verb transitive #1069

dōto

2nd PP dōtāre · 3rd PP dōtāvi · 4th PP dōtātum · conj. 1st

to endow; to portion; verb. finit poetic •

to endow, to portion (esp. richly); in the verb. finit. rare (and perh. not ante-Aug.): filiam splendidissime maritavit, dotavitque, Suet. Vesp. 14: sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo, Verg. A. 7, 318; Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 290; cf. id. IV. Cons. Hon. 648.—And transf.: in Arabia et olea dotatur lacrima, is furnished with an exudation, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77; Pall. poet. Insit. 63; Vulg. Gen. 30, 20.—Far more freq. and class.: dōtātus, a, um, P. a., well or richly endowed, gifted, provided.

Prop.: uxor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter.… •

Prop.: uxor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 47; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.—

by extension •

Transf.: ulmus vite, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266: Chione dotatissima formā, Ov. M. 11, 301.—Comp. and adv. do not occur.

Perseus ID: n14771 Key: doto1