δωρεά

dorea

gift, present

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book II 1
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672a5
Book III 1
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695d3
Book VIII 1
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844d5
Book X 1
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906e6
Book XI 1
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938a1
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Book II 3
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361c1
361c2
366e4
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468a9
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108a4
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353c3
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219d5
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290c9

Dictionary (LSJ)

δωρεά, Ion. δωρ-εή, ἡ: δωρειά in earlier Attic Inscrr., IG 12.77, al., δωρεά first in ib.22.1.68:—A. gift, present, esp. bounty ( = δόσις ἀναπόδοτος Arist. Top. 125a18), Hdt. 2.140; δωρεὰν διδόναι Id. 6.130, A. Pr. 340; πορεῖν ib.616; δωρεῖσθαι Pl. Plt. 290c; δ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, Isoc. 6.31, 15.40; ironically, θάνατόν τινι δωρεὰν ἀποδοῦναι Antipho 5.34; δ. ἔχειν S. Aj. 1032, D. 18.312; ἐν χάριτος μέρει καὶ δωρειᾶς D. 21.165; δωρειὰν καὶ χάριν ib.172, cf. Pl. Lg. 844d; of a legacy, D. 27.41, 65; δωρεαί privileges and immunities, opp. δῶρα, gifts in cash or kind, Philostr. VS 2.10.4. 2. estate granted by a king, fief, Phoenicid. 4.7, PSI 5.511.4, 518.2 (iii B.C.). II. acc. δωρεάν as Adv., as a free gift, freely, Hdt. 5.23, prob. in And. 1.4; μηδὲν δ. πράττειν Plb. 18.34.7, cf. LXX Jb. 1.9; δ. λειτουργεῖν Test.Epict. 4.27, cf. Inscr.Prien. 4.17 (iv B.C.); so κατὰ δωρεάν IG 7.2711.13, al. (Acraeph., i A. D.); ἐν δωρεᾷ προσνεῖμαι Plb. 22.5.4; but γῆν (ἀμπελῶνα, etc.) ἐν δωρεᾷ ἔχειν to hold land by a royal grant, PRev. Laws 36.15 (iii B.C.), cf. 43.11, 44.3. 2. to no purpose, for naught, Ep.Gal. 2.21.

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