attribuo
Latin
Alternative forms
- adtribuō
Etymology
ad- (“to or toward”) + tribuō (“I grant or bestow”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /atˈtri.bu.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪rɪbuoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈtri.bu.o/, [ät̪ˈt̪riːbuo]
Verb
attribuō (present infinitive attribuere, perfect active attribuī, supine attribūtum); third conjugation
- I associate
- I add or join to
- I annex
- I assign, bestow, appoint
- Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, lēgō, mandō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, discrībō, largior, addīcō
- I allot
Conjugation
| 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 | ||
Derived terms
- attribūta
- attribūtārius
- attribūtiō
- attribūtor
- attribūtrix
- attribūtum
Descendants
- → Albanian: atribuoj
- English: attribute
- Aragonese: atreber, atrivir
- → Aragonese: atribuyir
- Asturian: atrevese, atrivir
- → Asturian: atribuyir
- Catalan: atrevir
- → Catalan: atribuir
- → Emilian: atribuîr
- → Esperanto: atribui
- Ido: atribuar
- → French: attribuer
- → Galician: atribuír
- → Italian: attribuire
- → Ladin: atribuir
- Mirandese: atrebir, astrebir
- Old Portuguese: atrever
- Galician: atrever
- Portuguese: atrever
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: atrever
- → Portuguese: atribuir
- Papiamentu: atribui
- → Romanian: atribui
- → Spanish: atribuir
- → Venetian: 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to attribute the fault to some one: culpam alicui attribuere, assignare
- 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)