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testamentarius

testamentarius · adj

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Where it lives

Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

testāmentārĭus — Lewis & Short

testāmentārĭus, a, um, adj.id.,

I of or belonging to wills, testamentary.

I Adj.: (lex) Cornelia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108: adoptio, by will, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8: hereditates, Dig. 50, 16, 130.—

II Subst.: testā-mentārĭus, ii, m.

A Ingen., one who draws up a will: si testamentarius contra voluntatem testatoris condicionem detraxit. Dig. 28, 5, 9, §§ 3 and 6; 29, 6, 1; 36, 1, 3 fin.—

B In a bad sense, one who forges a will, Cic. Sest. 17, 39; id. Off. 3, 18, 73.

In the wild

testamentaria Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.2.p1
testamentariis Cicero, De Officiis 3.73.p1
testamentario Cicero, Pro P. Sestio 39
testamentaria Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.108

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