Note 364 — Chapter III · THE THIRTY-FIVE TRIBES
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Unutterable confusion was brought into this subject by Varro, L. L. v. 181: “Tributum dictum a tribubus, quod ea pecunia, quae populo imperata erat, tributim a singulis pro portione census exigebatur;” cf. Livy i. 43. 13; Isid. Etym. xvi. 18. 7. Neither is tributum derived from tribus nor vice versa. Tribuere signifies “to divide,” “to apportion;” tributum, “that which is apportioned,” tribus being only indirectly connected with these words; Schlossmann, in Archiv f. lat. Lexicog. xiv (1905). 25-40.