trĭbūnal | trĭbūnāle (noun N) : (moleste diligentibus permittamus et tribunale dicere, Quint. 1, 6, 17; yet is found Corp. Inscr. Lat. 206, 24), , tribunus.
* Lit.
* A raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed, a judgment-seat, tribunal (cf.: suggestus, sella): compleatur tribunal,Cic. Brut. 84, 290: popularis accessus ac tribunal,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: praetor tribunal suum juxta Trebonii praetoris urbani sellam collocavit,Caes. B. C. 3, 20; cf. Tac. A. 15, 29; Mart. 11, 98, 17: eum de tribunali deturbavit,Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Cic. Vatin. 9, 21: (praetor) palam de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat, Si quis, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94: quem ad se vocari et de tribunali citari jussit,id. ib. 2, 5, 7, § 16: pro tribunali agere aliquid,id. Fam. 3, 8, 21; cf. id. Pis. 5, 11: qui dicunt apud tribunalia,Quint. 11, 3, 134; cf. id. 11, 3, 156: laudatum ex quattuor tribu nalibus,id. 12, 5, 6: nobis in tribunali praetoris urbani sedentibus,Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168: sedens pro tribunali,Liv. 39, 32, 11: Fulvius magnā circumfusus turbā ad tribunal consulis venit,id. 26, 22, 3; cf. Tac. A. 1, 75.
* Transf., in gen., a mound, dam, embankment: tribunalia structa manibus ad experimenta altissimi aestūs,Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 3.
* The seat of the praetor in the theatre, Suet. Aug. 44.
* Trop., height, greatness: quid superest ad honoris mei tribunal et columen, ad laudis meae cumulum?App. Flor. p. 356, 16.
* Of the persons who sit on a tribunal, the magistrates: omne forum quem spectat et omne tribunal,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 57.