LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

testor

testor (present infinitive testārī, perfect active testātus sum)
Classical[ˈtɛs.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛs.tor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto be witness, testify, attest
  2. deponentto summon as a witness, call to witness, invoke, entreat, swear by, appeal to
    “Testor, cāra, deōs et tē, germāna, tuumque“I call to witness the gods, and you, dear sister, and your sweet life: [How] reluctant [I am] to arm [myself with] magical arts.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.492–493
  3. deponentto make a will

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.testortestābartestābor———
2nd sg.testāris
testāre		testābāris
testābāre		testāberis
testābere		———
3rd sg.testāturtestābāturtestābitur———
1st pl.testāmurtestābāmurtestābimur———
2nd pl.testāminītestābāminītestābiminī———
3rd pl.testanturtestābanturtestābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.testertestārer——
2nd sg.testēris
testēre		testārēris
testārēre		——
3rd sg.testēturtestārētur——
1st pl.testēmurtestārēmur——
2nd pl.testēminītestārēminī——
3rd pl.testenturtestārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.testāre—
pres. 2nd pl.testāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.testātor—
fut. 3rd sg.testātor—
fut. 3rd pl.testantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivetestārī—
perfect infinitivetestātum esse—
future infinitivetestātūrum esse—
present participletestāns—
perfect participletestātus
testāta, testātā, testātae, testātam, testātārum, testātās, testāte, testātī, testātīs, testātō, testātōrum, testātōs		—
future participletestātūrus
testātūra, testātūrā, testātūrae, testātūram, testātūrārum, testātūrās, testātūre, testātūrī, testātūrīs, testātūrō, testātūrōrum, testātūrōs, testātūrum		testandus
gerundtestandī, testandō, testandumsupinetestātum, testātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

testari deos (Sull. 31. 86)
to call the gods to witness.
testis est, testatur, declarat
this shows, proves...

testor, ātus, 1, v. a. 1. testis.
I. To be a witness, speak as witness, to bear witness, give evidence, depose, testify, attest any thing.
A. Lit. (very rare, and not in Cic.; cf. testificor): confiteor: testere licet: signate Quirites, thou canst attest it, Ov. P. 4, 15, 11: quasi inclamaret aut testaretur locutus est, Quint. 11, 3, 172.—
B. Transf., in gen., to make known, show, prove, demonstrate; to give to understand, to declare, aver, assert, bear witness to, etc. (class and very freq.): ego quod facio, me pacis, otii, etc. ... causā facere, clamo atque testor, Cic. Mur. 37, 78: auctoritatem hujus indicii monumentis publicis, id. Sull. 14, 41: nunc illa testabor, non me sortilegos ... agnoscere, id. Div. 1, 58, 132: testatur isto audiente, se pro communi necessitudine id primum petere, id. Quint. 21, 66: clarissimā voce se nomen Oppianici ... delaturum esse testatur, id. Clu. 8, 23: ea quae accidere testatus antea, Sall. H. 4, 61, 10 Dietsch: testatus, quae praestitisset civibus eorum, etc., Liv. 25, 10, 8: vectigal testandi causā publicum agrum esse imponere, id. 31, 13, 7: assiduoque suos gemitu testata dolores, Ov. M. 2, 486: quod Cicero pluribus et libris et epistulis testatur, Quint. 12, 2, 6: utraeque (venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: sunt Agamemnonias testantia litora curas, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 21: ut pura testantur sidera caelo, Tib. 4, 1, 10: verba nos testantia gratos, Ov. M. 14, 307: carmina raros testantia mores, id. P. 1, 9, 43: campus sepulcris proelia testatur, Hor. C. 2, 1, 31: numerus autem (saepe enim hoc testandum est) est non modo non poëtice junctus, verum etiam, etc., Cic. Or. 68, 227; Quint. prooem. § 26; 11, 1, 5.—
2. In partic., to publish one's last will or testament, to make a will, provide by will for any thing, Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 62: cum ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, immemor in testando nepotis decessisset, Liv. 1, 34, 3: quis dubitaret, quin ea voluntas fuisset testantis, ut is non nato filio heres esset, Quint. 7, 6, 10: si exheredatum a se filium pater testatus fuerit elogio, id. 7, 4, 20: primipilari seni jam testato, id. 6, 3, 92: intestati appellantur, qui cum possent testamentum facere, testati non sunt, Dig. 38, 16, 1; 29, 1, 19 pr.; 49, 14, 45 pr.: nomen testatas intulit in tabulas, i. e. into his will, Cat. 68, 122.—
II. To call upon or invoke a person or thing as witness (likewise class.): Venus Cyrenensis, testem te testor mihi, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 51: vos, di patrii ac penates, testor, me defendere, etc., Cic. Sull. 31, 86: C. Marii et ceterorum virorum mentis testor, me pro illorum famā propugnandum putare, etc., id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: omnes deos, with an obj.-clause, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2: ego omnes homines deosque testor, id. Caecin. 29, 83: deos immortales, id. Clu. 68, 194: me potissimum testatus est, se aemulum mearum laudum exstitisse, id. Phil. 2, 12, 28 stuprata per vim Lucretia a regis filio, testata cives, se ipsa interemit, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66: implorarem sensus vestros, uniuscujusque indulgentiam in suos testarer, etc., id. Sull. 23, 64: consulibus deos hominesque testantibus, Liv. 4, 53, 5: Jovem et laesi foederis aras, Verg. A. 12, 496: vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum testor numen, id. ib. 2, 155: Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, Hic Ixioniden, ille Menoetiaden, Prop. 2, 1, 37: volnera testor, Ov. F. 4, 885: id testor deos, Ter Hec. 3, 5, 26: hoc vos, judices, testor, Cic. Sull. 12, 35.
1. Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.—
2. Pass. (acc. to I. B.), Cic. Fl. 11, 26: cum aliorum monumentis tum Catonis oratione testatum est, shown, proved, attested, Quint. 2, 15, 8; 2, 17, 2; 8, prooem. § 20.—Hence, P. a. in pass. force: testātus, a, um, public, manifest, published (class.): ut res quam maxime clara ac testata esse posset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2. 2, 42, § 104; 1, 16, 48: haec testata sunt atque inlustria, id. Fam. 11, 27, 6: ut testatum esse velim, de pace quid senserim, id. Att. 8, 9, 1: nihil religione testatum, id. Fl. 11, 26.—Comp.: ut res multorum oculis esset testatior, Cic. Cael. 27, 64: quo notior testatiorque virtus ejus esset, Hirt. B. G. 8, 42: quo testatior esset poena improborum, id. ib. 8, 44; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5.—Sup.: testatissima miracula, Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—Hence, adv.: testātō, before witnesses: jussum accipiendum est, sive testato quis, sive verbis, aut per nuntium, jusserit, Dig. 15, 4, 1; cf. ib. 18, 6, 1; 45, 1, 122; App. Mag. p. 324, 11.—
2. As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
3. After making a will, testate: sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint, Dig. 49, 14, 45.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*trito-sth₂-o-s
  4. Proto-Italic*tristos
  5. Latintestor

Latin testis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -o Latin testor From testis (“a witness”) + -o.

Descendants
  • Englishtest
  • Englishtestate
  • Spanishtestar
  • Italiantestare

Quick answers

What does testor mean in Latin?
testor, a verb, means “to be witness, testify, attest; to summon as a witness, call to witness, invoke, entreat, swear by, appeal to; to make a will”.
What are the principal parts of testor?
testor, testārī, testātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce testor?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɛs.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɛs.tor].
Where does testor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *tri- → Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *trito-sth₂-o-s → Proto-Italic *tristos → Latin testor.