(v. a.P. a.) : dē-do, dĭdi, dĭtum (
* Infin. pass. parag.: dedier,Liv. 1, 32), 3, v. a., lit., to give away, give up from one's self; hence, with respect to the term. ad quem, to give up any thing to one, to surrender, deliver, consign, yield (stronger than do, q. v.—freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ancillas,Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7; cf.: aliquem in pistrinum,id. Andr. 1, 2, 28: aliquem hostibus in cruciatum,Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 3; so, ad supplicium,Liv. 1, 5: ad exitium,Tac. A. 1, 32; id. H. 2, 10: ad necem,Liv. 9, 4; for which neci,Verg. G. 4, 90; Ov. F. 4, 840: telis militum,Cic. Mil. 1, 2: aliquem istis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42: mihi iratae infamem juvencum,Hor. Od. 3, 27, 46: Assyrios cineri odores,impart, devote,Tib. 1, 3, 7.
* Trop.
* In gen., to give up, yield, devote, dedicate; and with se, to give up, apply, devote, dedicate one's self (esp. freq. in Cic.): Davo ego istuc dedam jam negoti,Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 50: membra molli somno,Lucr. 3, 113: aures suas poetis,Cic. Arch. 10 fin.: animum sacris,Liv. 1, 31 al.: aliquem cupiditati crudelitatique alicujus,Cic. Quint. 18 fin.; so, filiam (Verginiam) libidini App. Claudii,id. Fin. 2, 20 fin.; ef. Tac. A. 3, 23: collegam liberto,id. ib. 16, 10: tuus sum, tibi dedo operam,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 60; cf.: ubi ei dediderit operas,id. ib. 11 al.: corpora paupertate dedita morti,Lucr. 6, 1255: se totum Catoni,Cic. Rep. 2, 1; cf.: cui (sc. patriae) nos totos dedere ... debemus,id. Leg. 2, 2, 5; cf.: se toto animo huic discendi delectationi,id. Tusc. 5, 39 fin.: se penitus musicis,id. de Or. 1, 3, 10: se literis,id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4: se ei studio,id. de Or. 3, 15, 57: se doctrinae,id. Off. 1, 21, 71; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 11, 1, 35: se amicitiae eorum,Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 2 al.: ne me totum aegritudini dedam,Cic. Att. 9, 4; so, se totos libidinibus,id. Tusc. 1, 30; id. Or. 43, 148; id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et saep.: cum se ad audiendum, legendum scribendumque dediderit,Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 95: dede neci,Verg. G. 4, 90; Ov. H. 14, 125; id. F. 4, 840: se ad literas memoriasque veteres,Gell. 2, 21, 6: cum se doctrinae penitus dedidissent,Lact. 1, 1, 1.—Absol.: dediderim periculis omnibus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 45.
* Dēdĭta ŏpĕra, adverb., purposely, designedly, intentionally, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2; Afran. ap. Non. 433, 30; Cic. Att. 10, 3; Liv. 2, 29; 2, 51; Col. 12, 4, 5; in the order opera dedita,Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 193; and in MSS. ellipt., dedita,id. Att. 15, 4, 4; cf. dedita, ἐπιτηδές, Gloss.
* In Partic.: manus, for the usual dare manus, to give up, to yield: si tibi vera videntur, dede manus; aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,Lucr. 2, 1043.—Hence, dēdĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II. A.), given up to, addicted, devoted to something; eager, assiduous, diligent (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).
* With dat.: hoc magis sum Publio deditus, quod, etc.,Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.: nimis equestri ordini deditus,id. Brut. 62, 223: eorum voluntati et gratiae deditus fuit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24: his studiis,id. de Or. 1, 13, 57; id. Arch. 6, 12: studio literarum,id. Brut. 21, 79: literis,id. Fam. 1, 7 fin.: artibus,id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. Cael. 30, 72; Liv. 1, 57: nec studio citharae nec Musae deditus ulli,Hor. S. 2, 3, 105 al.: animus libidini deditus,Cic. Cael. 19, 45: vitiis flagitiisque omnibus,id. Rosc. Am. 13 fin.: ventri atque somno,Sall. C. 2, 8; cf.: somno ciboque,Tac. G. 15: corporis gaudiis,Sall. J. 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 85, 41: quaestui atque sumptui,id. Cat. 13 fin.; Suet. Vit. 13: agriculturae,Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 10: vino,id. 2 Tim. 3, 8.—Comp.: uxoribus deditior,Eutr. 10, 15.—Sup.: ab optimo certe animo ac deditissimo tibi, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.
* In Lucret. and Catull. with in: in pugnae studio quod dedita mens est,Lucr. 3, 647: in rebus animus,id. 4, 816; Catull. 61, 102.—*
* With an adv. of place: ubi spectaculi tempus venit deditaeque eo (sc. ad spectacula) mentes cum oculis erant,Liv. 1, 9, 10.

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