English → Latin
“dole” in Latin
dōnumgift, present; offering, sacrificemūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorpraemiumprofit derived from booty; profit, advantage, prerogative, distinction; prize, reward, recompenseiaciōto throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away; to lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect; to send forth, emit; brdōnāriumThe part of a temple where votive offerings were madecorōllāriumMoney paid for a garland of flowers.; A gift, present, gratuity.; A corollary, deduction, consequence.xeniuma present, gift, especially one for a host or vice-versa.dōnātīvumfinancial gratuity given to Roman soldiers at the accession of the Emperor, later than Augustus; financial gratuity givecongiāriusRelating to a congius; measured by volumelīberālitāsfrankness, affability; generosity, liberality
The English word dole itself goes back to Latin doleō, through dolus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dole
The act of DISTRIBUTION, Vid:
Anything presented or distributed, donum: munus: praemium: jactura: donarium: corollarium: xenium (ξένιον): donativum: congiarium: liberalitas (= donum, not before Silver Age), munusculum [SYN. in GIFT, PRESENT].
Provision or money distributed in charity, demensum (general term for what is measured out in portions): cibus or victus diurnus (food or provision given out daily; Vid: Ter., Phorm., 1, 1, 9): stips: beneficium (an alms; Vid :): portio (a part of the whole, in as far as anybody has claims on it, only used in classical Latin in “pro portione”).
Grief, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dole?
- The usual Latin words for “dole” are dōnum, mūnus, praemium; also iaciō, dōnārium, corōllārium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.