DOSE Copy link • DOSE 1. Portion of medicine, portio. But mostly by circumlocution. Take for a dose a piece about the size of a bean, quod aegyptiae fabae magnitudinem impleat, satis est (Cels.): a piece about the size of a vetch is a sufficient dose, ex his, quod ervi magnitudinem habet, satis est devorasse (Cels.): one of them of the size above mentioned is plenty for a dose, unum autem ejusdem magnitudinis, quae supra posita est, abunde est sumsisse (Cels.): the dose of it is a piece of the size of a lupine dissolved in three cyathi of water, quod lupini magnitudinem habet, in tribus cyathis aquae diluitur: to take a dose of medicine, accipere medicinam; medicamentum bibere, sumere: to give anybody a dose of medicine, dare alicui medicamentum (ad or contra aliquid); medicamentum potui dare alicui (if a draught). Share, quantity; Vid. 2. potionem dare. ☞ potionare in low Latin; but Suet. used potionatus, dosed.