The corpus record — Latin

testator

testator · m

One who bears witness

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Where it lives

Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k

What it meant

testātor — Lewis & Short

testātor, ōris, m.testor.

I One who bears witness or testifies to a thing, a witness (very rare), Prud. Cath. 12, 85.—

II One who makes a will or testament, a testator (the predom. jurid. signif. of the word, but not in Cic.), Dig. 28, 3, 17; 31, 1, 89; Suet. Ner. 17; Lact. 4, 20 al.

In the wild

testatorum Suetonius, Nero 17.1
testator Prudentius, Cathemerina 12.87

Where it came from

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