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dōtālis, e, adj. [dos], of or belonging to a dowry or portion (of the wife, and sometimes of the husband), dotal: aedes, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 30; 4, 6, 63; cf. praedia, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4: regia, Verg. A. 9, 737; 11, 369; cf. regnum, Ov. M. 4, 705; id. F. 6, 593: patria, id. M. 8, 67: tellus, id. H. 4, 163: agri, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 21: arma, Sil. 17, 75 et saep.: servus, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 72; cf. Dig. 24, 1, 28; Sen. Contr. 3, 21: Tyrii, Verg. A. 4, 104.

1. dōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dos], to endow, to portion (esp. richly); in the verb. finit. rare (and perh. not ante-Aug.): filiam splendidissime maritavit, dotavitque, Suet. Vesp. 14: sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo, Verg. A. 7, 318; Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 290; cf. id. IV. Cons. Hon. 648.
And transf.: in Arabia et olea dotatur lacrima, is furnished with an exudation, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77; Pall. poet. Insit. 63; Vulg. Gen. 30, 20.
Far more freq. and class.: dōtātus, a, um, P. a., well or richly endowed, gifted, provided.

  1. A. Prop.: uxor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 47; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.
  2. B. Transf.: ulmus vite, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266: Chione dotatissima formā, Ov. M. 11, 301.
    Comp. and adv. do not occur.

2. Dōto, ūs, f., = Δωτώ, a sea-nymph, Verg. A. 9, 102; Val. Fl. 1, 134 al. ‡† drăcaena, ae, f., = δράκαινα, a shedragon, acc. to Don. p. 1747 P.; Prisc. p. 643 and 684 ib.; Cledon. p. 1896 ib.