dăto, āvi, v. a. frequent.
I [do], to give away, administer (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug., and very rare): evectionem, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad Antonin. 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. Obscene, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 10; cf. datatim.