grant (v.) Copy link Outline I. To bestow1. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (as a favour or privilege)2. trĭbuo, i, ūtum, 3 (usu. implying that what is granted is due)3. permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to give a man power over anything)4. indulgeo, si, tum, 2 (indulgently)5. do, 1, irr.; praebeo, praesto, etc.6. when the ref. is to what is g.'d by nature, expr. pass. by suppĕdĭto, suppĕtoII. In argument, to concede1. do, dĕdi, dătum, 12. concēdo, 33. imperat. of sum, făcio = be it so; granted4. in sense like (3), ut with subj., fac, concede, or a similar verb being understood (L. G. § 432) • grant (v.): I. To bestow: 1. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (as a favour or privilege): Caesar g.'d liberty to the Germans, Caesar Germanis libertatem concessit, Caes.: to g. any one life, alicui vitam c., Suet. 2. trĭbuo, i, ūtum, 3 (usu. implying that what is granted is due): v. to bestow. 3. permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to give a man power over anything): v. to entrust (5). 4. indulgeo, si, tum, 2 (indulgently): to g. any one the use of money, ind. alicui usum pecuniae, Suet. Aug. 41: to g. a free choice of (modes of) death to the condemned, damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium ind., Suet. Dom. 11, fin. (N.B.--Not so in Cic.) 5. do, 1, irr.; praebeo, praesto, etc.: v. to give, afford. 6. when the ref. is to what is g.'d by nature, expr. pass. by suppĕdĭto, suppĕto: had a longer life been g.'d to him, cui si vita suppeditasset, Cic. Br. 70, 245: simly, si vita suppetet, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11. II. In argument, to concede: 1. do, dĕdi, dătum, 1: in geometry, if you g. the first proposition, the whole must be g.'d, in geometria, prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83. 2. concēdo, 3: you have assumed that the gods are blessed; we g. it, beatos esse deos sumpsisti; concedimus, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, init.: also foll. by ut and subj., Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129: Quint.; and less freq. by acc. and inf., Lucr. 3. imperat. of sum, făcio = be it so; granted: g.'d; he himself is nothing, has no power, esto; ipse nihil est, nihil potest, Cic. Div. Verr. 15, init.: also foll. by acc. and inf., esp. poet., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 81: also foll. by ut and subj.: g.'d that 6000 seeds perish, sit quidem ut sex millia seminum intereant, Col. Fac is foll. by inf.: g. that you could (have slain me), fac potuisse, Cic. Ph. 2, 3, 5. 4. in sense like (3), ut with subj., fac, concede, or a similar verb being understood (L. G. § 432): but g. that it is so, yet, etc., verum ut ita sit, tamen, etc., Cic. Verr. 3, 64, 151: even g.ing that you did not think of it, ut illud non cogitares, Cic.: simly, with a negative: g.ing that it is not so, nē: there never was such a man, you will say: g.'d there was not, nemo is, inquies, unquam fuit; ne fuerit, Cic. Or. 29, init.: g.'d that pain is not the greatest evil, it certainly is an evil, ne sit summum malum dolor, certe malum est, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14: Liv. The subj. alone is often used concessively: g.ing that you cannot ... still, etc., non possis ... tamen, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: g.ing that he was (a bad citizen) to others, when did he begin to be so to you, fuerit aliis; tibi quando esse coepit? Cic.