dower Copy link • dower or dowry: dos, dōtis, f.: to settle a d. on one's daughter, filiae d. conficere, Cic.: to promise a d., d. dicere, Cic.: Ulp.: also d. promittere (formally), Ulp.: to give a d., d. dare, Nep.: to receive anything as a d., aliquid in dotem accipere, Ov.: twenty talents d., viginti talenta dotis, Pl.: to repay a d., d. reddere: the d. reverts to the father, d. ad patrem revertitur, Ulp. Having a d., dōtāta, Cic.: Hor.: pertaining to a d., forming part of a d., dōtālis, e: Pl.: Cic.