WILL Copy link • WILL 1. s. Faculty of volition, voluntas: divine will, numen: free will, libera voluntas (Cic., Fat., 10, 20); liberum arbitrium (Liv., 4, 43; 32, 37; 37, 1); or simply arbitrium (Cic.); optio (option, choice). Exercise and manifestation of this faculty in any particular case, voluntas: the will (of the Senate or of an influential individual), auctoritas: will (of the people), jussus: will and pleasure, arbitrium; libido: that is my will and pleasure, haec est voluntas mea; ita, hoc volo; ita fert animus; sic stat sententia: according to one’s own will, sua voluntate (Caes.); ad suum arbitrium; ad suam libidinem: to depend upon another’s will, alieni esse arbitrii (Liv.); non sui esse arbitrii (Suet.); non esse sui juris; non esse in sua potestate; aliunde pendere: I have nothing but my good will, mini nihil suppetit praeter voluntatem (Cic., Fam., 15, 13, 2). Purpose, design, voluntas: propositum: sententia: consilium: animus. Inclination, wish, voluntas: optatum: votum: studium: to do anything against one’s will, aliquo nolente, invito, contra voluntatem alicujus aliquid facere: to do anything according to one’s will, facere aliquid ex alicujus voluntate (Cic.); ad nutum et voluntatem alicujus facere aliquid: to yield to anybody’s will, voluntati alicujus parere, obsecundare, morem gerere (Cic.); morigerari alicui; animum alicui explere; obtemperari alicujus voluntati. Approbation, assent, assensus: consensus: comprobatio. A testament, testamentum; sometimes tabulae (when the context fixes the sense); suprema voluntas (Ulp.): to make a will, testamentum facere (general term), componere, scribere; testamentum nuncupare (the contents of the will being read in the presence of witnesses): to be entitled to make a will, factionem testamenti habere: to die after having made a will, testato decedere: to die without having made a will, intestatum, or intestato, decedere: to draw up a will, testamentum conscribere: to seal a will, testamentum obsignare: to open a will, testamentum resignare or aperire: to set aside a will, testamentum mutare, rumpere, irritum facere: to forge a will, testamentum subjicere, supponere: a will-forger, testamentorum subjector, testamentarius: to appoint or provide by will, testamento cavere. Not to notice anybody in one’s will, alicui nihil legare; in testamento immemorem esse alicujus. 2. v. To be determined, to have formed a resolution, velle; constituisse aliquid; est mihi aliquid in animo; habere aliquid in animo. To wish, desire, velle, cupere; (in a high degree), avere, gestire, petere, expetere, appetere aliquid. As you will, ut libet: would that! velim (expressing a direct wish for something possible): vellem (a conditional wish for that which perhaps may not be possible): to will rather, malle. To require, demand, postulare, requirere aliquid.