Lewis & Short

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partĭceps, cipis, adj. [pars-capio], sharing, partaking, participant (class.; syn.: consors, socius); constr. usually with gen., rarely also with dat. or with prepp.

  1. I. Adj.
          1. (α) With gen.: fac participes nos tuae sapientiae, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 81: nuntii, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 19: esse participem leti, i. e. to be mortal, Lucr. 3, 462: animus rationis compos et particeps, Cic. Univ. 8: fortunarum omnium socius et particeps, id. Font. 17, 47: artis, id. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Inv. 2, 30, 92: virtutes ita copulatae conexaeque sunt, ut omnes omnium participes sint, id. Fin. 5, 23, 67: praedae ac praemiorum, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: secreti honesti, Juv. 3, 52.
          2. (β) With dat.: aliquem participem studiis habere, Ov. P. 2, 5, 41 (al. studii): alicujus consilii fortibus viris esse participem, Curt. 6, 7, 8; cf. id. 6, 6, 36: sceleris in regem suum, id. 6, 24: Natalis particeps ad omne secretum Pisoni erat, Tac. A. 15, 50.
          3. (γ) With a prep.: non licet donati obsoni me participem fieri, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 34 Speng.: particeps in tribulatione, Vulg. Apoc. 1, 9.
          4. (δ) With a rel.-clause: is speculatum huc misit me, ut, quae fierent, fieret particeps, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 19.
  2. II. Subst., a sharer, partaker, partner.
    Esp., a comrade, fellow-soldier: praeda per participes aequiter partita est, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. p. 512, 32: me et semul participes meos praedā onerabo, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 14: praedam participes petunt, id. Most. 1, 3, 154: meus particeps, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 98: hujus belli ego particeps et socius et adjutor esse cogor, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 5: in quādam conjuratione quasi participes nominati, Suet. Calig. 56; cf. Curt. 6, 8, 5.