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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• 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.
dower (v.) Copy link
• dower (v.): dōto, 1: Virg. (see also subs.).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
DOWER, DOWRY Copy link
• DOWER, DOWRY
dos (which the Roman law divided into dos profecticia [ = quam pater mulieris dedit] and adventicia [ = ea, quae a quovis alio data est, Ulp., Fr. 6, p. 134]. To settle a dower upon a daughter, filiam dotare, filiae dotem dare. ☞ The Roman terms were dotem dicere of the wife herself, or any debtor of hers whom she authorized, or any male relation; dotem dare or promittere, of anybody (Ulp., ib.). To leave the wife her dower, uxori dotem legare (Instit. Justinus, 2, 20, 15): an action for the recovery of a dower, actio ad dotis repetitionem (Ulp.): to receive a dower, dotem accipere: not to be able to settle a dower on his daughter, filiae dotem conficere non posse (Nep.): the dower which a father settles upon a daughter, returns to him upon her death, mortua in matrimonio muliere dos a patre profecta ad patrem revertitur (Ulp.): to pay back a dower, dotem reddere. Having a large dower, dotata.