dōnātor, ōris, m. [dono],
a giver , donor (post-Aug.; in the jurists very freq.), Dig. 42, 1, 49; Just. Inst. 2, 7, § 2; Cod. Just. 8, 54, 1 et saep.; Sen. Hippol. 1217.
·noun One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver. ...
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