dē-do — Lewis & Short
dē-do, dĭdi, dĭtum (
I infin. pass. parag.:
dedier,Liv. 1, 32), 3, v. a., lit., to give away, give up from one's self; hence, with respect to the term. ad quem, to give up any thing to one, to surrender, deliver, consign, yield (stronger than do, q. v.—freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
ancillas,Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7; cf.:
aliquem in pistrinum,id. Andr. 1, 2, 28:
aliquem hostibus in cruciatum,Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 3; so,
ad supplicium,Liv. 1, 5:
ad exitium,Tac. A. 1, 32; id. H. 2, 10:
ad necem,Liv. 9, 4;
for which neci,Verg. G. 4, 90; Ov. F. 4, 840:
telis militum,Cic. Mil. 1, 2:
aliquem istis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:
mihi iratae infamem juvencum,Hor. Od. 3, 27, 46:
Assyrios cineri odores,impart, devote, Tib. 1, 3, 7.—
B Esp., milit. t. t., to deliver up, surrender some one or something to the enemy; and with se, to surrender one's self, capitulate: INIVSTE IMPIEQVE ILLOS HOMINES ILLASQVE RES DEDIER, an old formula in Liv. 1, 32:
urbem, agrum, aras, focos seque uti dederent,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 71:
eos, qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulisset, sibi dedere,Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3: so,
auctores belli,Liv. 9, 1:
eum hostibus,Suet. Caes. 24:
Cirtam,Sall. J. 35, 1:
Ambiani se suaque omnia sine mora dediderunt,Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 2:
se suaque omnia Caesari,id. ib. 3, 16, 4; id. B. C. 3, 11 fin.:
se alicui,id. B. G. 2, 15 fin.; 2, 28, 2; id. B. C. 2, 44, 1; 3, 28, 4 et saep.:
se in ditionem atque in arbitratum Thebano poplo,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; Liv. 7, 31; 26, 33:
incolumitatem deditis pollicebatur,Caes. B. C. 3, 28, 2; Tac. Agr. 16 al.: se, without dat., Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Liv. 42, 8 et saep.
II Trop.
A In gen., to give up, yield, devote, dedicate; and with se, to give up, apply, devote, dedicate one's self (esp. freq. in Cic.):
Davo ego istuc dedam jam negoti,Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 50:
membra molli somno,Lucr. 3, 113:
aures suas poetis,Cic. Arch. 10 fin.:
animum sacris,Liv. 1, 31 al.:
aliquem cupiditati crudelitatique alicujus,Cic. Quint. 18 fin.; so,
filiam (Verginiam) libidini App. Claudii,id. Fin. 2, 20 fin.; ef. Tac. A. 3, 23:
collegam liberto,id. ib. 16, 10:
tuus sum, tibi dedo operam,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 60; cf.:
ubi ei dediderit operas,id. ib. 11 al.:
corpora paupertate dedita morti,Lucr. 6, 1255:
se totum Catoni,Cic. Rep. 2, 1; cf.:
cui (sc. patriae) nos totos dedere ... debemus,id. Leg. 2, 2, 5; cf.:
se toto animo huic discendi delectationi,id. Tusc. 5, 39 fin.:
se penitus musicis,id. de Or. 1, 3, 10:
se literis,id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:
se ei studio,id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:
se doctrinae,id. Off. 1, 21, 71; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 11, 1, 35:
se amicitiae eorum,Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 2 al.:
ne me totum aegritudini dedam,Cic. Att. 9, 4; so,
se totos libidinibus,id. Tusc. 1, 30; id. Or. 43, 148; id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et saep.:
cum se ad audiendum, legendum scribendumque dediderit,Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 95:
dede neci,Verg. G. 4, 90; Ov. H. 14, 125; id. F. 4, 840:
se ad literas memoriasque veteres,Gell. 2, 21, 6:
cum se doctrinae penitus dedidissent,Lact. 1, 1, 1.—Absol.: dediderim periculis omnibus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 45.—
b dēdĭta ŏpĕra, adverb., purposely, designedly, intentionally, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2; Afran. ap. Non. 433, 30; Cic. Att. 10, 3; Liv. 2, 29; 2, 51; Col. 12, 4, 5;
in the order opera dedita,Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 193;
and in MSS. ellipt., dedita,id. Att. 15, 4, 4; cf. dedita, e)pithde/s, Gloss. —
B In Partic.: manus, for the usual dare manus, to give up, to yield: si tibi vera videntur, dede manus;
aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,Lucr. 2, 1043.—Hence, dēdĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II. A.), given up to, addicted, devoted to something; eager, assiduous, diligent (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).
(a) With dat.:
hoc magis sum Publio deditus, quod, etc.,Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:
nimis equestri ordini deditus,id. Brut. 62, 223:
eorum voluntati et gratiae deditus fuit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24:
his studiis,id. de Or. 1, 13, 57; id. Arch. 6, 12:
studio literarum,id. Brut. 21, 79:
literis,id. Fam. 1, 7 fin.:
artibus,id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. Cael. 30, 72; Liv. 1, 57:
nec studio citharae nec Musae deditus ulli,Hor. S. 2, 3, 105 al.:
animus libidini deditus,Cic. Cael. 19, 45:
vitiis flagitiisque omnibus,id. Rosc. Am. 13 fin.:
ventri atque somno,Sall. C. 2, 8; cf.:
somno ciboque,Tac. G. 15:
corporis gaudiis,Sall. J. 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 85, 41:
quaestui atque sumptui,id. Cat. 13 fin.; Suet. Vit. 13:
agriculturae,Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 10:
vino,id. 2 Tim. 3, 8.—Comp.:
uxoribus deditior,Eutr. 10, 15.—Sup.: ab optimo certe animo ac deditissimo tibi, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
(b) In Lucret. and Catull. with in:
in pugnae studio quod dedita mens est,Lucr. 3, 647:
in rebus animus,id. 4, 816; Catull. 61, 102.—*
(g) With an adv. of place:
ubi spectaculi tempus venit deditaeque eo (sc. ad spectacula) mentes cum oculis erant,Liv. 1, 9, 10.