dōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dos],
I 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.
A Prop.: uxor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 49; id. Most. 3, 2, 14; id. Mil. 3, 1, 86; Ter. Phorm. 941; Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; Prop. 1, 8, 35 (1, 8, b. 9 M.); Hor. C. 3, 24, 19 al.—
B Transf.: ulmus vite, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266: Chione dotatissima formā, Ov. M. 11, 301.— Comp. and adv. do not occur.