ῆς (ἡ) :
      1 ce qu’on apporte en mariage, dot, HDT. 1, 93 ; ESCHL. Suppl. 979 ; EUR. I.A. 47 ; au pl. EUR. Or. 1662, Med. 956 ; XÉN. Cyr. 8, 5, 19 ; ESCHN. 32, 22 ; PLUT. Sol. 20 ;
      2 produit, rapport, EUR. Ion 298.

Étym. φέρω.

ἡ, (< φέρω) : — that which is brought by the wife, dowry, Hdt. 1.93, E. IA 47 (anap.), Hipp. 629, X. Cyr. 8.5.19, Aeschin. 2.31, OGI 218.65 (Ilium, iii BC), etc. ; θεραποντὶς φ.
a dowry of handmaids, i.e.
given as a dowry, A. Supp. 979 (anap.); pl., of a dower, as consisting of divers presents, E. Or. 1662, Anaxandr. 41.23 (anap.); φερναὶ πολέμου, of a wife won in battle, E. Ion 298; also, bridal gifts, λάζυσθε φ. τάσδε, παῖδες, of Medea΄s presents to Creüsa, Id. Med. 956. Dor. φερνά, portion of victim reserved for the God, IG4²(1).40.6, 41.7 (Epid., v/iv BC).

ἡ, das Zugebrachte, Mitgebrachte der Ehefrau, die Mitgift, Ausstattung ; Eur. I.A. 47 u. öfter ; Her. 1.93 ; Folgde, Pol. öfter ; Plut. Sol. 20 ; – θεραποντὶς φερνή, die zur Bedienung mitgebrachten Sklaven, Aesch. Suppl. 957 ; πολέμου, was der Krieg einbringt, Kriegsbeute, Eur. Ion 298 ; vgl. Plut. Sol. 20.

that which is brought by the wife (compare ἕδνον); a dowry, portion , Lat. dos, [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC), Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]; also in plural of a dower , as consisting of divers presents, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]; but, φερναὶ πολέμου, of a wife won in battle, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]:—;in plural, also, bridal gifts , [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] (ML)