(verb) : -do, -dāre (
* Obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. θε-, τίθημι; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410; but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.

(verb) : do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.
* Subj.: duim = dem,Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38: duis,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42: duas = des,id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19: duit,Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.: duint,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.—Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.: dane = dasne,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. δί-δω-μι, δωτήρ, δόσις; cf.: dos, donum, damnum, to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
* In gen.: eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.: patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,id. ib. 1, 3, 36: dandis recipiendisque meritis,Cic. Lael. 8; cf.: ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.: obsides,id. ib. 1, 19, 1; 1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,Cic. Rep. 1, 13: hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17: ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,id. ib. 1, 31; cf. imperia,id. ib. 1, 44: centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,id. ib. 2, 22: Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,id. ib. 3, 9 fin.: ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5: litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11; and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,id. ib. 10, 8 fin.: litteras alicui, said of the writer,to give one a letter to deliver,id. ib. 5, 15 fin.; of the bearer, rarely,to deliver a letter to one,id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse (poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.; al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,parley, challenge,Prop. 5, 10, 32: dare poenas,to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment,Sall. C. 18: alicui poenas dare,to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing,Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31; v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,Cic. Rep. 1, 41: quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,id. ib. 1, 10: dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,id. ib. 1, 9; cf.: ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,id. Lael. 16, 59: multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,id. ib. 24: facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5; for which: iter alicui per provinciam,id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.: modicam libertatem populo,Cic. Rep. 2, 31: consilium,id. Lael. 13: praecepta,id. ib. 4 fin.: tempus alicui, ut, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 3: inter se fidem et jusjurandum,Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.: operam,to bestow labor and pains on any thing,Cic. de Or. 1, 55: operam virtuti,id. Lael. 22, 84; also: operam, ne,id. ib. 21, 78: veniam amicitiae,id. ib. 17: vela (ventis),to set sail,id. de Or. 2, 44, 187: dextra vela dare,to steer towards the right,Ov. 3, 640: me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,Cic. Att. 2, 1: sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.: prout tempus ac res se daret,Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.—Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.: DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.: dat census honores,Ov. F. 1, 217.
* Poet. with inf.: da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,allow me,Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350: di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.
* In partic.
* In milit. lang.
* Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16: Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,Liv. 7, 20: plus stomacho quam consilio,Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.: ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people,Cic. Lig. 12, 37: dabat et famae, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence
* To grant, consent, permit.
* Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.): erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132: quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19: imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37: da mihi nunc, satisne probas?Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10: Thessalici da bella ducis,Val. Fl. 5, 219: is datus erat locus colloquio,appointed,Liv. 33, 13: fixa canens ... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,i. e. foretold, promised,Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said: seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.
* Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.: docere fabulam, agere fabulam),Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.; and transf.,Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf. also: dare foras librum = edere,Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.
* Verba (alicui), to give empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.
* Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.: nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,Ter. And. prol. 8: hoc vitio datur,id. Ad. 3, 3, 64: inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.
* Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.): qui cenam parasitis dabit,Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75: prandium dare,id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.
* To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra): dari sibi diem postulabat,a respite,Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.

do, acc. of domus, v. domus
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