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tribuō uī, ūtus, ere

tribus, to assign, impart, allot, bestow, confer, yield, give : ut ei plurimum tribuamus, a quo plurimum diligamur: si uni omnia tribuenda sint: cui magna Pompeius praemia tribuit, Cs.: Dona nulli, O.: beneficia, N.— Fig., to grant, give, show, pay, render : misericordiam fortissimo viro: tibi turis honorem, O.: paribus beneficiis parem voluntatem, Cs.To grant, yield, give up, concede, allow : quod cum Pompeius et rei p. et amicitiae tribuisset, Cs.: observantiam officio, non timori neque spei, N.: hoc matris precibus, O.: ego tantum tibi tribuo, quantum mihi fortasse adrogo, i. e. accora you the respect I claim : mihi tribuebat omnia, deferred in all things.—To ascribe, assign, attribute : si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo: quod detrimenti . . . cuiusvis potius quam suae culpae, Cs.—With multum, plurimum , or magnopere, to value highly, set great store by, make much of : tibi multa esse tribuenda: qui plurimum tribuunt edicto: ne ob eam rem suae magnopere virtuti tribueret, Cs.To divide, distribute : rem universam in partīs: secundus (locus) in tempora tribuitur.—Of time, to bestow, spend, devote : quantum (temporum) alii tribuunt tempestivis conviviis: comitiis omnibus perficiundis XI dies, Cs.: tempora litteris, N.

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