LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

testāmentum

testāmentum n (genitive testāmentī)
Classical[tɛs.taːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[tes.taˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. will, testament
  2. testament (scripture of Christianity)
    Testamentum vetus et novum.The Old and New Testament.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

tabulae ultimae voluntātis
testāmentum -ī (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 5

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetestāmentumtestāmenta
genitivetestāmentītestāmentōrum
dativetestāmentōtestāmentīs
accusativetestāmentumtestāmenta
ablativetestāmentōtestāmentīs
vocativetestāmentumtestāmenta

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

testamentum resignare
to open a will.
testamentum rescindere
to declare a will to be null and void.
testamentum facere, conscribere
to make a will.
testamentum subicere, supponere
to produce a false will.
testamentum obsignare (B. G. 1. 39)
to sign a will.
testamentum irritum facere, rumpere
to annul, revoke a will.
testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
to prescribe in one's will.
aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
to appoint some one as heir in one's will.

testāmentum, i, n. testor,
I. the publication of a last will or testament; a will, testament (cf. codicilli).
I. In gen., Gell. 7 ($3), 12, 1 sqq.: testamentum est voluntatis nostrae justa sententia de eo, quod quis post mortem suam fieri velit, Dig. 28, 1, 1: testamentum legere ... obsignare ... facere, Cic. Mil. 18, 48; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; cf.: testamenti factio, id. Top. 11, 50: testamenti factionem habere, id. Fam. 7, 21: testamentum conscribere, id. Har. Resp. 20, 42: obsignare, id. Clu. 14, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 39: signare, Quint. 4, 2, 87: mutare, Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Dig. 29, 6, 1: rumpere, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; id. Caecin. 25, 72; cf.: testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum jura, id. de Or. 1, 38, 173: constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum, id. ib. 1, 57, 241; Dig. 28, 2, 22 sqq.: irritum facere, Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109: subicere, id. ib. 14, 3, 7; id. Par. 6, 2, 46; cf.: testamentorum subjector, id. Cat. 2, 4, 7: supponere, id. Par. 6, 1, 43; cf. id. Leg. 1, 16, 43: testamento cavere aliquid, id. Fin. 2, 31, 102: testamento esse in triente, id. Att. 7, 8, 3: eripis hereditatem, quae venerat testamento, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46: cum ex testamento HS. milies relinquatur, id. Off. 3, 24, 93: testamenta resignare, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9: testamento aliquem adoptare, Nep. Att. 5, 2: testamenta nuncupare, to announce or acknowledge before witnesses, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.—Concerning the three different kinds of testaments (calatis comitiis, per aes ad libram, and in procinctu), and the laws relating to wills in gen., v. Lübker, Real-Lex., s.v. Testamentum, and esp. Rein, Privatr. p. 363 sq.—
II. In eccl. Lat: Testamentum vetus et novum, the Old and New Testaments, cf. Lact. 4, 20, 4; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1: vetus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14: novum, ib. 3, 6.

Origins

From testārī (“to testify”) + -mentum (noun suffix). The biblical sense came about as a confused rendering of Ancient Greek διαθήκη (diathḗkē, “covenant, or (alternatively) will, testament”).

Descendants
  • Catalantestament
  • Frenchtestamentfrom Old French testament
  • Englishtestamentfrom Old French testament
  • Italiantestamento
  • Portuguesetestamentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese testamento
  • Spanishtestamentofrom Old Spanish testamento
  • Romaniantestament
  • Dutchtestamentfrom Old French testament
  • Hungariantestamentum
  • Galiciantestamentofrom Old Galician-Portuguese testamento

In English words that came into English from testāmentum

  • testamenttestāmentum

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesTestamentumTestamentum is defined by Ulpian as being mentis nostrae justa contestatio in id sollemniter facta ut post mortem nostram valeat. (Cf. Modestinus in D…

Quick answers

What does testāmentum mean in Latin?
testāmentum, a noun, means “will, testament; testament (scripture of Christianity)”.
What is the genitive of testāmentum?
The genitive singular is testāmentī. testāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce testāmentum?
In classical Latin, [tɛs.taːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tes.taˈmɛn.tum].