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. Pont. 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. 5, 4, 9. —(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).
