dător, ōris, m. [do], a giver (except in Plaut. 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.