that comes from the author , authentic , original , genuine (in the jurists and Church fathers; syn.: verus, germanus): testamentum, the original will ,Dig. 29, 3, 12: tabulae, the same, ib. 10, 2, 4.—Also subst.: authentĭcum , i, n., the original writing , the original , Dig. 22, 4, 2.