will (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The faculty of volition, desire, purpose1. vŏluntas2. stŭdium (good will, zeal)3. sententia (w. expressed)4. consĭlium (purpose)5. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (w. and pleasure)6. arbitriumII. Testament1. testāmentum2. tăbŭlae testamenti (Cic. Fam. 7, 21), or tăbŭlae simply • will (subs.): I. The faculty of volition, desire, purpose: 1. vŏluntas: that is w. which desires anything with reason, voluntas est quae cum ratione aliquid desiderat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 12: the decision and w. of the multitude, judicium voluntasque multitudinis, Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69: to shew what was his w., ostendere quid esset suae voluntatis, Caes. B. C. 3. 109: what you seek I will grant of my own free w., istuc quod expetis mea voluntate concedam, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 27. 2. stŭdium (good will, zeal): what good w., what favour did Panurgus bring? quod studium, quem favorem secum attulit Panurgus? Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29: v. inclination, zeal. 3. sententia (w. expressed): as far as I understood the old man's w. about the marriage, quantum intellexi senis sententiam de nuptiis, Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 2. 4. consĭlium (purpose): whether by chance, or by the w. of the immortal gods, sive casu, sive consilio deorum immortalium, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: v. purpose, intent. 5. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (w. and pleasure): not wont to obey even their kings except at their own w., ne regibus quidem parere soiiti nisi ex libidine, Tac. A. 4, 46. 6. arbitrium: to rule not according to another's dictation, but after one's own w., non ad alterius praescriptum sed ad suum arbitrium imperare, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: Jupiter's nod and w., Jovis nutus et arbitrium, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131. Phr.: you will do it with my good w., me lubente facies, Pl. Am. 2, 2, 218: I sent him away very much against my w., ego eum a me invitissimus dimisi, Cic. Fam. 13, 63. II. Testament: 1. testāmentum: to make a w., testamentum facere, Cic. Mil. 18, 48: to seal a w., t. obsignare, Cic. ib.: he will secure this by his w., id testamento cavebit, Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102: to have the right of making a w., factionem testamenti habere, id. Fam. 7, 21: to alter a w., testamentum mutare, id. Clu. 11, 31: to forge a w., t. subjicere, supponere, Cic.: to open (unseal) a w., t. resignare, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9. 2. tăbŭlae testamenti (Cic. Fam. 7, 21), or tăbŭlae simply: a new w., novae tabulae, Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7 (the context shewing the nature of the document). Phr.: the use and profits of all his property he leaves by w. to Caesennia, usum et fructum omnium bonorum suorum Caesenniae legat, Cic. Caec. 4, 11: to die without making a w., mori intestato, id. de Or. 1, 40, 183: a forger of a w., testamentorum subjector, id. Cat. 2, 4, 7; testamentarius, id. Sest. 17, 39: adoption by w., t. adoptio, Plin.