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dăto, āvi, v. a. frequent.
- I. [id.], to give away, administer (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug., and very rare): evectionem, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad Antomn. 1, 2 fin.: argentum fenore, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 73: tributum annuum, Sid. Ep. 5, 13: binas non amplius drachmas (hellebori), Plin. 25, 5, 23, § 58. Obscenè, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 10; cf. datatim.
dător, ōris, m. [do], a giver (except in Plant. rare).
- I. In gen., Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 33; 2, 7, 18; fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 616 P.: assit laetitiae Bacchus dator, Verg. A. 1, 734: hilarem enim datorem diligit Deus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 7.
- II. Esp. in playing ball, the slave who hands the ball to the player, opp. factor, the player himself, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 18.