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Etymology

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ad- (to or toward) +‎ tribuō (I grant or bestow)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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attribuō (present infinitive attribuere, perfect active attribuī, supine attribūtum); third conjugation

  1. to associate
  2. to add or join to
  3. to annex
  4. to assign, bestow, appoint
    Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, lēgō, mandō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, discrībō, largior, addīcō
  5. to allot

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of attribuō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attribuō attribuis attribuit attribuimus attribuitis attribuunt
imperfect attribuēbam attribuēbās attribuēbat attribuēbāmus attribuēbātis attribuēbant
future attribuam attribuēs attribuet attribuēmus attribuētis attribuent
perfect attribuī attribuistī attribuit attribuimus attribuistis attribuērunt,
attribuēre
pluperfect attribueram attribuerās attribuerat attribuerāmus attribuerātis attribuerant
future perfect attribuerō attribueris attribuerit attribuerimus attribueritis attribuerint
passive present attribuor attribueris,
attribuere
attribuitur attribuimur attribuiminī attribuuntur
imperfect attribuēbar attribuēbāris,
attribuēbāre
attribuēbātur attribuēbāmur attribuēbāminī attribuēbantur
future attribuar attribuēris,
attribuēre
attribuētur attribuēmur attribuēminī attribuentur
perfect attribūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect attribūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect attribūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attribuam attribuās attribuat attribuāmus attribuātis attribuant
imperfect attribuerem attribuerēs attribueret attribuerēmus attribuerētis attribuerent
perfect attribuerim attribuerīs attribuerit attribuerīmus attribuerītis attribuerint
pluperfect attribuissem attribuissēs attribuisset attribuissēmus attribuissētis attribuissent
passive present attribuar attribuāris,
attribuāre
attribuātur attribuāmur attribuāminī attribuantur
imperfect attribuerer attribuerēris,
attribuerēre
attribuerētur attribuerēmur attribuerēminī attribuerentur
perfect attribūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect attribūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attribue attribuite
future attribuitō attribuitō attribuitōte attribuuntō
passive present attribuere attribuiminī
future attribuitor attribuitor attribuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives attribuere attribuisse attribūtūrum esse attribuī attribūtum esse attribūtum īrī
participles attribuēns attribūtūrus attribūtus attribuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
attribuendī attribuendō attribuendum attribuendō attribūtum attribūtū

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References

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  • attrĭbŭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • attribuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ATTRIBUERE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • adtrĭbŭo (att-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:64
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to attribute the fault to some one: culpam alicui attribuere, assignare
  • attribuō” on pages 203–204 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)