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δόσις, a giving

δόσις, εως, ἡ, (δίδωμι)
  • 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. ramming in 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 δόσιν by will (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 contribution towards the fulfilment of a purpose, Chrysipp. (?) Stoic. 3.30.
      • 5 payment on account, instalment, IG 1(2).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. τελεία full dose, Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.57.5, etc., cf. Luc. Abd. 4.
      • 8 τῆς οἰκονομίας πολλὴν ποιεῖσθαι δ. lay great stress on an arrangement, D.H. Dem. 51; οὐ τοσαύτην ποιούμενοι τῆς ἡδονῆς δ. ὅσην τῆς ἀληθείας ib. 18.
      • 9 destiny, fate of an individual, ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη δ. Iamb. Myst. 1.3; esp. of planetary influence, Plot. 2.3.2, al.

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