A.giver, dispenser, “ταμίαι . . σίτοιο δοτῆρες” Il.19.44; “ὀϊστοὶ θανάτοιο δ.” Hes.Sc.131; esp. of the gods, “δ. εὐθηλέος ἥβης” h.Hom.8.9; “μαντευμάτων” Pi.Pae.7.1; “πυρὸς βροτοῖς δοτῆρα” A.Pr.612.—Poet. form used by X.Cyr.8.1.9, and in later Prose, “θεὸς δ. παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ” D.H.2.62, cf. J.AJ1.18.6, Iamb.Myst.3.31.
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