LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

dator

dator m (genitive datōris)
Classical[ˈda.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈdaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. masculineSomeone who gives; a giver, donor or patron
  2. masculinea slave who hands the player the ball

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedatordatōrēs
genitivedatōrisdatōrum
dativedatōrīdatōribus
accusativedatōremdatōrēs
ablativedatōredatōribus
vocativedatordatōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ratio acceptorum et datorum (accepti et expensi) (Amic. 16. 58)
the account of receipts and expenditure.

dător, ōris, m. id.,
I. a giver (except in Plant. 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.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also Latin dō). Cognates include Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr) and Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tar-).

Descendants
  • Italiandatore
  • Portuguesedador
  • Spanishdador
  • Siciliandaturi

Quick answers

What does dator mean in Latin?
dator, a noun, means “Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron; a slave who hands the player the ball”.
What is the genitive of dator?
The genitive singular is datōris. dator is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dator?
In classical Latin, [ˈda.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdaː.tor].