adverb
tribūtim
tribūtim (not comparable)
Classical[trɪˈbuː.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[triˈbuː.tim]
Meaning
- not comparablethrough each tribe
trĭbūtim, adv. tribus,
I. through each tribe, tribe by tribe, by tribes:
tributim et centuriatim descriptis ordinibus, Cic. Fl. 7, 15: legem centuriatis comitiis tulere, ut quod tributim plebes jussisset, populum teneret, i. e. in the comitia tributa, Liv. 3, 55, 3; cf. id. 7, 16, 7: nummis tributim divisis, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1: spectacula tributim data, id. Mur. 34, 72; cf. id. ib. 32, 67: arripuit populum tributim, Hor. S. 2, 1, 69.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tribūtim adv.
tribus, through each tribe, tribe by tribe, by tribes : descriptis ordinibus: ut quod tributim plebes iussisset, populum teneret, i. e. in the comitia of the tribes , L.: adripuit populum tributim, H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin tribūtim From tribus, tribū- + -tim.