testator
English
Alternative forms
- testatour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /tɛsˈteɪ.tɚ/
Related terms
Translations
One who dies having made a legally valid will
See also
Further reading
- testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- testator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tesˈtaː.tor/, [tɛsˈtaː.tɔr]
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | testātor | testātōrēs |
Genitive | testātōris | testātōrum |
Dative | testātōrī | testātōribus |
Accusative | testātōrem | testātōrēs |
Ablative | testātōre | testātōribus |
Vocative | testātor | testātōrēs |
Verb
testātor
References
- testator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- testator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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