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

• gelator, gloater

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin lēgō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin lēgātor

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫeːˈɡaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [leˈɡaː.tor]

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

• (testator): testātor

Related terms

• lēgālis
• lēgāliter
• lēgātārius
• lēgātīcius
• lēgātiō
• lēgātīvus
• lēgātōrius
• lēgātum
• lēgātus
• lēgifer
• lēgirupa
• lēgirupiō
• lēgisdoctor
• lēgislātiō
• lēgislātor
• lēgisperītus
• lēgitimē
• lēgitimus
• lēgō
• lēgumlātor
• lēx

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, 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.