δωρεά

English (LSJ)

Ion. δωρ-εή, ἡ: δωρειά in earlier Attic Inscrr., IG12.77, al., δωρεά first in ib.22.1.68:—

   A gift, present, esp. bounty ( = δόσις ἀναπόδοτος Arist.Top.125a18), Hdt.2.140; δωρεὰν διδόναι Id.6.130, A.Pr.340; πορεῖν ib.616; δωρεῖσθαι Pl.Plt.290c; δ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, Isoc.6.31, 15.40; ironically, θάνατόν τινι δωρεὰν ἀποδοῦναι Antipho 5.34; δ. ἔχειν S.Aj.1032, D.18.312; ἐν χάριτος μέρει καὶ δωρειᾶς D.21.165; δωρειὰν καὶ χάριν ib.172, cf. Pl.Lg.844d; of a legacy, D.27.41, 65; δωρεαί privileges and immunities, opp. δῶρα, gifts in cash or kind, Philostr.VS2.10.4.    2 estate granted by a king, fief, Phoenicid. 4.7, PSI5.511.4, 518.2 (iii B.C.).    II acc. δωρεάν as Adv., as a free gift, freely, Hdt.5.23, prob. in And.1.4; μηδὲν δ. πράττειν Plb. 18.34.7, cf. LXX Jb.1.9; δ. λειτουργεῖν Test.Epict.4.27, cf. Inscr.Prien. 4.17 (iv B.C.); so κατὰ δωρεάν IG7.2711.13, al. (Acraeph., i A. D.); ἐν δωρεᾷ προσνεῖμαι Plb.22.5.4; but γῆν (ἀμπελῶνα, etc.) ἐν δωρεᾷ ἔχειν to hold land by a royal grant, PRev. Laws 36.15 (iii B.C.), cf. 43.11, 44.3.    2 to no purpose, for naught, Ep.Gal.2.21.