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con-trĭbŭo, trĭbŭi, trĭbūtum, 3, v. a., to throw together, bring together, unite, incorporate, impart.

  1. I. Of a part added to or united with a whole.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. With acc. alone: nec non Penëus, nec non Spercheïdes undae Contribuere aliquid, Ov. M. 7, 231.
      2. 2. With cum and abl.: proprios ego tecum, Sit modo fas, annos contribuisse velim, Tib. 1, 6, 64.
      3. 3. With dat.: prodesse putat apibus vetustate corruptis examen novum contribuere, Col. 9, 13, 9: suos (annos) tibi contribuit, Sen. Brev. Vit. 15, 1; cf. Dig. 35, 2, 15 pr.: CONTRIBVTVS EX LEGIONE III. GALLICAE (LEGIONI), Inscr. Afric. ap. Renier, 1357.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. Publicists’ t. t., to add, join a district, city, etc., to a people, government, etc., to annex.
        1. a. With cum and abl.: Oscenses et Calagurritani, qui erant cum Oscensibus contributi, Caes. B. C. 1, 60 init. Kramer ad loc.
        2. b. With dat.: Phocenses Locrenseque … iis (Aetolis) contribuerunt, Liv. 33, 34, 8: Epirotis Ambraciam placebat adgredi, quae tum contribuerat se Aetolis, id. 38, 3, 9; 39, 26, 2: Uxiorum dein gentem subactam Susianorum satrapae contribuit, Curt. 5, 3, 16: in (agro) Gallico, qui nunc Piceno contribuitur, Col. 3, 3, 2: Urbana colonia Sullana nuper Capua contributa, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62; cf. id. 3, 1, 3, § 14: (regna) isdem quibus ademerat reddidit, aut alienigenis contribuit, Suet. Aug. 48.
      2. 2. To admit, bring into a league or union: polliceri … Corinthum contributuros in anticum gentis concilium, Liv. 32, 19, 4: Elei, nuper in Achaicum (concilium) contributi, id. 42, 37, 9; cf.: Elei per se ipsi quam per Romanos maluerunt Achaïco contribui concilio, id. 36, 35, 7.
  2. II. Of several objects united in one whole.
    1. A. In gen., to bring together, unite, collect: ubi simul plura contribuuntur, ex quibus unum medicamentum fit, Dig. 41, 1, 27, § 1: utilius est … contributa habere remedia, to have them treated together in one place, instead of scattered through the work, Plin. 32, 4, 15, § 42: quondam pagatim habitantes … in unam urbem contributi majores sui, Liv. 31, 30, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: una ex iis (urbibus) quae ad condendam Megalen polin ex concilio Arcadum contributae forent, id. 32, 5, 5.
    2. B. Esp., to dispose, arrange, classify: ut in octo tribus contribuerentur novi cives, Vell. 2, 20, 2: inter frumenta panicum et milium ponenda sunt, quamvis jam leguminibus ea contribuerim, Col. 2, 9, 17: in unam cohortem eos (milites) contribuit, Just. 12, 5, 8.