Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Donativum

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. 

DONATI'VUM. A largess or bounty given by the emperor to the army, as contradistinguished from congiarium, which was bestowed upon the people generally. Suet. Neto, 7. Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 26.