con-trĭbŭo, trĭbŭi, trĭbūtum, 3, v. a., to throw together, bring together, unite, incorporate, impart.
I Of a part added to or united with a whole.
A In gen.
1 With acc. alone: nec non Penëus, nec non Spercheïdes undae Contribuere aliquid, Ov. M. 7, 231.—
2 With cum and abl.: proprios ego tecum, Sit modo fas, annos contribuisse velim, Tib. 1, 6, 64.—
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.—
B Esp.
1 Publicists’ t. t., to add, join a district, city, etc., to a people, government, etc., to annex.
a With cum and abl.: Oscenses et Calagurritani, qui erant cum Oscensibus contributi, Caes. B. C. 1, 60 init. Kramer ad loc.—
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 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.—
II Of several objects united in one whole.
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.—
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.