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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dător</b>: ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[giver]] ([[except]] in Plant. [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp. in playing [[ball]], the [[slave]] [[who]] hands the [[ball]] to the [[player]], opp. [[factor]], the [[player]] [[himself]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 18.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dătŏr</b>,¹⁵ ōris, m. (do), celui qui donne, donneur : Pl. Truc. 571 ; [[dator]] lætitiæ Virg. En. 1, 734, donneur de joie &#124;&#124; [au jeu de balle] le donneur, qui sert la balle : Pl. Curc. 297.||[au jeu de balle] le donneur, qui sert la balle : Pl. Curc. 297.
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{{Georges
|georg=dator, ōris, m. (do), der [[Geber]], der Spender, absol., Plaut. u. Eccl.: m. Genet., bellissimi negotioli, Plaut. fr.: laetitiae (v. [[Bacchus]]), Verg.: [[salutis]] (v. Askulap), Arnob.: vitae (v. [[Gott]]), Iul. Firm.: [[legis]] (v. [[Moses]]), Eccl.: Ggstz., [[non]] [[dator]] vitae, [[sed]] [[ademptor]], Augustin. tract. in Ioann. 116, 1: [[fidelis]] [[promissor]], [[benignus]] [[dator]], Augustin. serm. 378: [[nusquam]] apparet [[neque]] datori [[neque]] factrici, Plaut. truc. 571. – Beim [[Ballspiel]] [[dator]], der den [[Ball]] zuwirft (Ggstz. [[factor]], der ihn [[weiter]] schlägt od. wirft), Plaut. Curc. 297.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=dator datoris N M :: giver, donor, patron; slave who hands the ball to the player (L+S)
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