attestor

English

Alternative forms

• attester

Etymology

From attest +‎ -or.

Noun

attestor (plural attestors)

1. One who attests.

Translations

one who attests

• German: Beglaubiger m, Beglaubigerin f
• Spanish: fedatario m

Anagrams

• testator

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtestor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *trito-sth₂-o-s

Proto-Italic *tristos

Latin *terstis

Latin testis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -o

Latin testor

Latin attestor

From ad- + testor (“bear witness; prove”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

attestor (present infinitive attestārī, perfect active attestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to bear witness to; attest, prove, confirm, corroborate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of attestor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	attestor		attestāris, attestāre		attestātur		attestāmur		attestāminī		attestantur
	imperfect	attestābar		attestābāris, attestābāre		attestābātur		attestābāmur		attestābāminī		attestābantur
	future	attestābor		attestāberis, attestābere		attestābitur		attestābimur		attestābiminī		attestābuntur
	perfect	attestātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	attestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	attestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	attester		attestēris, attestēre		attestētur		attestēmur		attestēminī		attestentur
	imperfect	attestārer		attestārēris, attestārēre		attestārētur		attestārēmur		attestārēminī		attestārentur
	perfect	attestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	attestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		attestāre		—		—		attestāminī		—
	future	—		attestātor		attestātor		—		—		attestantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		attestārī			—			attestāns			—
future		attestātūrum esse			—			attestātūrus			attestandus
perfect		attestātum esse			—			attestātus			—
future perfect		attestātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		attestātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		attestandī		attestandō		attestandum		attestandō		attestātum		attestātū

Synonyms

• (bear witness): testor

Derived terms

• attestātiō

Related terms

• testor

Descendants

• Catalan: atestar
• English: attest
• French: attester
• Galician: atestar
• Italian: attestare
• Portuguese: atestar
• Romanian: atesta
• Spanish: atestar

References

• “attestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “attestor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.