testor

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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

Latin

Etymology

From testis (“a witness”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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: reluctant to arm 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

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, 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.
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