belong Copy link Outline I. To be the property ofII. To be the concern or characteristic ofIII. To relate to, concern1. attĭnĕt, tĭnŭit, 22. pertīnĕt, 2 • belong: I. To be the property of: Expr. by verb esse and gen. or possess. adj. of the person to whom: as to whom do you b. now? To you, Quojus (= cujus or cujum: cf. Virg. E. 3, 1) nunc es? Tuus, Pl.: Cic.: things that b. to others, res alienae, Cic. N.B. Somewhat similar is the use of the dat. with sum (v. L. G. § 262), but while the gen. or possess. adj. asserts ownership, the dat. simply asserts possession: v. to have. II. To be the concern or characteristic of: also expr. by sum with gen. or possess. adj.: the subject b.s to your prudence, jurymen, vestri consilii, judices, res est, Cic.: to you, certainly, if to any one, it b.'d to reckon nothing except virtue among advantages, erat, si cujusquam, certe tuum nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere, Cic.: rashness b.s to youth, prudence to advancing age, temeritas est florentis aetatis, prudentia senescentis, Cic. N.B. In neither of the above cases must the person to whom a thing belongs be expr. by the gen. of a personal pron. Thus, it b.s to you, me, us, tuum, meum, nostrum est; not tui, mei, etc. III. To relate to, concern: 1. attĭnĕt, tĭnŭit, 2: this business b.s to me, negotium hoc ad me at., Pl.: what b.s to that state shall be explained in another place, alio loco quod ad eam civitatem at. demonstrabitur, Cic. 2. pertīnĕt, 2: that matter b.s to my office, illa res ad meum officium p., Cic.: v. to concern, relate to.