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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		attribuere		attribuī		attribuēns		—
future		attribūtūrum esse		attribūtum īrī		attribūtūrus		attribuendus
perfect		attribuisse		attribūtum esse		—		attribūtus
future perfect		—		attribūtum fore		—		—
perfect potential		attribūtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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)