"dos" meaning in Latin

See dos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈdoːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdɔs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from *deh₃- (“give”). Doublet of dosis. Cognate with Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis), Sanskrit दिति (díti). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*dōtis}} Proto-Italic *dōtis, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*déh₃tis}} Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, {{doublet|la|dosis}} Doublet of dosis, {{cog|grc|δόσις}} Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis), {{cog|sa|दिति|tr=díti}} Sanskrit दिति (díti) Head templates: {{la-noun|dōs<3>|g=f|gen_pl=dōtum/dōtium}} dōs f (genitive dōtis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dōs<3>|gen_pl=dōtum/dōtium}} Forms: dōs [canonical, feminine], dōtis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dōs [nominative, singular], dōtēs [nominative, plural], dōtis [genitive, singular], dōtum [genitive, plural], dōtium [genitive, plural], dōtī [dative, singular], dōtibus [dative, plural], dōtem [accusative, singular], dōtēs [accusative, plural], dōte [ablative, singular], dōtibus [ablative, plural], dōs [singular, vocative], dōtēs [plural, vocative]
  1. dowry Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-dos-la-noun-uXeaa19i Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 67 33
  2. gift, endowment, talent Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-dos-la-noun-V6SCnNDA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dōtālis, dōtō
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "dot"
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    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "duauta"
    },
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      "word": "dot"
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      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "dote"
    },
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      "word": "dota"
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      "word": "dote"
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      "word": "duti"
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      "word": "dote"
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        {
          "english": "SIMO: Inspired by [my son’s good] reputation, Chremes came to me of his own accord, so that he could offer his only daughter — with a huge dowry — as a bride to my son.",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 99–101",
          "text": "SĪMŌ: Hāc fāmā impulsus, Chremēs / ultrō ad mē vēnit, ūnicam gnātam suam / cum dōte summā fīliō uxōrem ut daret.",
          "translation": "SIMO: Inspired by [my son’s good] reputation, Chremes came to me of his own accord, so that he could offer his only daughter — with a huge dowry — as a bride to my son.",
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          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.319–320",
          "roman": "ipsa tuās’ dīxit: dōs mihi vīlis erat.’",
          "text": "‘saepe mihi Zephyrus ‘dōtēs corrumpere nōlī",
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      "ipa": "[ˈdɔs]",
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    }
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}
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        {
          "english": "SIMO: Inspired by [my son’s good] reputation, Chremes came to me of his own accord, so that he could offer his only daughter — with a huge dowry — as a bride to my son.",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 99–101",
          "text": "SĪMŌ: Hāc fāmā impulsus, Chremēs / ultrō ad mē vēnit, ūnicam gnātam suam / cum dōte summā fīliō uxōrem ut daret.",
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          "translation": "“Often Zephyrus said to me, ‘Don’t destroy your own dowry.’ My dowry was of no value to me.”\n(Flora (mythology) stopped caring for flowers when the early Romans neglected to worship her deity; Zephyrus, the west wind of spring, was her consort.)",
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}

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