at-trĭbŭo Copy link Outline I. In gen.A. Lit.B. Trop.II. Esp.A. To join in addition, to addB. Aliquid alicui, to attribute or impute to one ...C. T. t., to lay as a tax or tributeA. Money assigned from the public treasury ...B. In gram. lang., a predicate, attribute ... ⓘattrĭbūtē: adverbialattrĭbūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • 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). I. In gen. A. 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.— B. Trop.: timor, quem mihi natura pudorque meus attribuit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4: Suus cuique attributus est error, Cat. 22, 20: si alicui rei hujus modi, legi, loco, urbi, monumento oratio attribuetur, i. e. if these are represented as speaking, Cic. Inv 1, 52, 100: curam alicujus rei adtribuere, Liv. 26, 49.— II. Esp. A. To join in addition, to add: non attribuere ad amissionem amicorum miseriam nostram, Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.— B. 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.— C. 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. A. (Acc. to I.) Money assigned from the public treasury, Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.— B. 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.
attribuo Copy link ⓘattrĭbūtē: adverbialattrĭbūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg ATTRIBVO, ui, utum, ere. [προσάπτω, προσνέμω, ἀνατίθημι] Tribuere, adscribere, assignare, siue id verbis tantum fiat, siue effectum habeat. […] 🗁 Page Scan
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attribute (v.) Copy link Outline 1. trĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 32. attrĭbŭo, 33. assigno, 14. dēlēgo, 1 (to delegate)5. affingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (to a. wrongly) • attribute (v.): 1. trĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: to a. anything to the bravery of the enemy, aliquid virtuti hostium t., Caes.: Cic.: v. to assign. 2. attrĭbŭo, 3: if he (Cato) seems to talk too eruditely, a. it to his Greek studies, si eruditius videbitur disputare, attribuito Graecis literis, Cic.: v. to ascribe. 3. assigno, 1: do not a. this to my wickedness, ne hoc sceleri meo assignes, Cic. 4. dēlēgo, 1 (to delegate): to a. the honour of saving the consul to a slave, servati consulis decus ad servum d., Liv.: to a. crimes to others, scelera aliis d., Tac. 5. affingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (to a. wrongly): to a. an honest speech to a bad man, probam orationem improbo a., Cic.: to a. a crime to any one, alicui crimen a., Tac.: v. to attach, ascribe, impute. Phr.: plays which are a.d to Plautus, fabulae quae nomini Plauti addicuntur, Gell. 3, 3 (where he is speaking of spurious plays: to attribute rightfully would rather be tribuere: v. to assign).
attribute (subs.) Copy link • 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.
ATTRIBUTE Copy link • ATTRIBUTE 1. v. ascribere alicui allquid (ascribe anything, whether good or bad, to any body as its author, inventor, or cause): assignare alicui aliquid (refer anything to anybody as the person from whom it proceeds; to impute it in blame, or give the merit of it): addicere alicui aliquid (to declare anybody the author of a composition, Gell., 3, 3): tribuere or attribuere alicui aliquid (to attribute anything to anybody as its cause, whether guilty cause or not). To attribute the invention of anything to anybody, aliquid alicui inventori ascribere: the blame to anybody, alicui culpam tribuere or attribuere; culpam in aliquem conferre (throw it on him): culpam in aliquem vertere or transferre (from one’s self): to attribute anything to fear, aliquid timori assignare: ill success to anybody, alicui casum adversum tribuere; alicui incommodum ascribere: anything to one’s self alone, aliquid sibi soli ascribere: you hare attributed this to me, haec tibi a me eveniunt. 2. s. proprietas: proprium (the peculiar nature of anything): natura (nature): ratio: vis (the efficacy it possesses; its constitution): qualitas (peculiar constitution: coined by Cic. as a translation of παιότης). The divine attributes, dei (or deorum) natura.