intestata

1.

in-testātus, a, um, adj.

I.

That has made no will, intestate:

si intestata esset mortua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53: cives, Trajan. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 88:

ad cenam si intestatus eas,

Juv. 3, 274:

senectus,

id. 1, 144:

mori,

Dig. 25, 4, 4; cf. ib. 50, 16, 64.—

II.

Not convicted by witnesses:

indemnatus atque intestatus,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 17; so id. ib. 5, 2, 24.—

III.

Not trustworthy: servus, Pompon. ap. Non. 323, 28.— Hence,

A.

Subst.: intestātus, i, m.; intestā-ta, ae, f., one who has not made a will: virgo vestalis neque heres est cuiquam intestato neque intestatae quisquam, Lab. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 18.— Plur., Gai. 3, 1 sqq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 3; 1 sq.—

B.

As adv.: intestātō or ab intestātō, without a will, intestate:

paterfamilias cum mortuus esset intestato,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; id. Inv. 2, 50, 148:

ab intestato heres,

Dig. 37, 7, 1, § 8; 5, 2, 6, § 1; 29, 2, 93 al.

2.

in-testātus, a, um, [2. testis], emasculated:

si intestatus non abeo hinc,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 1, 23.