multorum

testor, ātus, 1, v. a. [1. testis].

To be a witness, speak as witness, to bear witness, give evidence, depose, testify, attest any thing.

Lit. (very rare, and not in Cic.; cf.

testificor): confiteor: testere licet: signate Quirites,

thou canst attest it, Ov. P. 4, 15, 11:

quasi inclamaret aut testaretur locutus est,

Quint. 11, 3, 172.—

Transf., in gen., to make known, show, prove, demonstrate; to give to understand, to declare, aver, assert, bear witness to, etc. (class and very freq.):

ego quod facio, me pacis, otii, etc.... causā facere, clamo atque testor,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78:

auctoritatem hujus indicii monumentis publicis,

id. Sull. 14, 41:

nunc illa testabor, non me sortilegos... agnoscere,

id. Div. 1, 58, 132:

testatur isto audiente, se pro communi necessitudine id primum petere,

id. Quint. 21, 66:

clarissimā voce se nomen Oppianici... delaturum esse testatur,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

ea quae accidere testatus antea,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 10 Dietsch:

testatus, quae praestitisset civibus eorum, etc.,

Liv. 25, 10, 8:

vectigal testandi causā publicum agrum esse imponere,

id. 31, 13, 7:

assiduoque suos gemitu testata dolores,

Ov. M. 2, 486:

quod Cicero pluribus et libris et epistulis testatur,

Quint. 12, 2, 6:

utraeque (venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

sunt Agamemnonias testantia litora curas,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 21:

ut pura testantur sidera caelo,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

verba nos testantia gratos,

Ov. M. 14, 307:

carmina raros testantia mores,

id. P. 1, 9, 43:

campus sepulcris proelia testatur,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:

numerus autem (saepe enim hoc testandum est) est non modo non poëtice junctus, verum etiam, etc.,

Cic. Or. 68, 227; Quint. prooem. § 26; 11, 1, 5.—

In partic., to publish one ' s last will or testament, to make a will, provide by will for any thing, Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 62:

cum ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, immemor in testando nepotis decessisset,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

quis dubitaret, quin ea voluntas fuisset testantis, ut is non nato filio heres esset,

Quint. 7, 6, 10:

si exheredatum a se filium pater testatus fuerit elogio,

id. 7, 4, 20:

primipilari seni jam testato,

id. 6, 3, 92:

intestati appellantur, qui cum possent testamentum facere, testati non sunt,

Dig. 38, 16, 1; 29, 1, 19 pr.;

49, 14, 45 pr.: nomen testatas intulit in tabulas,

i. e. into his will, Cat. 68, 122.—

To call upon or invoke a person or thing as witness (likewise class.):

Venus Cyrenensis, testem te testor mihi,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 51:

vos, di patrii ac penates, testor, me defendere, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 31, 86:

C. Marii et ceterorum virorum mentis testor, me pro illorum famā propugnandum putare, etc.,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: omnes deos, with an obj.-clause, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2:

ego omnes homines deosque testor,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

deos immortales,

id. Clu. 68, 194:

me potissimum testatus est, se aemulum mearum laudum exstitisse,

id. Phil. 2, 12, 28 stuprata per vim Lucretia a regis filio, testata cives, se ipsa interemit, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

implorarem sensus vestros, uniuscujusque indulgentiam in suos testarer, etc.,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

consulibus deos hominesque testantibus,

Liv. 4, 53, 5:

Jovem et laesi foederis aras,

Verg. A. 12, 496:

vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum testor numen,

id. ib. 2, 155:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, Hic Ixioniden, ille Menoetiaden,

Prop. 2, 1, 37:

volnera testor,

Ov. F. 4, 885:

id testor deos, Ter Hec. 3, 5, 26: hoc vos, judices, testor,

Cic. Sull. 12, 35.

Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.—

Pass. (acc. to I. B.), Cic. Fl. 11, 26:

cum aliorum monumentis tum Catonis oratione testatum est,

shown, proved, attested, Quint. 2, 15, 8; 2, 17, 2; 8, prooem. § 20.—Hence, P. a. in pass. force: testātus, a, um, public, manifest, published (class.):

ut res quam maxime clara ac testata esse posset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2. 2, 42, § 104;

1, 16, 48: haec testata sunt atque inlustria,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

ut testatum esse velim, de pace quid senserim,

id. Att. 8, 9, 1:

nihil religione testatum,

id. Fl. 11, 26.— Comp.:

ut res multorum oculis esset testatior,

Cic. Cael. 27, 64: quo notior testatiorque virtus ejus esset, Hirt. B. G. 8, 42:

quo testatior esset poena improborum,

id. ib. 8, 44; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5.— Sup.:

testatissima miracula,

Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—Hence, adv.: testātō, before witnesses:

jussum accipiendum est, sive testato quis, sive verbis, aut per nuntium, jusserit,

Dig. 15, 4, 1; cf. ib. 18, 6, 1; 45, 1, 122; App. Mag. p. 324, 11.—

As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

After making a will, testate:

sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint,

Dig. 49, 14, 45.

tracto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. tractantum, Ov. P. 3, 3, 20), 1, v. freq. a. [traho].

To draw violently, to drag, tug, haul, etc. (so, very rare): qui te (Hectorem) sic tractavere? Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 96 Vahl.):

tractatus per aequora campi,

id. Ann. v. 140 Vahl.:

tractata comis antistita Phoebi,

Ov. M. 13, 410:

malis morsuque ferarum Tractari,

to be torn, rent, lacerated, Lucr. 3, 889.—

To touch, take in hand, handle, manage, wield; to exercise, practise, transact, perform, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: tango, ago, perago).

Lit.:

ut ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

numquam temere tinnit tintinnabulum, nisi qui illud tractat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

aliquid manibus,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

tractavisti hospitam ante aedes meas,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 30:

mateilionem Corinthium cupidissime tractans,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

volucra, quae non possum tractare sine magno gemitu,

id. Att. 12, 22, 1:

aret Pellis et ad tactum tractanti dura resistit,

Verg. G. 3, 502:

puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 79:

vitulos consuescere manu tractari,

Col. 6, 2, 1:

tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

i. e. strikes, plays upon, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60: necdum res igni scibant tractare, to prepare, i. e. to cook, dress, Lucr. 5, 953:

solum terrae aere,

id. 5, 1289; cf.:

lutosum agrum,

i. e. to till, Col. 2, 4, 5:

tractari tuerique vites,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

ceram pollice,

Ov. M. 10, 285; cf. id. ib. 8, 196:

lanam,

Just. 1, 3:

lanuginem,

Suet. Ner. 34:

gubernacula,

to manage, Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

tela,

to wield, Liv. 7, 32, 11; cf.:

speciosius arma,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53:

servus, qui meam bibliothecen multorum nummorum tractavit,

has taken care of, had charge of, Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 3; cf.: eras tu quaestor;

pecuniam publicam tu tractabas,

id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32:

rationem Prusensium,

Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5.—

Trop., to handle, manage, practise, conduct, lead, etc.

In gen.: ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):

suam rem minus caute et cogitate,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

causas amicorum tractare atque agere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

causam difficiliorem,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

condiciones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

bellum,

to conduct, carry on, Liv. 23, 28, 4; Tac. A. 1, 59; Just. 9, 8, 12; 22, 5, 4:

proelia,

Sil. 15, 466; cf.:

vitam vulgivago more ferarum,

to lead, pass, spend, Lucr. 5, 930; so,

vitam,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33 (al. transactam):

imperium,

Just. 1, 2, 1:

regna,

id. 2, 4, 20:

pauca admodum vi tractata, quo ceteris quies esset,

Tac. A. 1, 9 fin.:

artem,

to practise, Ter. Phorm. prol. 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

verba vetera,

to employ, Quint. 11, 1, 6:

personam in scenā,

to perform, act, represent, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; so,

partes secundas (mimus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14:

animos,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Reflex.:

quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc.,

has so conducted himself, Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; so,

ita me in re publicā tractabo, ut meminerim, etc.,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 29.—

In partic.

To treat, use, or conduct one ' s self towards a person in any manner:

ego te, ut merita es de me, tractare exsequar,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 8: haec arte tractabat virum, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125:

omnibus rebus eum ita tractes, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3:

non tractabo ut consulem,

id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

aliquem liberaliter,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

nec liberalius nec honorificentius potuisse tractari,

id. Fam. 13, 27, 2:

pater parum pie tractatus a filio,

id. Cael. 2, 3:

mercatores ac navicularii injuriosius tractati,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

pauloque benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12. —

To handle, treat, investigate, discuss any thing, mentally, orally, or in writing (cf.: dissero, disputo, ago). ( a) With acc.:

quem ad modum quamque causam tractare conveniat,

Auct. Her. 2, 2, 2:

oratori omnia quaesita, audita, lecta, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

habeat omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

causas amicorum,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

tractata res,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

definitiones fortitudinis,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:

partem philosophiae,

id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:

constantiam,

id. Lael. 18, 65; cf. id. ib. 22, 82:

ibi consilia decem legatorum tractabantur,

Liv. 33, 31, 7:

fama fuit... tractatas inter Eumenen et Persea condiciones amicitiae,

id. 44, 13, 9:

scrupulosius tractabo ventos,

Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118: prima elementa, Quint. prooem. 21;

1, 1, 23: locus, qui copississime a Cicerone tractatur,

id. 1, 4, 24; 7, 2, 43:

aliquid memori pectore,

to ponder, reflect upon, Juv. 11, 28; cf.:

tractare proeliorum vias,

Tac. A. 2, 5: ut quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21, 1.—

With de and abl. (mostly postAug.):

de officii parte,

Sen. Contr. 2, 1 (9), 20 (dub.;

Madv. and Kiessl. partem): quoniam de religionibus tractabatur,

Tac. A. 3, 71:

ubi de figuris orationis tractandum erit,

Quint. 1, 5, 5; 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 10:

de negotiis,

to discuss, Suet. Aug. 35 fin. —

With interrog.-clause:

quo tractatur amicus an inimicus,

Quint. 5, 10, 29; 7, 2, 56:

utra sit antiquior (lex),

id. 7, 7, 8:

cum tractaret, quinam adipisci principem locum abnuerent, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 13.—

To negotiate, treat:

dum de condicionibus tractat,

Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Suet. Claud. 26:

de Asiā,

Just. 37, 3, 4:

de redimendo filio,

id. 31, 7, 7.