δωρεά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[δωρεή]], ἡ: [[δωρειά]] in earlier Attic Inscrr., IG12.77, al., [[δωρεά]] first in ib.22.1.68:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[gift]], [[present]], esp. [[bounty]] ( = [[δόσις]] [[ἀναπόδοτος]] Arist.Top.125a18), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.140; δωρεὰν [[διδόναι]] Id.6.130, A.Pr.340; [[πορεῖν]] ib.616; [[δωρεῖσθαι]] Pl.Plt.290c; δωρεὰν [[δέχεσθαι]], δωρεὰν [[λαμβάνειν]], Isoc.6.31, 15.40; ironically, θάνατόν τινι δωρεὰν [[ἀποδοῦναι]] Antipho 5.34; δωρεὰν ἔχειν S.Aj.1032, D.18.312; ἐν χάριτος μέρει καὶ δωρειᾶς D.21.165; δωρειὰν καὶ [[χάρις|χάριν]] ib.172, cf. Pl.Lg.844d; of a [[legacy]], D.27.41, 65; [[δωρεαί]] = [[privilege]]s and [[immunity|immunities]], opp. [[δῶρον|δῶρα]], [[gift]]s in [[cash]] or [[kind]], Philostr.VS2.10.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[estate]] [[grant]]ed by a [[king]], [[fief]], Phoenicid. 4.7, PSI5.511.4, 518.2 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> acc. [[δωρεάν]] as adverb, [[as a free gift]], [[freely]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.23, prob. in And.1.4; μηδένα μηδὲν δωρεὰν [[πράττειν]] = no one should [[do]] anything [[gratis]] Plb. 18.34.7, cf. [[LXX]] Jb.1.9; δωρεὰν [[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 [[γῆ]]ν ([[ἀμπελών|ἀμπελῶνα]], etc.) [[ἐν δωρεᾷ ἔχειν]] = to [[hold]] [[land]] by a [[royal]] [[grant]], PRev. Laws 36.15 (iii B.C.), cf. 43.11, 44.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[to no purpose]], [[for naught]], Ep.Gal.2.21.