tribūnus, ī [tribus], m., chief of a tribe, tribune; tribūnus mīlitum or mīlitāris, military tribune, captain, one of the minor officers of a legion, six in number; tribūnus plēbis, tribune of the people, elected from the plebeians. The office was created in 494 B.C. to protect the plebeians from the patricians. Ten tribunes were elected annually. Their persons were sacred.
tribuō, ere, ī, ūtus [tribus], to assign, grant, give. dis—distribuō, ere, ī, ūtus, to divide, distribute, apportion.
tribus, ūs [cf. trēs], f., a tribe (orig. a third part of the people).
tribūtum, ī [tribuō], n., a tax, tribute.
trīcēsimus, a, um [trīgintā], num. adj., thirtieth.
trīciēs [trīgintā], num. adv., thirty times.
Tricipitīnus, ī, m., Sp. Lucrētius Tricipitīnus, consul 509 B.C.
trīclīnium, ī, n., a couch for three persons reclining at meals, a dinner sofa.
trīduum, ī [trēs + diēs], n., the space of three days, three days.
triennium, ī [trēs + annus], n., the space of three years, three years.