• attribute (subs.): Phr.: philosophy is naturally an a. of this man's mind, inest natura philosophia in hujus viri mente, Cic.: it is an a. of a wise man to do nothing against his will, sapientis est proprium nihil facere invitum, Cic.: right, unchanging reason is to be regarded as an a. of God, Deo tribuenda est ratio recta, constans, Cic.: v. property, quality, characteristic.--N.B. Lucr. uses conjuncta of the primary a.s of bodies (1, 450); but his nomenclature does not seem to have been followed by others.