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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛs.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛs.tor]

Verb

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

1. to be witness, testify, attest
2. to summon as a witness, call to witness, invoke, entreat, swear by, appeal to
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.492–493:

     “Testor, cāra, deōs et tē, germāna, tuumque
     dulce caput, magicās invītam accingier artēs.”

     “I call to witness the gods, and you, dear sister, and your sweet life: [How] reluctant [I am] to arm [myself with] magical arts.”

3. 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		testārī			—			testāns			—
future		testātūrum esse			—			testātūrus			testandus
perfect		testātum esse			—			testātus			—
future perfect		testātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		testātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		testandī		testandō		testandum		testandō		testātum		testātū

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Spanish: testar
• Italian: testare

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, 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to call the gods to witness: testari deos (Sull. 31. 86)
    
  • this shows, proves..: testis est, testatur, declarat
    
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testament”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.