dōno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [donum].
I To give one something as a present; to present , bestow; to grant , vouchsafe , confer (freq. and class.).
A In gen.
1 Prop.: donavi ei, quae voluit, quae postulavit: te quoque ei dono dedi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 5; cf. id. Poen. 2, 23: non pauca suis adjutoribus large effuseque donabat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin. : munera ista civibus tuis, id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90: praedam militibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin. : catenam ex voto Laribus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 65 et saep.: alicui non unius diei gratulationem, sed aeternitatem immortalitatemque, Cic. Pis. 3, 7: studiis temporum velut subseciva, Quint. 1, 12, 13: alicui gaudia, Hor. C. 3, 6, 27: (cadus) Spes donare novas largus, id. ib. 4, 12, 19: uxorem cum dote fidemque, etc., regina pecunia donat, id. Ep. 1, 6, 37: (aurae) Omnia (mandata) discerpunt et nubibus irrita donant, Verg. A. 9, 313 et saep.—
β With inf. (poet.): huic loricam Donat habere viro, Verg. A. 5, 262 (acc. to the Gr. δῶκεν ἵππον ἄγειν, Hom. Il. 23, 612); so id. ib. 10, 701: frui paratis, Hor. C. 1, 31, 18: divinare magnus mihi donat Apollo, id. S. 2, 5, 60.—
γ With ut and subj. (poet.): Calliope, nostro donate labori, nota parum ut facta tradantur, etc., Sil. 12, 390. —
2 Trop., to give up , sacrifice (cf. condono): amicitias rei publicae, Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2; so, iram patriae, Sil. 15, 603.—
B In partic., to remit , forgive a debt, obligation, or penalty.
1 Lit.: mercedes habitationum annuas conductoribus donavit, Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1: causam illi, Just. 32, 2, 4: legem, i. e. actionem lege datam, to give up , resign , Petr. poët. 18, 6; for which, negotium (with componere), Suet. Calig. 40. —
2 Trop. for the more usual condonare, to forgive , pardon an offence or him that committed it, for another's sake (so perhaps not ante-Aug.): culpa gravis precibus donatur saepe suorum, Ov. P. 2, 7, 51: noxae damnatus donatur populo Romano, donatur tribuniciae potestati, Liv. 8, 35; cf. id. 2, 35, 5 Drak.: patrem filio, Just. 32, 2, 5: victum memoriae patris, id. 38, 6; Flor. 3, 5, 10 Duker.
II Aliquem (aliquā re), to present one with any thing (class. and very freq.): donis plurimis donatus, Plaut. Am. prol. 137; cf. id. Stich. 5, 2, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 53 fin. : aliquem paterā, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 131; 134; 139: aliquem anulo aureo, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80: aliquem civitate, id. Arch. 3, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 47, 4: aliquem laureā Apollinari, Hor. C. 4, 2, 9 et saep.: meritos in proeliis more militiae donat, Sall. J. 54, 1; cf.: donatus atque laudatus magnifice pro contione, id. ib. 8, 2 et saep.— Absol. : gaudent, currunt, celebrant, donant, tenent, Att. ap. Non. 317, 15 (Trag. Fragm. p. 193, ed. Rib.).—
β Ante-class.: aliquem aliquid; egon te pro hoc nuntio quid donem? Ter. Hec. 849. —(But in Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6 the right reading seems to be: fata docet fari, not fari donavit, v. Vahl. Enn. p. 7).