dōnum

Definitiones

1. gift, present
   declension-2
2. offering, sacrifice
   declension-2
3. Equivalent to 'gift': Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Dōnum sanguinis – dōnum vītae”

Donation of blood – a gift of life

“from the Aeneid (II, 49) by Virgil Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo⟳ Danaos et dona ferentes. Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.”

“flōreat ut tōtō carmen Nāsōnis in aevō, sparge, precor⟳, dōnīs pectora nostra tuīs. So that the song of Naso may flourish in every age, sprinkle, I pray, our hearts with your gifts! (Just as Flora (mythology) blooms eternal, Ovid asks the goddess to ensure that his poetry delights his readers – “our hearts” – forever.)”

Gradus CEFR