league or union: polliceri ... Corinthum contributuros in anticum gentis concilium,Liv. 32, 19, 4: Elei, nuper in Achaicum (concilium) contributi,id. 42, 37, 9; cf.: Elei per se ipsi quam per Romanos maluerunt Achaïco contribui concilio,id. 36, 35, 7.
* In gen., to bring together, unite, collect: ubi simul plura contribuuntur, ex quibus unum medicamentum fit,Dig. 41, 1, 27, § 1: utilius est ... contributa habere remedia, to have them treated together in one place, instead of scattered through the work, Plin. 32, 4, 15, § 42: quondam pagatim habitantes ... in unam urbem contributi majores sui,Liv. 31, 30, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: una ex iis (urbibus) quae ad condendam Megalen polin ex concilio Arcadum contributae forent,id. 32, 5, 5.
* Esp., to dispose, arrange, classify: ut in octo tribus contribuerentur novi cives,Vell. 2, 20, 2: inter frumenta panicum et milium ponenda sunt, quamvis jam leguminibus ea contribuerim,Col. 2, 9, 17: in unam cohortem eos (milites) contribuit,Just. 12, 5, 8.

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