διδόναι

From LSJ

ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαιbecome a monkey instead of a lion

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also δίδωμι): assign, deal, deliver, give, grant, imprint, print, shower, yield, bring in, do penance for, hand over, pay the penalty, shower down upon

Lexicon Thucydideum

dare, tribuere, offerre, to give, grant, offer (hoc in praesenti this in the present), 1.25.4, 1.33.2, 1.33.4, (offerre, to present, offer). 1.42.4, 1.56.2,
item likewise 1.117.3. 1.120.2. 1.138.5. 2.4.4, 2.40.4. 2.43.2, 2.71.3, 2.97.4,
Ibid. bis in the same place twice 3.14.1, 3.22.3. 3.38.3, 3.43.3, 3.58.1, 3.90.2, 3.102.2
ter. third time 4.18.1. 4.19.1, 4.36.1, 4.83.6, 4.86.6. 4.108.4, (committere, to join, engage; alii tamen subaud. but others supply ἑαυτόν, cf. Popp. adn. compare Poppo's note). 4.116.2, 5.10.4, 5.11.1, 5.47.6, 5.61.5, 6.4.4, 6.31.3, 6.31.36.47.1, 6.62.1, 7.48.5, 7.50.2, 7.83.2. 7.87.2, 8.3.1, 8.5.2, 8.8.1. 8.29.1, 8.29.18.29.2, 8.45.2, 8.45.3, 8.46.1, 8.56.3, 8.57.2, 8.69.4, 8.76.4, 8.78.1, 80, 87, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἀποδιδ.]. Ib. there 8.4.99.
in matrimonium, in marriage, 2.101.5, 2.101.6, 6.59.3,
dedere se, they surrendered themselves, 1.33.2, 2.68.7,
experimentum dare, to give proof, 1.138.2 (de Themistocle ad regem Persarum profugo concerning Themistocles having fled to the king of the Persians), 6.11.4,
fidem dare, to give assurance, 1.133.1, 4.86.2, 5.45.2, 8.73.3,
poenas dare, to pay the penalty, 6.29.1,
iudicibus rem diiudicandam permittere, to allow judges to decide a case, 1.28.2. 1.85.2. 1.85.21.140.2, 1.140.21.144.2. 4.118.8. 5.27.2, 5.59.5, 5.79.1. 5.79.17.18.2.
idem, the same 1.37.5, —
permittere, concedere, to permit, grant, 2.83.5, 7.32.1, 7.36.4,
potestalem facere, to give opportunity, 1.58.2, 2.27.2, 3.68.3, 4.56.2, 5.1.1, [si ibi if there οἰκεῖν subaud. understand]. 5.32.1, [unus cod. one manuscript ἔδωκαν] 5.77.4 (in foedere Dorico in the Doric treaty), [pauci codd. few manuscripts αὐτοῖς]
PASS. dari, tribui, offerri, to be given, be granted, be offered, 1.35.5, 1.76.2, [vulgo commonly διαδιδ.] 2.36.1, 3.40.3. 3.60.1, 3.82.7, (data et accepta having been given and received). 4.21.1, (quum offertur, when offered). 5.111.4, 8.29.2, 8.36.1, 8.45.2. 8.56.4, 8.83.3,
dedi, tradi, I have given, handed over, 1.26.3,
permitti, to be allowed, 3.109.3.