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δίδωμι,
[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.620, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+] (late δίδω [[ “POxy.” 121 (3rd c.AD))] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; late forms, 1st pers. plural διδόαμεν see reading in [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.8.5, etc., _3rd.pers._ _plural_ δίδωσι (παρα-) [prev. author] “AJ” 10.4.1, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; but thematic forms are frequently used, especially in Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, διδοῖς, διδοῖσθα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.164, 19.270 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], διδοῖ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.350, 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.16, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 12 (ἀνα-), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1010, etc., διδοῦσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.265 (always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Refs 8th c.BC+], uncertain in Attic dialect, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 156; _imperative_ δίδου 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1303, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.140, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 642, δίδοι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.85, epigram in “Class.Phil.” 4.78] Refs 6th c.BC+], Epic dialect δίδωθι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.380 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive διδόναι, also διδοῦν [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1329 ] Refs 6th c.BC+], Epic dialect διδοῦναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.425 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect δίδων [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.9 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; participle διδούς, Aeolic dialect δίδοις [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.13: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]imperfect ἐδίδουν -ους -ου, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 678, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.367, 11.289 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Epic dialect δίδου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.165), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐδίδοσαν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.9, etc., ἐδίδουν (variant{ἐδίδων}) 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 139, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] codices (ἀπ-), also ἔδιδον probably in [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 437, δίδον [prev. work] 328 ] Refs]; Epic dialect iterative δόσκον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.382 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future δώσω [[ 14.268, etc.] Refs], Epic dialect διδώσω [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.358, 24.314 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive δωσέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.369: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἔδωκα, used only in indicative, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.361, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect δῶκα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.43: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔδων, used in plural indicative ἔδομεν ἔδοτε ἔδοσαν (Laconian dialect ἔδον [[ “IG” 5(1).1 B 1)] Refs], and in moods, δός, δῶ, δοίην, δοῦναι, δού; Epic dialect forms of aorist, subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular δώῃ, δώῃσι, δῷσι, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.725, 1.324, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.144 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular δώη, Boeotian dialect δώει [[ “SIG” 2858.17 (Delph.), “IG” 7.3054 (Lebad.), δοῖ “PPetr.” 2. p.24 ] Refs]; 1st pers. plural δώομεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.299, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.184 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. plural δώωσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.137 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular optative is written δόη [[ “UPZ” 1.4, δοῖ “IG” 14.1488, etc.] Refs]; infinitive δόμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.116, δόμεν 4.379 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (also Doric dialect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1163 (ἀπο-), δόμειν “SIG” 942 (from Dodona)); 5th c.AD: Cypria ] Refs 5th c.BC+] infinitive δοϝέναι [[ “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.5H. (also _optative_ δυϝάνοι [prev. work] 6); 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.AD+] participle ἀπυ-δόας [[ “IG” 5(2).6.13 (from Tegea)] Refs]; infinitive δῶναι [[ “Schwyzer” 666.2 (Orchom., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], also in later Greek, [[ “BGU” 38.13 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect δέδωκα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἀπο-δεδόανθι [[ “IG” 7.3171.35 (Orchom.)] Refs]: pluperfect ἐδεδώκει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle only in compounds:— passive, future δοθήσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1650, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.39, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐδόθην [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.78, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect δέδομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.428, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1041, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural δέδονται [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 757 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐδέδοτο [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—give freely, τινί τι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.274, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in present and imperfect, to be ready to give, offer, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.519, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.94, 9.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 100, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.9, etc.; τὰ διδόμενα ] Refs 8th c.BC+]things offered, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.119. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of the gods, grant, assign, κῦδος, νίκην, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.204, 11.397 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; of evils, δ. ἄλγεα, ἄτας, κήδεα, etc., [[ 1.96, 19.270, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.15, etc.; twice in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus] Refs 8th c.BC+] in passive, οὔ τοι δέδοται πολεμήϊα ἔργα not to thee have deeds of war been granted, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.428, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.78 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; later εὖ διδόναι τινί give good fortune, provide well for.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1081, “OC” 642, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 750 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of the laws, grant permission, δόντων αὐτῷ τῶν νόμων [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 813c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 offer to the gods, ἑκατόμβας, ἱρὰ θεοῖσιν, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.6, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.67, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 with infinitive added, ξεῖνος γάρ οἱ ἔδωκεν.. ἐς πόλεμον φορέειν gave it him to wear in war, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.532, compare 23.183; δῶκε [τεύχεα] θεράποντι φορῆναι 7.149 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: later frequently of giving to eat or drink, ἐκ χειρὸς διδοῖ πιεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 124, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 69, etc.; ἐδίδου ῥοφεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 203; δίδου μασᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 253; δὸς καταφαγεῖν 5th c.BC: Hegemon Comicus et Parodus 1; τὴν κύλικα δὸς ἐμπιεῖν 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 41; δὸς τὴν μεγάλην σπάσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive omitted, φιάλην ἔδωκε κεράσας [[ 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 10; εὐζωρότερον δός 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 58 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of giving water to wash with, δίδου κατὰ χειρός (i.e. νίψασθαι) [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Archedicus Comicus 2.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 Prose phrases, δ. ὅρκον, opposed to λαμβάνειν, tender an oath, δοκεῖ κἂν ὀμόσαι εἴ τις αὐτῷ ὅρκον διδοίη [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.24, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. ψῆφον, γνώμην, put a proposal to the vote, propose a resolution, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.87, 24.13: δ. χάριν, ={χαρίζεσθαι}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1354, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 317 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργῇ χάριν δούς having indulged.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 855 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγον τινὶ δ. give one leave to speak, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.20; δ. λόγον σφίσι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]deliberate, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97; οὐκ, εἰ διδοίης.. σαυτῷ λόγον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 583 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοῦναι, λαβεῖν λόγον, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 165a27 (but δ. λόγον, εὐθύνας,] Refs 4th c.BC+] render accounts, [[ “IG” 12.91, +others): δ. δίκην or δίκας, see at {δίκη}: ἀκοὴν δ. λόγοις] Refs] lend an ear to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 30, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἐργασίαν give diligence, = Latin dare operam, [[ “OGI” 441.109 (Lagina, 1st c.BC), “POxy.” 742.11 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ NT.Luke.12.58: _absolutely_, i.e. πληγήν, λίθῳ δ. τινί “PLips.” 13 iii 3 ] NT]; ἐμβολὰς διδόναι, ram, of ships, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.10. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II with accusative person, hand over, deliver up, ἀχέεσσί με δώσεις [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.167; μιν.. ὀδύνῃσιν ἔδωκεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.397; Ἕκτορα κυσίν 23.21; πυρί τινα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.65; πληγαῖς τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574c; ἔδωκε θῆρας φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.60. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 of parents, give their daughter to wife, θυγατέρα ἀνδρί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.192, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.7 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of Telemachus, ἀνέρι μητέρα δώσω [[ 2.223 ] Refs]; τὴν.. Σάμηνδε ἔδοσαν gave her in marriage to go to Samé, [[ 15.367, compare 17.442 ] Refs]; with infinitive added, δώσω σοι Χαρίτων μίαν ὀπυιέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.268: in Prose and Trag., θυγατέρα δ. τινὶ γυναῖκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.4, etc.: _absolutely_, ἐδίδοσαν καὶ ἤγοντο ἐξ ἀλλήλων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.β,compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 288; also δ. κόρᾳ ἄνδρα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.117. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 διδόναι τινά τινι grant another to one's entreaties, pardon him at one's request, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδόναι τινί τι forgive one a thing, condone it, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 296 (assuming variant). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 δ. ἑαυτόν τινι give oneself up, δ. σφέας αὐτοὺς τοῖσι Ἀθηναίοισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 84, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.68; τινὶ εἰς χεῖρας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1348; δ. ἑαυτὸν τοῖς δεινοῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.97; εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.17.8; εἰς ἔντευξιν [prev. author] 3.15.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τρυφήν, εἰς λῃστείας, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.108, 18.47 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive, δίδωσ᾽ ἑκὼν κτείνειν ἑαυτόν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1341. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 appoint, establish, of a priest, [[ LXX.Exo.31.6 ] LXX]; δῶμεν ἀρχηγόν[[LXX.Num.14.4 ] LXX]; δ. τινὰ εἰς ἔθνος μέγα[[LXX.Gen.17.20 ] LXX]; place, τινὰ ὑπεράνω πάντα τὰ ἔθνη[[LXX.Deu.28.1:—] LXX]passive, οἱ δεδομένοι, = Nethinim, ministers of the Temple,[[LXX.Neh.5.3 ] LXX]; ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα.. orders were given them that.., [[ NT.Rev.9.5. ] NT]
__III in vows and prayers, with accusative person et infinitive, grant, allow, bring about that.., especially in prayers, δὸς ἀποφθίμενον δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω grant that he may go.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.322; τὸν κασίγνητον δότε τυίδ᾽ ἴκεσθαι 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δός με τείσασθαι give me to.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 18, compare “Eu.” 31; also with _dative_ _person_, τούτῳ.. εὐτυχεῖν δοῖεν θεοί [prev. author] “Th.” 422; θεοὶ δοῖέν ποτ᾽ αὐτοῖς.. παθεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 316, compare “OC” 1101, 1287, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 737b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 grant, concede in argument, δ. καὶ συγχωρεῖν [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 100b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990a12, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 239b29; δ. εἶναι θεούς 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 1.3; ἑνὸς ἀτόπου δοθέντος τἆλλα συμβαίνει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 186a9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεδομένα, τά, data, title of work by Euclid; ἡ δοθεῖσα γραμμή, γωνία, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87a, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.9, etc.; δεδόσθω κύκλος 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.6, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Alchemy, δός take certain substances, [[ “Pleid.X.” 69. ] Refs]
__IV Grammars, describe, record, [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.93, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.207. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__V seemingly intransitive, give oneself up, devote oneself, with dative, especially ἡδονῇ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 13; ἡδοναῖς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.12; ἐλπίδι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.12.2; εἰς δημοκοπίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 25.8; δρόμῳ δοὺς φέρεσθαι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]at full speed, [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.47. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
