testāmentum — Lewis & Short
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.