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1 Dowry
subs.P. προίξ, ἡ, P. and V. φερνή, ἡ.Bridal gifts: V. ἕδνα, τά (Eur., And. 2, 153, 873).Bring dowry with one ( of a wife): P. ἐπιφέρεσθαι προῖκα.He took my mother to wife though she brought no dowry: P. τὴν ἐμὴν μητέρα ἔλαβεν οὐδὲν ἐπιφερομένην.Give as a dowry, v.: P. ἐπιδιδόναι.Giving her a dowry of twenty-five minae, besides clothes and ornaments: P. σὺν ἱματίοις καὶ χρυσίοις πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι μνᾶς ἐπιδούς (Isae. 69).Without a dowry, adj.: P. ἄπροικος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Dowry
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2 Dower
subs.See Dowry.——————v. trans.Give in marriage: P. and V. ἐκδιδόναι (or mid.).Give as a dowry: P. ἐπιδιδόναι.met., enrich: P. and V. πλουτίζειν (Xen.).Dowered with, endowed with: P. and V. ἐπήβολος (gen.) (Plat.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Dower
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3 Marriage gifts
subs.V. ἕδνα, τά (Eur., And. 2 and 153), φερναί, αἱ (Eur., Med. 956).Dowry: see Dowry.Take in marriage (with man as subject); P. λαμβάνειν (acc.) (Dem. 1311).Unite in marriage: see under Marry.They refused the landowners all rights, nor were any of the popular party any longer to give in marriage or contract alliances from among them or into their families: P. τοῖς γεωμόροις μετεδίδοσαν οὔτε ἄλλου οὐδένος, οὔτε ἐκδοῦναι οὐδʼ ἀγαγέσθαι παρʼ ἐκείνων — οὐδ εἰς ἐκείνους οὐδένι ἔτι τοῦ δήμου ἐξῆν (Thuc. 8, 21).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Marriage gifts
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