endowment Copy link Outline I. The act of endowingII. Natural gift, of body or mindIII. A pecuniary settlement • endowment: I. The act of endowing: expr. by ger., etc. of verb: v. to endow. II. Natural gift, of body or mind: dos, dōtis, f.: to advantages of person add the e.s of mind, ingenii dotes corporis adde bonis, Ov.: the e.s of nature and fortune, naturae fortunaeque dotes, Plin. Ep.: cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234: "eam [artem] verborum dote locupletasti et ornasti." Phr.: with these e.s, cum hac indole [virtutum atque vitiorum], Liv. 21, 5, fin.: v. gift, talent. III. A pecuniary settlement: perh. dōnātio (applicable to any gift of property): v. gift. Or expr. by circuml., that school is in possession of an e., *ei scholae nonnihil pecuniae quotannis ex testamento redit: v. to endow (III.).