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δωρ-εά , Ion. δωρ-εή , : δωρειά in earlier Attic Inscrr., IG12.77, al., δωρεά first in ib.22.1.68:—
2. estate granted by a king, fief, Phoenicid. 4.7, PSI5.511.4, 518.2 (iii B.C.).
II. acc. δωρεάν as Adv., as a free gift, freely, Hdt.5.23, prob. in And.1.4; “μηδὲν δ. πράττεινPlb. 18.34.7, cf. LXX Jb.1.9; “δ. λειτουργεῖνTest.Epict.4.27, cf. Inscr.Prien. 4.17 (iv B.C.); so “κατὰ δωρεάνIG7.2711.13, al. (Acraeph., i A. D.); “ἐν δωρεᾷ προσνεῖμαιPlb.22.5.4; but γῆν ἀμπελῶνα, etc.) ἐν δωρεᾷ ἔχειν to hold land by a royal grant, PRev. Laws 36.15 (iii B.C.), cf. 43.11, 44.3.
2. to no purpose, for naught, Ep.Gal.2.21.
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