tributum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈbuː.tum/, [t̪rɪˈbuːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈbu.tum/, [t̪riˈbuːt̪um]

Etymology 1

Noun form of the neuter of tribūtus.

Noun

tribūtum n (genitive tribūtī); second declension

1. tax, tribute

   Synonym: stīpendium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tribūtum	tribūta
Genitive	tribūtī	tribūtōrum
Dative	tribūtō	tribūtīs
Accusative	tribūtum	tribūta
Ablative	tribūtō	tribūtīs
Vocative	tribūtum	tribūta

Related terms

• tribuo
• tributus

Descendants

• Catalan: traüt
• Spanish: treudo
• → Catalan: tribut
• → English: tribute
• → French: tribut
• → Italian: tributo
• → Portuguese: tributo
• → Romanian: tribut
• → Sicilian: tribbutu
• → Spanish: tributo

Etymology 2

Inflected form of tribūtus.

Adjective

tribūtum

1. inflection of tribūtus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “tributum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tributum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tributum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pay taxes: vectigalia, tributa pendere
    
  • exempt from taxation: immunis (tributorum) (Verr. 5. 21. 51)
    
  • to impose tribute on some one: vectigalia, tributa alicui imponere
    
  • to be crushed by numerous imposts: tributorum multitudine premi
    
• “tributum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers