δῶρον, τό,
(δίδωμι) gift, present, gift of honour, ἀγλαὰ δ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.213, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; votive gift or offering to a god, φέρε δῶρον Ἀθήνῃ [[ 6.293, cf. LXX.Gen.4.4, NT.Mark.7.11; βωμοὶ δώροισι φλέγονται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 91 ] LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]; ποῦ μοι τὰ.. δ. κἀκροθίνι; [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 184 ] Refs]; δῶρά τινος the gifts of, i. e. given by, him, θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.265, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.142 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δῶρ᾽ Ἀφροδίτης, i.e. personal charms, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.54, 64; δ. Κύπριδος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 363 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. τῶν Μουσῶν καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος, of μουσική, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 796e:] Refs 5th c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, ὕπνου δ. the blessing of sleep, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.482 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δῶρα presents given as tribute, [[ 17.225 ] Refs]; δῶρον τοῦ ποταμοῦ, of the land of Egypt, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 δῶρα presents, as retaining fees or bribes, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.109, Jusj.[prev. work] 24.150, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 55.5, “SIG” 953.7 (from Calymna)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc. (the usual sense of the word in Attic dialect Oratt.): hence in _Attic dialect_ law, δώρων γραφή an indictment for being bribed, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.232, etc., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δώρων κριθῆναι to be tried for taking bribes, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δώρων ἑλεῖν τινα to convict him of taking bribes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 591 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ὀφλεῖν to be found guilty of taking bribes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.74; δώρων δίωξις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]