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trĭbūlis, is, m. [tribus], one of the same tribe with another.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): tribulis tuus, Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85; Cic. Planc. 19, 47; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Vatin. 15, 36; Liv. 2, 16, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 15 Orell. ad loc.
  2. II. In gen., one of the lower classes of the people, a common or poor person (rare), Mart. 9, 50, 7; 9, 58, 8.

trībŭlum (trīvŏl-), i, n. [tero], a threshing-sledge, consisting of a wooden platform studded underneath with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 22, 1; 1, 52, 1; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Verg. G. 1, 164.
Collat. form trībŭla, ae, f., Col. 2, 20, 4; 1, 6, 23; 12, 52, 7; Vulg. 1 Par. 20, 3.

trĭbŭlus (trĭbŏl-), i, m., = τρίβολος, an instrument resting on three of its iron prongs, while a fourth projected upward, thrown on the ground to impede an enemy’s cavalry, a caltrop.

  1. I. Lit.: tribulos abjecerunt, Veg. Mil. 3, 24.
  2. II. Transf., from its resemblance in form.
    1. A. A kind of thorn or thistle, land-caltrops: Tribulus terrestris, Linn.; Verg. G. 1, 153; Ov. M. 13, 803; Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91: spinae et tribuli, Vulg. Gen. 3, 18.
    2. B. A kind of water-plant bearing a prickly nut of a triangular form, water-chestnut, water-caltrops: Trapa natans, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 58, § 98.