testor

See also: testőr

English

Noun

testor

1. (obsolete) A teston, a sixpence

References

• 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes

Anagrams

• Tretos, ortets, otters, torest, torets, tortes, toters

Latin

Etymology

From testis (“a witness”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.tor/, [ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.tor/, [ˈt̪ɛst̪or]

Verb

testor (present infinitive testārī, perfect active testātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to be witness, testify, attest
2. to make a will

Conjugation

Conjugation of testor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	testor	testāris, testāre	testātur	testāmur	testāminī	testantur
	imperfect	testābar	testābāris, testābāre	testābātur	testābāmur	testābāminī	testābantur
	future	testābor	testāberis, testābere	testābitur	testābimur	testābiminī	testābuntur
	perfect	testātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	testātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	testātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tester	testēris, testēre	testētur	testēmur	testēminī	testentur
	imperfect	testārer	testārēris, testārēre	testārētur	testārēmur	testārēminī	testārentur
	perfect	testātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	testātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	testāre	—	—	testāminī	—
	future	—	testātor	testātor	—	—	testantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		testārī	testātum esse	testātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		testāns	testātus	testātūrus	—	—	testandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		testandī	testandō	testandum	testandō	testātum	testātū

Derived terms

• attestor
• contestor
• dētestor
• prōtestor
• testātiō
• testātor

 

References

• “testor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “testor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• testor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• testor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to call the gods to witness: testari deos (Sull. 31. 86)
    
  • this shows, proves..: testis est, testatur, declarat
    
• “testament”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.