δόσις, εως, ἡ,
(δίδωμι) giving, φαρμάκου [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18; χρημάτων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61; μισθοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to αἴτησις, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14d; δ. χρημάτων καὶ λῆψις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107b8; λήψεις καὶ δόσεις 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.12, cf. LXX.Sir.41.19, NT.Phil.4.15. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__b licence, permission, [[ “SIG” 987.33 (Chios, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ἐμβολῶν δ. ramming in naval tactics, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.10. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II gift, καί οἱ δ. ἔσσεται ἐσθλή [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.213; δ. ὀλίγη τε φίλη τε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.208, 14.58, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, 9.93, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1518, etc.; δόσιν κακὰν κακῶν κακοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1041 (Lyric poetry); θεῶν εἰς ἀνθρώπους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 16c. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 bequest, legacy: κατὰ δόσιν by will (opposed to κατὰ γένος, as heir-at-law), [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.45, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 largess, = Latin congiarium, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.8.8 (_plural_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]