dătĭo, ōnis, f. [do], the act of giving, allotting, distributing; giving up, surrender (good prose, but rare).—
I Prop.: in datione, Varr. R. R. 3, 9 fin. : legum ( = latio), * Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 60: signi dationem Palamedes invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202: legati, opp. ademptio legati, Dig. 34, 4, 14: partis, ib. 45, 1, 2.—
II Transf.
A The right to give or convey away property: right of alienation , * Liv. 39, 19.—
B A gift (eccl. Lat.): datio Dei permanet pistis, Vulg. Sirach. 11, 17.