attribuo

Latin

Alternative forms

adtribuō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /atˈtri.bu.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪rɪbuoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈtri.bu.o/, [ät̪ˈt̪riːbuo]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of attribuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	attribue	—	—	attribuite	—
active	future	—	attribuitō	attribuitō	—	attribuitōte	attribuuntō
passive	present	—	attribuere	—	—	attribuiminī	—
passive	future	—	attribuitor	attribuitor	—	—	attribuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Derived terms

Descendants

Inherited

Aragonese: atreber, atrivir
Asturian: atrevese, atrivir
Catalan: atrevir
Mirandese: atrebir, astrebir
Old Galician-Portuguese: atrever
- Galician: atrever
- Portuguese: atrever
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: atrever

Borrowed

→ Albanian: atribuoj
→ English: attribute
→ Aragonese: atribuyir
→ Asturian: atribuyir
→ Catalan: atribuir
→ Emilian: atribuîr
→ Esperanto: atribui
- Ido: atribuar
→ French: attribuer
→ Galician: atribuír
→ Italian: attribuire
→ Ladin: atribuir
→ Portuguese: atribuir
- Papiamentu: atribui
→ Romanian: atribui
→ Spanish: atribuir
→ Venetan: atribuir

References

“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)