δίδωμι
Etym. Redupl. from Root ΔΟ, Lat. do, dare.
I. Orig. sense, "to give", τί τινι Hom., etc.; in pres. and imperf. "to be ready to give, to offer", id=Hom.
2. of the gods, "to grant", κῦδος, νίκην, and of evils, δ. ἄλγεα, ἄτας, κήδεα id=Hom.; later, εὖ διδόναι τινί "to provide" well for.., Soph., Eur.
3. "to offer to the gods", Hom., etc.
4. with an inf. added, δῶκε τεύχεα θεράποντι φορῆναι "gave" him the arms to carry, Il.; διδοῖ πιεῖν "gives" to drink, Hdt., etc.
5. Prose phrases, δ. ὅρκον, opp. to λαμβάνειν, "to tender" an oath; δ. χάριν, ῀ χαρίζεσθαι, as ὀργῆι χάριν δούς "having indulged" his anger, Soph.;— λόγον τινὶ δ. "to give" one leave to speak, Xen.; but, δ. λόγον ἑαυτῶι "to deliberate", Hdt.
II. c. acc. pers. "to give over, deliver up", Hom., etc.
2. of parents, "to give" their daughter "to wife", id=Hom.
3. in attic, διδόναι τινά τινι "to grant" any one to entreaties, "pardon" him, Xen.:— διδόναι τινί τι "to forgive" one a thing, "remit" its punishment, Eur., Dem.
4. διδόναι ἑαυτόν τινι "to give" oneself "up", Hdt., etc.
5. δ.δίκην, v. δίκη IV. 3.
III. in vows and prayers, c. acc. pers. et inf. "to grant, allow, bring about that", Hom., Trag.
IV. seemingly intr. "to give oneself up, devote oneself", τινί Eur.