Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Dator

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

DA'TOR. In the game of ball; the person, or the slave, who supplied the balls, picked up those which fell to the ground, and brought them to the players. Plaut. Curc. ii. 3. 18. Compare Pet. Sat. 27. 2.