giving,
δόσις,εως,ἡ, (δίδωμι)
A. giving,
φαρμάκου
Antipho 1.18
; χρημάτων
Hdt. 1.61
; μισθοῦ
Th. 1.143
; opp.αἴτησις,
Pl. Euthphr. 14d ; δ. χρημάτων καὶ λῆψις
Arist. EN 1107b8
; λήψεις καὶ δόσεις
Arr. Epict. 2.9.12
, cf. LXX Si. 41.19 , Ep.Phil. 4.15 .
b. licence, permission, SIG 987.33 (Chios,iv B. C.).
2. ἐμβολῶν δ. rammingin naval tactics, D.S. 13.10 .
II. gift,
καί οἱ δ. ἔσσεται ἐσθλή
Il. 10.213
; δ. ὀλίγη τε φίλη τε
Od. 6.208
, 14.58 , cf. Hdt. 1.90 , 9.93 , S. OT 1518 , etc.; δόσιν κακὰν κακῶν κακοῖς
A. Pers. 1041
(lyr.); θεῶν εἰς ἀνθρώπους
Pl. Phlb. 16c
.
2. bequest, legacy: κατὰ δόσινbywill(opp.κατὰ γένος,as heir-at-law), Is. 4.7 , Isoc. 19.45 , cf. Harp.
3. largess, =Lat.congiarium,
Hdn. 6.8.8 (pl.).
4. contributiontowards the fulfilment of a purpose, Chrysipp.(?) Stoic. 3.30 .
5. payment on account, instalment,
IG 12.296 , 7.303.35 (Orop.), etc.;payment in kind,
PMasp. 146.4
(vi A. D.), al.
6. portion,
LXX Ge. 47.22 , al., BGU 1122.12
(i B. C.); διελὼν εἰς δόσεις
Plu. Arat. 13
.
7. dose of medicine,
Dsc. 2.171 ;δ. τελείαfulldose,
Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.57.5 , etc., cf. Luc. Abd. 4 .
8. τῆς οἰκονομίας πολλὴν ποιεῖσθαι δ.lay greatstresson an arrangement, D.H. Dem. 51 ;οὐ τοσαύτην ποιούμενοι τῆς ἡδονῆς δ. ὅσην τῆς ἀληθείαςib. 18 .
9. destiny, fateof an individual, ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη δ.
Iamb. Myst. 1.3
; esp. of planetaryinfluence,
Plot. 2.3.2 , al.
