legator

English

Etymology

From Latin lēgātor (“testator”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

legator (plural legators)

  1. (law, uncommon) A testator.
  2. (by extension) A donor.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From lēgō (“leave or bequeath as a legacy”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

lēgātor m (genitive lēgātōris); third declension

  1. Somebody who leaves something by will or leaves a legacy; testator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lēgātor lēgātōrēs
genitive lēgātōris lēgātōrum
dative lēgātōrī lēgātōribus
accusative lēgātōrem lēgātōrēs
ablative lēgātōre lēgātōribus
vocative lēgātor lēgātōrēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: legator

References

  • “legator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "legator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “legator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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