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|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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