(verb) : trĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, tribus
* To assign, impart, allot, bestow, give, etc. (syn.: do, dono, largior).
* Lit.: ut ei plurimum tribuamus, a quo plurimum deligimur,Cic. Off. 1, 15, 47: in tribuendo suum cuique,id. ib. 1, 5, 14: si uni omnia tribuenda sint,id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52: praemia alicui,Caes. B. C. 3, 4; 2, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 46: cujus sceleribus tanta praemia tribuistis,Sall. H. 1, 18, 4 Dietsch: dona nulli,Ov. M. 9, 402; Phaedr. 1, 5, 8: beneficia,Nep. Att. 11, 5: pretium aedium Aurelio,Tac. A. 1, 75: pecunias ex modo detrimenti,to deal out, allot,id. ib. 4, 64.
* Trop.
* In gen., to grant, give, show, pay, render: misericordiam fortissimo viro,Cic. Mil. 34, 92; so, veniam alicui,Tac. A. 12, 40: inventoribus gratiam,Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13: silentium orationi alicujus,id. Cael. 12, 29: quod tantum dignitatis civitati Aeduae tribuerat,Caes. B. G. 5, 7; cf.: sibi honorem,id. ib. 7, 20: mulieri honorem,Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: tibi turis honorem,Ov. M. 14, 128: vocabula monti,id. ib. 14, 621: salutem mihi,id. H. 15 (16), 2: parem voluntatem paribus beneficiis,Caes. B. C. 1, 35: pacem terris,Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 44; Luc. 4, 358 et saep.
* In partic.
* Pregn., to grant, yield, give up, concede, allow something to a person or thing (syn. concedo): si sit quispiam, qui aliquid tribuat voluptati,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106: valetudini aliquid,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: observantiam officio, non timori neque spei,Nep. Att. 6, 5: hoc matris precibus,Ov. A. A. 1, 689: aliquid rei publicae et amicitiae,Caes. B. G. 6, 1: ego tantum tibi tribuo, quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, I yield or concede as much to you, have as high an opinion of you, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2: cum senatus impediretur quo minus, id quod hostibus semper erat tributum, responsum equitibus Romanis redderetur,id. Planc. 14, 34; cf.: gratissimum mihi feceris, si huic commendationi meae tantum tribueris quantum cui tribuisti plurimum,id. ib. 13, 22, 2; and: nusquam tantum tribuitur aetati (quam Lacedaemone),id. Sen. 18, 63: mihi tribuebat omnia,gave me the preference in all things, deferred in every thing to me,id. Brut. 51, 190.—Absol.: cum universo ordini publicanorum semper libentissime tribuerim,Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2: quos ne nominatim tradam, majoribus eorum tribuendum puto,Tac. A. 14, 14 fin.: tribus in generibus rerum versari rhetoris officium ... demonstrativum est, quod tribuitur in alicujus certae personae laudem aut vituperationem,Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7.
* Lit. (class.): in capita singula servorum et liberorum tributum imponebatur,Caes. B. C. 3, 32: a se intolerabilia tributa exigi,Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 3: omnes Siculi ex censu quotannis tributa conferunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: tributa pendere,Caes. B. G. 6, 14: ceram in tributa praestare,Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 77: civitates tributis liberare,Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2: tributo populo indicto,Liv. 4, 60, 4: imperare,id. 23, 31, 1; 23, 48, 8; Tac. A. 2, 47; 4, 71; id. G. 43; Mart. 7, 54, 8; Val. Max. 4, 3, 8; 8, 3, 3.—In the ante-class. collat. form trĭbūtus, i, m.: cum tributus exigeretur, Cato ap. Non. 229, 11: tributus cum imperatus est,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 43 sq.
* Transf.
* To divide, distribute (syn. dispertio): rem universam in partes,Cic. Brut. 41, 152; id. Or. 4, 16: secundus (locus) in tempora tribuitur,id. Inv. 1, 55, 107: omnem vim loquendi in duas partes,id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.
* Of time, to bestow or spend upon, devote to a thing: comitiis omnibus perficiundis XI. dies tribuit,Caes. B. C. 3, 2: his rebus tantum temporis tribuit,id. ib. 3, 78: reliqua tempora litteris,Nep. Att. 4, 3; id. Hann. 13, 2.—Hence, trĭbūtum, i, n., a stated payment, a contribution, tribute.
* A contribution made for any private purpose (jurid. Lat.), Dig. 14, 2, 2; 14, 2, 4; 14, 4, 5.
* A gift, present (poet.): Saturnalicium,Mart. 10, 17, 1: praestare tributa clientes cogimur,Juv. 3, 188; Stat. S. 1, 4, 86.