dower

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

See dowry.

verb transitive

give in marriage: P. and V. ἐκδιδόναι (or mid.).

give as a dowry: P. ἐπιδιδόναι.

Met., enrich: P. and V. πλουτίζειν (Xen.).

dowered with, endowed with: P. and V. ἐπήβολος (gen.) (Plato).