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tribus

division of the people, tribe

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Pro Cn. Plancio 10 · 8.59/10k
De Fide Catholica 1 · 5.19/10k
De Lege Agraria 5 · 3.63/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 4 · 3.56/10k
Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 2 · 2.94/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
Commentariolum Petitionis 1 · 2.3/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
Divus Julius 2 · 2.05/10k
Pro L. Flacco 2 · 1.83/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k

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What it meant

1. tribus — de Vaan

tribus 'division of the people, tribe' [f. u] (Varro+) Derivatives: tribuere 'to divide, bestow' (Acc.+), tribunus 'magistrate, commander' (P1.+), tributus 'levy, tax' (P1.+), tribiilis 'fellow tribesman' (Ter.+), tributim 'by tribes' (Varro+); attribuere 'to'assign, appoint' (Varro+), retribuere 'to hand back duly* (Lucr.+). / Pit. *tripu- 'tripartite entity, trinity'. It. cognates: U. trifu, trifo [acc.sg.], … — [de Vaan, s.v. tribus, p. 643]

2. trĭbus — Lewis & Short

trĭbus, ūs (

dat. and

I abl. plur.: tribubus, Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16; Liv. 5, 18, 2; 23, 12, 16, etc.; but trebibos, Ephem. Epigr. 2, 208, n. 299; never tribibus; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 376, and v., in gen., Neue, Formenl. 1, 361 sqq.), f. tri-; root in tres (dat. tribus) and bhū; Gr. fu- in fulh/; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 163, orig. a third part of the Roman people; as their numbers increased it came to mean,

I Lit., a division of the people, a tribe (the number of these tribes finally increased to thirty-five, of which thirty-one were rusticae tribus or country tribes, and four urbanae tribus or city tribes; the following are the names of the tribes, the city tribes being printed in Italics, viz.: Aemilia, Aniensis, Arniensis, Claudia, Collina, Cornelia, Crustumina, Esquilina, Fabia, Falerina, Galesia, Horatia, Lemonia, Maecia, Menenia, Oufentina, Palatina, Papiria, Pollia, Pomptina, Popilia, Pupinia, Quirina, Romilia, Sabatina, Scaptia, Sergia, Stellatina, Suburana, Terentina, Tromentina, Veientina, Velina, Veturia, Voltinia. Some of these names are the same as the names of Roman gentes, and others are derived from the names of places where these tribes at first resided), Varr. L. L. 4, 9, 17; Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14; Liv. 1, 36, 7; 8, 37, 12; 9, 46, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. Epit. 19; Col. 5, 1, 7; Val. Max. 7, 1, 2; 9, 10, 1; cf. Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 426 sq.; and see the names of these tribes in Inscr. Orell. II. pp. 11-28 and 147: inventum tamen esse fortem amicum ex eādem familia Q. Verrem Romilia, of the Romilian tribe, Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23; cf. Ser. Sulpicius, Q. F. Lemonia, Rufus, id. Phil. 9, 7, 15: L. AVRELIVS L. FIL. CAMILIA FIRMVS, etc., Inscr. Orell. 3070: Africanus censor tribu movebat eum centurionem, qui in Pauli pugna non affuerat, removed, expelled from the tribe, Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so, tribu movere aliquem, id. Clu. 43, 122; Liv. 45, 15, 4; 4, 24, 7; 24, 18, 6; 45, 15, 4; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4: urbanae (tribus) in quas transferri ignominia esset, desidiae probro, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: populus in tribus convocatus, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44: ea multitudo tribus circuit, genibus se omnium advolvens, Liv. 8, 37, 9.—

B Trop., comicè: grammaticas ambire tribus, to canvass the Grammarian tribe, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 40.—

II Transf.

1 Of Macedonians: satellites illi ex tribu suā legunt, Just. 13, 3, 1 (al. turbā).—

2 In gen., the commonalty, the mass, mob, poor people, Mart. 8, 15, 4; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 54: equitem imitatae tribus, Flor. 2, 6, 25. — Prov.: sine tribu, without rank or position: homo sine tribu, sine nomine, Flor. 3, 13, 1.

3. tribus — Walde–Hofmann

tribus, -üs f. (Dat. Abl. Pl tribubus) „ein Drittel des römischen Volkes; Gau, Bezirk für Steuererhebung und Aushebung; Zunft; Volk, Póhel* (seit Enn. und Plaut., nicht rom. [zum Begriff s. Schrader-N. Il? 455], tribudrius, -a, -um „zu den Tribus gehörig“ seit Cic., tribütim ,tribusweise" seit Cic., tribütus, -a, -um „nach den Tribus eingerichtet* [comitia; seit Liv.]), tribülis, -e „aus demselben Gau“; Subst. , … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tribus, p. 1611]

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. tribus (scan p. 643; entry #1845). Root candidates: *tripu-, *tricfhiO-, *tri-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tribus (scan p. 137; entry #2030).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tribus (scan pp. 1611-1613; entry #3075). Root candidates: *ribhu-, *tri-, *bha-.

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