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A calling to witness

  • 1 testatio

    testātĭo, ōnis. f. [testor].
    I.
    A bearing witness (whether orally or in writing), a giving testimony, attesting, testifying (not in Cic., but cf. testificatio), Dig. 22, 4, 4; 3, 2, 21; 48, 19, 9; 48, 10, 1; Quint. 5, 7, 32; 5, 13, 49; 12, 3, 5 al.—
    II.
    A calling to witness, invoking as witness:

    inter foederum ruptorum testationem,

    i.e. during an invocation of the gods as witnesses, Liv. 8, 6, 3 (cf. id. 8, 6, 1).

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  • 2 testātiō

        testātiō ōnis, f    [testor], a calling to witness, invoking as witness: foederum ruptorum, L.
    * * *

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  • 3 obtestor

    ob-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to call as a witness to any thing; to protest or assert by a person or thing (syn.: testor, obsecro, supplico; class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    necessitudinem nostram tuamque in me benevolentiam obtestans,

    Cic. ad Brut. 1, 13, 1:

    deūm hominumque fidem,

    Liv. 2, 10:

    sacra regni, deos et hospitales mensas,

    Tac. A. 2, 65:

    summam rempublicam agi obtestans,

    id. ib. 12, 5:

    aut militum se manibus aut suis moriturum obtestans,

    id. H. 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 15 fin. —
    II.
    Transf., to conjure by calling to witness; to entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore:

    per ego haec genua te,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 13; id. Aul. 4, 9, 4:

    per omnes deos te obtestor, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2; Verg. A. 9, 260:

    vos judices,

    Cic. Cael. 32, 78:

    vos obtestor atque obsecro, ut, etc.,

    id. Sest. 69, 147:

    id sibi ne eripiatis, vos obtestatur,

    id. Sull. 32, 89:

    obsistens obtestansque deum et hominum fidem testabatur, nequiquam eos fugere,

    Liv. 2, 10, 3. —With double acc.:

    illud te... Pro Latio obtestor, ne, etc.,

    Verg. A. 12, 819.—Part.: obtestātus, a, um, in the pass. signif., earnestly entreated, supplicated, implored:

    obtestatus prece impensā,

    Amm. 31, 9, 4:

    obtestatā fide,

    App. M. 2, p. 125, 11.

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  • 4 nūmen

        nūmen inis, n    [2 NV-], a nod ; hence, a command, will, authority: magnum numen unum et idem sentientis senatūs: Caesareum, O.: adnuite, P. C., nutum numenque vestrum Campanis, L.— The divine will, power of the gods, divine sway, supreme authority: deo, cuius numini parent omnia: di suo numine sua templa defendunt: Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia (to Fortune), Iu.— God-head, divinity, deity, divine majesty: deorum inmortalium numen placare, Cs.: numina Palladis, V.: per Dianae numina, H.— A divinity, deity, god, goddess: caeleste, L.: Numina laeva, V.: promissaque numine firmat, i. e. by calling to witness, O.: Vadimus haud numine nostro, unpropitious, V.: hospes numinis Idaei, Iu.: numinis loco habere, Ta.: violatum Augusti, Ta.— Sing collect.: sorores vocat, inplacabile numen, O.
    * * *
    divine will, divinity; god

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  • 5 contestato

    con-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to take or call to witness.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    deos hominesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67; cf.

    deos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    caelum noctemque,

    Cic. Fl. 40, 102.—Far more freq.,
    (β).
    In pass. signif.: contestari, to be called to witness, P. Aufidius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.—
    B.
    Esp., jurid. t. t.:

    litem,

    to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action, to set on foot, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 53; Gell. 5, 10, 8; Cod. Just. 3, 9 al.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 18 Müll.—
    (β).
    In pass. signif.: lis contestatur, Lex Gall. Cisalp. 1, 48; Dig. 9, 4, 26, § 5 al.; so,

    lite contestata,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; 12, 35:

    cum lis contestata cum Flavio damni injuriā esset,

    id. ib. 18, 54; Dig. 24, 3, 22 et saep.; cf. Prisc. p. 793 P.—
    (γ).
    contestātō, adverbially, by aid of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.—
    II.
    Trop., part. perf.: contestatus, in pass. signif., proved by witness, tried:

    ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,

    proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25.

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  • 6 contestor

    con-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to take or call to witness.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    deos hominesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67; cf.

    deos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    caelum noctemque,

    Cic. Fl. 40, 102.—Far more freq.,
    (β).
    In pass. signif.: contestari, to be called to witness, P. Aufidius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.—
    B.
    Esp., jurid. t. t.:

    litem,

    to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action, to set on foot, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 53; Gell. 5, 10, 8; Cod. Just. 3, 9 al.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 18 Müll.—
    (β).
    In pass. signif.: lis contestatur, Lex Gall. Cisalp. 1, 48; Dig. 9, 4, 26, § 5 al.; so,

    lite contestata,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; 12, 35:

    cum lis contestata cum Flavio damni injuriā esset,

    id. ib. 18, 54; Dig. 24, 3, 22 et saep.; cf. Prisc. p. 793 P.—
    (γ).
    contestātō, adverbially, by aid of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.—
    II.
    Trop., part. perf.: contestatus, in pass. signif., proved by witness, tried:

    ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,

    proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25.

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  • 7 detestor

    dē-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    In relig. lang.
    A.
    To curse while calling a deity to witness, i. e. to execrate, abominate (for syn. cf.:

    abominari, adversari, abhorrere, horrere, devovere, execrari): cum (te) viderunt, tamquam auspicium malum detestantur,

    Cic. Vatin. 16, 39: omnibus precibus detestatus Ambiorigem, * Caes. B. G. 6, 31 fin.; cf.:

    caput euntis hostili prece,

    Ov. M. 15, 505:

    dira exsecratio ac furiale carmen detestandae familiae stirpique compositum,

    Liv. 10, 41:

    exitum belli civilis,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2 fin. et saep.—
    b.
    To call to witness, = testor, obtestor:

    summum Jovem, deosque,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 60. —
    B.
    To call down upon, denounce while invoking a deity:

    minas periculaque in caput eorum,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2:

    deorum iram in caput infelicis pueri,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 6.—
    C.
    To hate intensely, detest, abominate, abhor:

    causam auctoremque cladis,

    Tac. H. 2, 35 fin.:

    civilia arma adeo detestari,

    felt such abhorrence for, Suet. Oth. 10:

    sortem populi Romani,

    id. Claud. 3: viam pravam Vulg. Prov. 3, 13.—
    II.
    Transf., to avert from one's self by entreaty, to ward off, avert, remove, sc. an evil from one's self or others, = deprecari, to deprecate:

    ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 11:

    memoriam consulatus tui a republica,

    id. Pis. 40, 96:

    invidiam,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

    o di immortales, avertite ac detestamini hoc omen,

    id. Phil. 4, 4, 10.—
    III.
    In judic. lang., to renounce solemnly or under oath:

    detestatum est testatione denuntiatum,

    Dig. 50, 16, 238; cf.

    ib. § 40, and detestatio, II.: Servius Sulpicius in libro de sacris detestandis, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 12, 1.
    ► In a pass.
    sense, Ap. Mag. p. 307, 24; August. Ep. ad Macr. 255.—Esp., in the part. perf., detested, abominated:

    detestata omnia ejusmodi repudianda sunt,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28:

    bella matribus detestata,

    Hor. Od. 1, 1, 25.

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  • 8 contestatio

    contestātĭo, ōnis, f. [contestor].
    I.
    A jurid. t. t., an attesting, proving by witness, testimony:

    suprema testamenti,

    Dig. 28, 1, 20, § 8; cf.:

    verbum (testamentum) compositum a mentis contestatione,

    Gell. 6, 12, 2: litis, a formal entering of a suit in law, by calling witnesses, Gai inst. 3, 180 sq.; Dig. 3, 3, 40, § 3; 24, 3, 22, § 5; Cod. Just. 3, 9: de litis contestatione.—
    B.
    Out of the circle of judicial proceedings, attestation, conclusive proof:

    in tam miserā atque maestā publicae injuriae contestatione,

    Gell. 10, 3, 4.—
    * II.
    An earnest entreaty: petivit tamen a me pater maximā contestatione, ut, etc., * Cic. Corn. 1 Fragm. 5 B. and K.

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  • 9 numen

    nūmen, ĭnis, n. [for nuimen, root nu-; Gr. neuô, nod; Lat. nuo in re-nuo, etc], prop., a nodding with the head, a nod: numen quasi nutus dei ac potestas dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—Hence, trop., a nod, i. e. command, will.
    * I.
    In gen.:

    ad numen mentis momenque moveri,

    Lucr. 3, 144 (but id. 2, 632, and 4, 179, the correct reading is momine, v. Lachm.).—
    II.
    In partic., the divine will, the will or power of the gods, divine sway (the class. signif. of the word):

    numen dicunt esse imperium, dictum ab nutu: numina sunt, quojus imperium maximum esse videatur,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 85 Müll.:

    deo, cujus numini parent omnia,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    multa saepe prodigia vim ejus (Cereris) numenque declarant,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

    di inmortales suo numine atque auxilio sua templa atque urbis tecta defendunt,

    id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

    numen interdictumque deorum immortalium,

    id. Pis. 21, 48: nox et Diana, Nunc, nunc adeste, nunc in hostiles domos Iram atque numen vertite, Hor. Epod. [p. 1225] 5, 54.—To Fortune:

    nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia,

    Juv. 10, 365.—Hence, transf., of the will, might, authority of powerful persons:

    flectere tenta Caesareum numen, numine, Bacche, tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 45; cf. id. P. 4, 13, 24:

    annuite, Patres Conscripti, nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis,

    Liv. 7, 30; cf.:

    quanta potestas, quanta majestas, quantum denique numen, sit historiae,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 27, 1.—
    B.
    Godhead, divinity, deity, divine majesty, etc.:

    numina Palladis,

    Verg. A. 3, 543:

    per Dianae numina,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    venerantur numina nymphae, Mygdonidesque nurus,

    Ov. M. 6, 44:

    audis... positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter,

    Hor. C. 3, 10, 8.—Concr., a divinity, deity, a god, goddess:

    caeleste numen,

    Liv. 1, 21, 1; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; 5, 1, 3; Amm. 19, 1, 4:

    summum,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 30, 4; Amm. 15, 8, 9; 17, 7, 3 al.:

    templa et effigies numinum,

    Tac. A. 1, 10; 1, 73; 3, 71; 15, 45; Suet. Calig. 22:

    nos magna precati Numina,

    Verg. A. 3, 634:

    si quem Numina laeva sinunt,

    id. G. 4, 7:

    promissaque numine firmat,

    i. e. by calling a god to witness, by an oath, Ov. M. 10, 430:

    vadimus immixti haud numine nostro,

    the divinity not with us, Verg. A. 2, 396, cf. sqq.:

    hospes numinis Idaei,

    Juv. 3, 138:

    in contumeliam numinum,

    Plin. Pan. 11:

    Titus numinibus aequatus est,

    id. ib. 35:

    numinis loco habere,

    Tac. G. 8:

    numina quibus sacrificabat,

    Val. Max. 5, 10, ext. 2:

    ea numina, i. e. Apollo and Diana,

    Tac. A. 3, 61; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 18, 13, 35, § 132.—Of the manes of a beloved person:

    juro per illos manes, numina mei doloris,

    Quint. 6 prooem. § 10 Spald.

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  • 10 obtestatio

    ob-testātĭo, ōnis, f. [obtestor], an adjuring, conjuring; an engaging or obliging to any thing by calling God to witness (class.): obtestatio est, cum deus testis in meliorem partem vocatur: detestatio, cum in deteriorem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.:

    quid ergo illa tua obtestatio tibicinis?

    Cic. Dom. 48, 125:

    viri,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 35; id. Balb. 14, 33.—
    II.
    Transf., an earnest entreaty, adjuration (rare); in plur.:

    matronae in preces obtestationesque versae,

    supplications, Liv. 27, 50:

    senatus ad infimas obtestationes procumbens,

    Tac. A. 1, 12: quā obtestatione discedens, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 40.

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