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

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Contents (2 entries · 7 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• endow:
    1. I. To furnish with:
      1. 1. dōno, 1 (with acc. and abl. or dat. and acc.): v. to bestow.
      2. 2. instruo, xi, ctum, 3 (with acc. and abl.): esp. in p. part.: e.'d with some heavenly gifts, divinis quibusdam bonis instructus atque ornatus, Cic. Coel. 17, 39: somewhat meagrely e.'d by nature, angustius instructus a natura, Cic.
      3. 3. lŏcŭplēto, 1: v. to enrich.
      4. 4. afflo, 1 (of the express act of a deity; lit. to breath upon, inspire): to e. any one with graces, alicui honores af., Virg.: to be e.'d with an inspiration from on high, (quasi) divino spiritu afflari, Cic. Arch. 8, 18.
    2. II. To give a dowry to: dōto, 1 (rare): Suet. Vesp. 18 (better dotem dure: v. dowry).
    3. III. To settle property permanently upon: proprietatem agri, etc., dono dare, Ulp. (in R. and A.): to e. a church, *ecclesiae reditus (praedii, etc.) in perpetuum relinquere, cf. Just. Inst. 3, 28, fin.: to found and e. an almshouse, *ptochotrophīum ex suis bonis condere, idemque reditibus (praedii, etc.) testamento in perpetuum donare atque instruere.
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.
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  • filiae dotem dare: filiam dotare: filiam instruere (the latter with ornaments, furniture, etc.; hence (The words are found in this connection and order.) dotare et instruere). Since he could not endow his daughter himself, cum filiae (nubili) dotem conficere non posset.
  • IMPROPR., aliqua re instruere (furnish with what is necessary); ornare, exornare, adornare; dote alicujus rei (e.g., verborum, Cic.) locupletare et ornare (Cic.).
  • ENDOWED with anything, instructus, ornatus, praeditus: endowed with great natural talents, praeclaris animi dotibus praeditus; richly endowed both by nature and by fortune, instructus naturae fortunaeque omnibus bonis. Richly endowed, abunde auctus ornatusque aliqua re.
  • To settle property upon etc., proprietatem agri, etc.: dono dare (Ulp., leg. Cinc., p. 290). To endow alms-houses, *ptochotrophium condere, et inire rationem, quemadmodum [in omni mutatione dominorum] illud quasi consecratum remanere possit (after Cic.; about the monument to his daughter’s memory). To endow a church, relinquere aliquid ecclesiae (by will; Vid: Just. Instit., lib. 3, 28, 7).