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Webster 1913 Edition
Legator
‖
Legˊa-tor′
(lĕgˊȧ-tôr′)
, Noun.
(Law)
A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legator
LEGA'TOR
,Noun.
Definition 2025
legator
legator
Latin
Etymology
From lēgō (“leave or bequeath as a legacy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leːˈɡaː.tor/, [ɫeːˈɡaː.tɔr]
Noun
lēgātor m (genitive lēgātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | 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
Related terms
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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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “legator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.