participor

partĭcĭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (collat. dep. form partĭcĭpor, Dig. 4, 4, 9, § 1) [id.], to share; viz., to cause to partake of, to impart; and also, to partake of, participate in (in both senses mostly ante- and post-class.; syn.: communico, partior, impertior).

I.

To make partaker of, to give a share of, to acquaint with, make privy to, impart, inform of any thing.

A.

Lit.:

aliquem sermone suo de amicā eri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 108:

servum sui consilii,

id. Cist. 1, 3, 17:

ubi sint, quid agant, ecqui bene agant, Neque participant nos, neque redeunt,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 33.— Pass.: non licet donati obsoni me participem fieri? Ast. Si volebas participari, etc., id. Truc. 4, 2, 34:

uti dentes sensu participentur,

Lucr. 3, 692:

sequitur igitur, ad participandum alium ab alio homines naturā esse factos,

Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 33.—

B.

Transf.: aliquid cum aliquo, to share with, impart to one:

suas laudes cum aliquo,

Liv. 3, 12, 5; Spart. Hadr. 26.—With dat. (late Lat.):

non participabant aliis ii, quibus aliquid affluebat,

Lact. 5, 6, 1.— Pass.:

participato cum eo (fratre) regno,

Just. 34, 2, 8: participato imperio, Treb. Gall. 12 init.:

nec cum quoquam participatis nocturnis imaginibus,

App. M. 8, 9, p. 205, 19.—

II.

To share in, partake of, participate in any thing: pestem parem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v 22 Vahl.):

lucrum, damnum,

Dig. 17, 2, 55: consilium alicujus, Mamert. Grat. Act. Jul. init.:

ad participandas ejusmodi voluptates,

Gell. 15, 2, 7:

de uno pane,

Vulg. 1 Cor 10, 17.—With abl. alone:

patrio sepulchro participans,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 10.—Hence, partĭcĭpā-tum, i, n. (lit. made to participate; hence), in gram., a participle (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 3, § 227.