trepidō, āre, āvī, —, to be in alarm or confusion; tremble, waver.
trēs, tria, num. adj., three.
tribūnal, ālis [tribūnus], n., a judgment seat, tribunal.
tribūnātus, ūs [tribūnus], m., the tribuneship, office of tribune.
tribūnīcius [tribūnus], adj., of a tribune, tribunitial.
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 against the patricians. Ten tribūnī plēbis 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., tax, tribute.