tribus

See also: Tribus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin tribus (“tribe”).

Noun

tribus

1. (taxonomy) The taxon tribe

English

Etymology

From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe.

Noun

tribus (plural tribus or tribuses)

1. (taxonomy) Synonym of tribe
   • 1963, Proceedings of the International Congress of Zoology, page 207:

     The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian".

   • 1965, A Revision of the West African Eilemic Moths, Based on the Male Genitalia, page 9:

     It might therefore be justified to separate them from the remaining genera of the subfamily Lithosinae as a tribus with two subtribus, or as two tribus.

   • 1990, C[ornelis] Bas, “Tricholomataceae R.Heim ex Pouz”, in Flora Agaricina Neerlandica: Critical monographs on families of agarics and boleti occurring in the Netherlands, volume 2, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 66:

     In this Flora distinctly sarcodimitic species are allowed in two tribus, viz. Xeruleae and Myceneae.

Related terms

• subtribus

Catalan

Noun

tribus

1. plural of tribu

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri(ː)bus/, [ˈt̪ri(ː)bus̠]
• Rhymes: -ibus
• Hyphenation^(key): tri‧bus

Noun

tribus

1. (taxonomy) tribe

Declension

Inflection of tribus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		tribus	tribukset
genitive		tribuksen	tribusten tribuksien
partitive		tribusta	tribuksia
illative		tribukseen	tribuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tribus	tribukset
accusative	nom.	tribus	tribukset
	gen.	tribuksen
genitive		tribuksen	tribusten tribuksien
partitive		tribusta	tribuksia
inessive		tribuksessa	tribuksissa
elative		tribuksesta	tribuksista
illative		tribukseen	tribuksiin
adessive		tribuksella	tribuksilla
ablative		tribukselta	tribuksilta
allative		tribukselle	tribuksille
essive		tribuksena	tribuksina
translative		tribukseksi	tribuksiksi
abessive		tribuksetta	tribuksitta
instructive		—	tribuksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tribus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tribukseni tribukseni accusative nom. tribukseni tribukseni gen. tribukseni genitive tribukseni tribusteni tribuksieni partitive tribustani tribuksiani inessive tribuksessani tribuksissani elative tribuksestani tribuksistani illative tribukseeni tribuksiini adessive tribuksellani tribuksillani ablative tribukseltani tribuksiltani allative tribukselleni tribuksilleni essive tribuksenani tribuksinani translative tribuksekseni tribuksikseni abessive tribuksettani tribuksittani instructive — — comitative — tribuksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tribuksesi tribuksesi accusative nom. tribuksesi tribuksesi gen. tribuksesi genitive tribuksesi tribustesi tribuksiesi partitive tribustasi tribuksiasi inessive tribuksessasi tribuksissasi elative tribuksestasi tribuksistasi illative tribukseesi tribuksiisi adessive tribuksellasi tribuksillasi ablative tribukseltasi tribuksiltasi allative tribuksellesi tribuksillesi essive tribuksenasi tribuksinasi translative tribukseksesi tribuksiksesi abessive tribuksettasi tribuksittasi instructive — — comitative — tribuksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tribuksemme tribuksemme accusative nom. tribuksemme tribuksemme gen. tribuksemme genitive tribuksemme tribustemme tribuksiemme partitive tribustamme tribuksiamme inessive tribuksessamme tribuksissamme elative tribuksestamme tribuksistamme illative tribukseemme tribuksiimme adessive tribuksellamme tribuksillamme ablative tribukseltamme tribuksiltamme allative tribuksellemme tribuksillemme essive tribuksenamme tribuksinamme translative tribukseksemme tribuksiksemme abessive tribuksettamme tribuksittamme instructive — — comitative — tribuksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tribuksenne tribuksenne accusative nom. tribuksenne tribuksenne gen. tribuksenne genitive tribuksenne tribustenne tribuksienne partitive tribustanne tribuksianne inessive tribuksessanne tribuksissanne elative tribuksestanne tribuksistanne illative tribukseenne tribuksiinne adessive tribuksellanne tribuksillanne ablative tribukseltanne tribuksiltanne allative tribuksellenne tribuksillenne essive tribuksenanne tribuksinanne translative tribukseksenne tribuksiksenne abessive tribuksettanne tribuksittanne instructive — — comitative — tribuksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tribuksensa tribuksensa accusative nom. tribuksensa tribuksensa gen. tribuksensa genitive tribuksensa tribustensa tribuksiensa partitive tribustaan tribustansa tribuksiaan tribuksiansa inessive tribuksessaan tribuksessansa tribuksissaan tribuksissansa elative tribuksestaan tribuksestansa tribuksistaan tribuksistansa illative tribukseensa tribuksiinsa adessive tribuksellaan tribuksellansa tribuksillaan tribuksillansa ablative tribukseltaan tribukseltansa tribuksiltaan tribuksiltansa allative tribukselleen tribuksellensa tribuksilleen tribuksillensa essive tribuksenaan tribuksenansa tribuksinaan tribuksinansa translative tribuksekseen tribukseksensa tribuksikseen tribuksiksensa abessive tribuksettaan tribuksettansa tribuksittaan tribuksittansa instructive — — comitative — tribuksineen tribuksinensa

Synonyms

• sukuryhmä

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

tribus f

1. plural of tribu

Anagrams

• bruits

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bus/, [ˈt̪rɪbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bus/, [ˈt̪riːbus]

Etymology 1

A compound from the stem of trēs (“three”) and either from:

• Proto-Italic *triðus if from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”), thus Proto-Indo-European *tri-dʰh₁o- (“rendered in three, tripartite”), cf. with Skt. multiplicatives in -dhā such as Sanskrit त्रिधा (tridhā, “threefold”), and with thematized derivatives of it such as Lithuanian iñdas (“dishware”) < *-dʰh₁o-. This would be evidence to the development of PIt. *þ before vocalic *u as after it;
• Proto-Italic *triβus if from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”).

Originally referring to three divisions of the (Roman) people. Cognate to Umbrian trifu (“tribe, people”).

Noun

tribus f (genitive tribūs); fourth declension

1. One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities, Luceres.
2. A division of the Roman people.
3. A tribe.

   Synonyms: gēns, prōgeniēs

4. The mob, the lower classes.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tribus	tribūs
genitive	tribūs	tribuum
dative	tribuī	tribūbus
accusative	tribum	tribūs
ablative	tribū	tribūbus
vocative	tribus	tribūs

*This noun is irregular in the dative plural and the ablative plural.

Derived terms

• tribālis
• tribuārius
• tribūlis
• tribūnal
• tribūnātus
• tribūnīcius
• tribūnus
• tribuō
• tribūtārius
• tribūtim
• tribūtiō
• tribūtum

 

Descendants

• Catalan: tribu
• → English: tribus
• → Esperanto: tribo
• → German: Tribus
• Friulian: tribù
• Galician: tribo
• → Ido: tribuo
• Italian: tribù; → tribo
• → Old French: tribu
  • Middle French: tribu
    • French: tribu
  • → Middle English: tribe, trybe, tribu
    • English: tribe
• Old Spanish: tribu, tribo
  • Spanish: tribu
    • → Cebuano: tribo
    • → Tagalog: tribo, tribu
• Piedmontese: tribù, tribü
• Portuguese: tribo
• Romanian: trib
• Sicilian: tribbù
• Translingual: tribus

Further reading

• “tribus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tribus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tribus 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)
• tribus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • to gain the vote of a century or tribe: centuriam, tribum ferre (Planc. 49)
    
  • to expel some one from his tribe: tribu movere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
    
• “tribus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tribus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “tribus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1090

Etymology 2

Inflected form of trēs (“three”)

Numeral

tribus

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter of trēs

Middle English

Noun

tribus

1. plural of tribe

Old Spanish

Noun

tribus m or f pl

1. plural of tribu

Spanish

Noun

tribus f pl

1. plural of tribu