English → Latin
“executor” in Latin
exsecūtoraccomplisher, performer; prosecutor, revengereffectoreffecter, producer, causecōnfectormaker, preparer; consumer, destroyer, slayerVelleiusof or pertaining to the gens Velleia.
The English word executor itself goes back to Latin sequor, through exsecūtor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
executor
Performer, exsecutor (Velleius, 2, 5, malorum propositorum): effector: confector [SYN. in EXECUTE].
Executor (of a will). ☞ In Roman law, a will was not valid without the name of some heres written; but till the time of Vespasian this heres might have to give up all the estate to legatees and fideicommissarii; he then became a mere executor; but Vespasian enacted that he should always retain one fourth of the property. The form was,” Lucius Titius heres esto: rogo te, Luci Titi, ut cum primum peteris hereditatem meam adire (= to administer) eam Caio Seio reddas, restituas.” (Inst. Just., 2; Tit., 23, 2): *testamenti exsecutor, quem dicimus (after exsecutor propositorum, Velleius, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for executor?
- The usual Latin words for “executor” are exsecūtor, effector, cōnfector; also Velleius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.