partĭcĭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (collat. dep. form partĭcĭpor, Dig. 4, 4, 9, § 1) [particeps], to share; viz., to cause to partake of, to impart; and also, to partake of, participate in (in both senses mostly ante- and post-class.; syn.: communico, partior, impertior).
I To make partaker of , to give a share of , to acquaint with , make privy to , impart , inform of any thing.
A Lit.: aliquem sermone suo de amicā eri, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 108: servum sui consilii, id. Cist. 1, 3, 17: ubi sint, quid agant, ecqui bene agant, Neque participant nos, neque redeunt, id. Stich. 1, 1, 33.— Pass. : non licet donati obsoni me participem fieri? Ast. Si volebas participari, etc., id. Truc. 4, 2, 34: uti dentes sensu participentur, Lucr. 3, 692: sequitur igitur, ad participandum alium ab alio homines naturā esse factos, Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 33.—
B Transf.: aliquid cum aliquo, to share with , impart to one: suas laudes cum aliquo, Liv. 3, 12, 5; Spart. Hadr. 26.—With dat. (late Lat.): non participabant aliis ii, quibus aliquid affluebat, Lact. 5, 6, 1.— Pass. : participato cum eo (fratre) regno, Just. 34, 2, 8: participato imperio, Treb. Gall. 12 init. : nec cum quoquam participatis nocturnis imaginibus, Ap. Met. 8, 9, 7.—
II To share in , partake of , participate in any thing: pestem parem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v 22 Vahl.): lucrum, damnum, Dig. 17, 2, 55: consilium alicujus, Mamert. Grat. Act. Jul. init. : ad participandas ejusmodi voluptates, Gell. 15, 2, 7: de uno pane, Vulg. 1 Cor 10, 17.—With abl. alone: patrio sepulchro participans, Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 10.
V —Hence, partĭcĭpā-tum , i, n. (lit. made to participate; hence), in gram., a participle (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 3, § 227.