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ton. — 4. Tribuni militum consulari 
potestate, military tribunes with consular 
power, h. e. that had the same power and 
dignity as the consuls, were for the first 
time chosen instead of consuls, A. TJ. C. 
310, and several times afterwards ; till 
at length, after a contention between 
the plebeians (who wished to have ple¬ 
beian consuls) and the senate, the con¬ 
sulship was in the year 389 permanent¬ 
ly reestablished. (See Lie. 4,7. sqq.) — 
5. Tribuni plebis, or plebei, or plebi, 
tribunes of the people or of the plebeians, 
were certain magistrates of an inferior 
rank. The people, oppressed by debt, 
on account of the avarice of money¬ 
lenders, often besought the senate tore- 
lease them from their obligations to their 
creditors; receiving no aid front the 
senate, they at length, A. U. C. 201, re¬ 
moved from Rome to the hill called 
Mans sacer, and did not return till the 
senate granted them magistrates for 
themselves, to be elected from their own 
body, who should protect them front the 
oppression of the senate : these officers 
were the tribuni plebis. Liv. At first 
there were two, afterwards five, and 
finally the number was increased to 
ten, and by virtue of an ordinance they 
were elected in the comitia tributa. 
Though chosen from the plebeians, 
they possessed great power. They 
could by the word Veto protest against 
any decrees of the senate, and the pro¬ 
ceedings of magistrates, whether pre¬ 
judicial to the plebeians or not, and 
their authority was so great that a de¬ 
cree of the senate could not come into 
force, if the tribunes of the people had 
, protested against it. They were sacro- 
sancti, h. e. no one was permitted under 
pain of death to lay hands upon them. 
The senalus-consulla, or decrees of the 
senate, were subscribed with the letter 
T., to show that they were sanctioned 
by the tribunes. They had viatores, in¬ 
stead of lictors, to wait upon them and 
obey their commands. They were 
guardians of the rights of the people 
against the encroachments of the sen¬ 
ate ; hence, their doors were not al¬ 
lowed to be closed, even by night, that 
the people might at all times have free 
access to them, and one of them was 
required to be always on the tribunes’ 
seats ( subsellia) in 'the forum, to be 
ready in case of appeal. They were 
not allowed to be absent from Rome. 
One tribune could protest against and 
invalidate a decree of the rest, and the 
senate often gained over some one of 
the tribunes to act against the others. 
At first they were not senators, h. e. did 
not sit in the senate, but had a place 
before the senate-house, where they re¬ 
ceived the decrees of that body, and 
either approved or rejected them. To 
make them more favorable to the sen¬ 
ate, it was at last decreed that they 
should be senators, for, A. U. C. 623, a 
law was passed, that none but a sena¬ 
tor should be made a tribunus plebis. 
Sylla abridged their power by taking 
from them the right of proposing laws 
to the people ; but this was afterwards 
repealed. (Compare Liv. 2,33.)—When 
Augustus desired to become absolute, 
he could do so under no milder name 
than that of assuming the pntestas tri- 
bunicia, which denoted the highest 
power in Rome. Sueton. 
JTRIB08 (perhaps from tribus), is, ui, 
utum, a. 3. to give, present, bestow, im¬ 
part, Mfico/u, duovepo). Cic. misericor- 
diam fortissimo viro, to have compassion 
on. Id. silentium orationi alicujus, to 
give a silent hearing to. Id. Tribuendo 
suum cuique, by giving every one his 
own. Ncpos. beneficia alicui. Ovid. 
vocabula monti, to give a name. Cic. 
alicui magnam gratiam, render thanks, 
profess themselves obliged. Id. uni om¬ 
nia, to give, commit. Ovid. Ut illud 
munus, me tribuente, feras, h. e. may 
receive of me, from my hand. -IT Also, 
to ascribe, impute, attribute, assign. J Yep. 
casus adversos hominihus. Id. aliquid 
eulptc alicujus. Id. alicui aliquid su- 
perbife, to impute or ascribe to him as pro¬ 
ceeding from pride , Sec. Cic. Ciuod ill! 
tribuebatur ignaviffi. — Also, to concede, 
grant, yield, give up to. Cic. alicui pri- 
ores partes. Id. aliquid valetudini. 
Id. tantum commendation!. Hence, 
alicui multum, to pay great regard or 
deference to, to place great confidence 
in any one ; as, Cic. Quibus pluri- 
mum tribuebat. Id. Mihi omnia tri- 
buebat, valued me above all, preferred, me 
to all; or intrusted all to me. Id. Cum 
ordini publicanorum liberalissime tribu- 
erim, complied with. Id. Egotribuo non- 
nunquam in vulgus, serve every one. 
Tacit, aliquid honori alicujus, li. e. fa- 
cere propter lionorem. So, Mepos. ob- 
servantiam officio, non timori neque 
spei, li. e. propter officium, non propter 
timorem, &c. Also, joined with ne 
Tacit. ■ —- IT Also, to bestow upon, spend 
upon. Cats, dies rebus. Ncpos. tern- 
pus litteris.-IT Also, to divide. Cic. 
rem in partes.-IT Also, to distribute. 
Tacit, pecunias. 
TRIBOS (from tres, dat. and abl. tribus, 
because Romulus divided the people 
into three parts ; or, from rpirvs, iEol. 
rpiiTvs ; others differently), us, f. a tribe, 
li. e. a division of the Roman people, a 
class. At first Rome was divided into 
three tribes; the number was after¬ 
wards enlarged, but the name was still 
retained. These tribes or classes were 
increased gradually to 35; 31 of which 
were country tribes (rustics tribus), and 
4 city ( urbantB ). At first the city tribes 
were more honorable than the country 
ones ; hut from the time of Q. Fabius 
Maximus, who included all the meaner 
sort of people in the city tribes, the 
country tribes became more respectable 
than those of the city. Hence, Cic. 
Tribu movere, or, Liv. emovere, or, 
Id. removere, to remove from a more 
honorable to a less honorable tribe; to de¬ 
grade (this was done by the censor, as 
a disgrace). Liv. Tribuni ferre, h. e. 
suffragia tribus. Id. Tribus jure voca¬ 
ls, h. e. which voted immediately after the 
prarogativa. Id. Pro tribu fieri ®di- 
lem, h. c. per tribum prsrogativam. — 
When the people voted by tribes, the 
comitia were called tributa. — Tribus 
seems however to he used for centuria, 
as in Cic. Agr. 2, 2. Perhaps because 
in later times it was used for any divis¬ 
ion or class. Tribus, plur. for the peo¬ 
ple, the common sort, mob. Flor. Equi- 
tem imitat® tribus. Plin. In quo nasci 
tribus negant, the mob or the poor people. 
TRIBUTARIES (tributum), a, um, adj. 
of or belonging to tribute or taxes. Jus¬ 
tin. necessitas, h. e. necessitas tributi 
conferendi. Cic. tabula?, h. e. in which 
money nr presents are contained, or are 
promised. - II Also, subject to contri¬ 
bution, tributary, liable to pay tribute, 
vubifiopos, oaci'oibopoi. Justin. Sed 
civitates, qua? Medorum tributari® fue- 
rant. Plin. solum. Sueton. homo. 
TRlBuTIM (tribus), through each tribe, 
tribe by tribe, by tribes, Kara 0vXa?. Cic. 
Tributim et centuriatim descriptis ordi- 
nibus. 1 lor at. Primores popuii arripuit, 
populumque tributim. Liv. Legem 
centuriatis comitiis tulere, ut quod tri 
butim plebes jussisset, populum tene- 
ret, h. e. comitiis tributis. 
TRIBuTIO (tribuo), onis, f. a distributing, 
dividing, distribution Cic. -IT Also, 
a contributing, paying. Pandect, prmdii. 
TRIBuTOR (Id.), oris,m. a giver.3Apul. 
TRIBuToRIOS (tributor), a, um, adj. of 
3 or belonging to giving, dividing, distribut¬ 
ing. Pandect. Tributoria actio, or sim¬ 
ply, Id. Tributoria, sc. actio, an action 
rerouted to a creditor, who complained that 
less than his due was paid him. 
TRIBuTUM (tribuo), i, n. that which is 
riven ; hence, a tax, contribution, tribute, 
impost. Cic. Tributum conferre, to 
give, pay ; so, Cars, pendere. Pandect. 
capitis, a poll-tax. — Also, a collection , 
subscription., contribution. Pandect. — 
Also, figur. Martial. Saturnalicium tri 
butum, a present. Ovid. Arbor fert tri- 
buta domino. 
TRIBUTES, a, um, particip. from tribuo. 
_II Adj. (from tribus), funned or ar¬ 
ranged into tribes. Liv. comitia, in 
■which the people voted according to their 
tribes. 
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TRIBuTOS (tribuo), us, m. same as Tri¬ 
butum. Plaut. 
TRICAS (unc.), arum, f. frivolous things 
trifles, fooleries, toys, gewgaws, gim- 
cracks', Xrjpoi. Plaut. (Gri.) Quid dare 
velis, eloquere propere? (La.) numrnoa 
trecentos. {Gri.) tricas. (/.a.) quadrin- 
gentos - . (Gri.) tramas putridas. Mar¬ 
tial. Sunt a pin® trieffique, et siquid 
vilius istis. - IT Also, perplexities, 
impediments, hinderances, embarrassments. 
Plaut. Quomodo me hodie versavisti ? 
ut me in tricas conjecisti ? Cic. Tullia 
quomodo fert publicam cladem ! quo¬ 
modo domesticas tricas ! Ciel. in Cic. 
Ep. Ut plus hiennium in his tricis mo- 
re t ur . ,- H Also, quirks, subterfuges. 
Plaut. Nihil mihi opus est litibus, ne¬ 
que tricis. Id. Quod argentum, quas 
tu mihi tricas nairas ? Id. Quin tu is- 
tas mittis tricas? -IT Trica (and so, 
also, Apina) is said to have been a 
mean town of Apulia, and to have be¬ 
come a proverb. Plin. Diomedes ibi 
delevit urbes dims, quffi in proverbii 
ludicrum vertere, Apinam et Tricam. 
Hence, proverbially, Martial. A pin®, 
tricreque (see above). 
TRICAMERaTOS (tres & cameratus), a, 
3 um, adj. having three arches. Hicron. 
TRICCX. ®, f- a city if Thessaly, in which 
was a 'temple of AEsculapius. — Hence, 
Tricc®us, a, um, adj. of or pertaining 
to Tricca. Avien. 
TRICENARIOS (triceni), a, um, adj. of, 
cj pertaining to, or containing thirty. Senec. 
homo, thirty years old. Frontin. and 
Vitruv. fistula, thirty inches in circum¬ 
ference. 
TRICENI (triginta), ®, a, limn. adj. 
thirty, distributive^, thirty each. Plin. 
Dentes triceni bini viris attribuuntur. 
Martial. Et tua tricenos largitur spor- 
t.ula numnios, thirty to each. -IT Also, 
thirty, cardinally. Plin. Medica ab uno 
satu tricenis annis durat. Martial. Bis 
tibi triceni fuimus, Mancine, vocati: et 
positum est nobis nil here prater aprum. 
TRICENNaLIS (tricennium), e, adj. of 
3 or pertaining-to thirty years. Oros. Tri- 
cennalia, sc. sollemnia, a festival cele¬ 
brated every thirtieth year. 
TRICENNIUM (triginta & annus), n, n. 
3 the space of thirty years. Cod. Just. 
TRICENTENx. See Trccenteni. 
TRICeNTI, for Trecenti. Colum.. 
TRICENTIES, adv. same as Trcccntics. 
Martial. 
TRICEPS (tres & caput), Ipxtis, adj. hav¬ 
ing three heads, three-headed, rpiKe<l>a\os. 
Cic. Die, qu®so, niim te ilia terrent, tri¬ 
ceps apud inferos Cerberus ? Sec. Odd. 
Tuque triceps Hecate. -- IT Figur. 
threefold. Varr. Triceps liistona. 
TRICESIMCS, or TRTGESIMCS (trigin¬ 
ta), a, um, li um. adj. the thirtieth, rpta- 
k verbs. Cic. dies. Liv. Tricesimum 
annum agens, sc. astatis, in his thirtieth 
year. Cic. Sextus tricesimus, or, Liv. 
Tricesimus sextus. Cic. Tertius et tn- 
cesiinus. 
TRICESSIS (triginta & as), is, m. thirty 
A asses. Varr. 
TRICHaLCUM (rpfxaXxov), L n. h. e. 
2 tres clialci; or the fourth part of an obo- 
lus. Vitruv. 
TRICHaPTUM {rpixdurov, SpQ, rptx»S, 
tt ~ \ n trnv- 
3 capilius, & airroi, necto), i, n. a mo¬ 
ment of so soft and delicate a texture, that 
it seems like hair. Hicron. 
TRICHI AS (rpixlas), m. a kind oj sca- 
fish. Plin. ,, 
RICHIXSIS (rpixivais, from 3-pi(, rpt- 
3 %os), is, f- a disease of the eyes, when the 
hair of the eyelids, being turned into the 
eye, prick and irritate it. Cels. 
TRiCIIILa (unc.), ®, f. an arbor, bower, 
of canes or leafy branches (of vine.., 
&c.). Virg. Cop. 8. ,. , 
TRICHINOS (rplx'nos), a, um, '• 
3 pilis densus, et quasi impeditus, nentc. 
thick, consequently large, great, rare. 
qu®stus. - . f 
TRICHITIS (armnocna r/n%in?), ’ s , - 
a kind of alum. Plin. 
TRICH5MaNES (rptxoji«v*0» .’fx, 
kind of plant, like the plant admutum 
PUn. t— IT Also, a species o} the plan , 
adiantum. Plin. ,. .. , 
TRICIloRDIS (rplxoP^s), e> adj. three 
3 stringed . Sidon . 
