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|Definition=Ion. δωρ-εή, ἡ: <b class="b3">δωρειά</b> in earlier Attic Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>12.77, al., <b class="b3">δωρεά</b> first in ib.22.1.68:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[gift]], [[present]], esp. [[bounty]] ( = [[δόσις ἀναπόδοτος]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>125a18</span>), <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.140</span>; δωρεὰν διδόναι <span class="bibl">Id.6.130</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>340</span>; <b class="b3">πορεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">616</span>; δωρεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>290c</span>; <b class="b3">δ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.31</span>, <span class="bibl">15.40</span>; ironically, θάνατόν τινι δωρεὰν ἀποδοῦναι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.34</span>; δ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1032</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.312</span>; ἐν χάριτος μέρει καὶ δωρειᾶς <span class="bibl">D.21.165</span>; <b class="b3">δωρειὰν καὶ χάριν</b> ib.172, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>844d</span>; of a [[legacy]], <span class="bibl">D.27.41</span>, 65; <b class="b3">δωρεαί</b> [[privileges]] and [[immunities]], opp. <b class="b3">δῶρα</b>, <b class="b2">gifts in cash</b> or [[kind]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">estate granted</b> by a king, [[fief]], <span class="bibl">Phoenicid. 4.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.511.4</span>, <span class="bibl">518.2</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> acc. <b class="b3">δωρεάν</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">as a free gift, freely</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.23</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl">And.1.4</span>; μηδὲν δ. πράττειν <span class="bibl">Plb. 18.34.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jb.</span>1.9</span>; δ. λειτουργεῖν <span class="title">Test.Epict.</span>4.27, cf. <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span> 4.17 (iv B.C.); so κατὰ δωρεάν <span class="title">IG</span>7.2711.13, al. (Acraeph., i A. D.); ἐν δωρεᾷ προσνεῖμαι <span class="bibl">Plb.22.5.4</span>; but <b class="b3">γῆν</b> (<b class="b3">ἀμπελῶνα</b>, etc.) <b class="b3">ἐν δωρεᾷ ἔχειν</b> to hold land by a royal <b class="b2">grant, PRev. Laws</b> <span class="bibl">36.15</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">43.11</span>, <span class="bibl">44.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">to no purpose, for naught</b>, Ep.Gal.2.21.</span>