proof

    argūmentum ī, n    [arguo], an argument, evidence, ground, support, proof: Sthenium sine argumento damnare: ad huius innocentiam: fabella sine argumento, unsupported story: argumento sit clades, L.: libertatis, Ta.: argumenti sumebant loco, non posse, etc., accepted as a proof, Cs. — A sign, mark, token, evidence: argumenta atque indicia sceleris: animi laeti argumenta, indications, O.: non sine argumento male dicere, i. e. plausible ground. — Of a composition, the matter, contents, subject, theme, burden, argument: fabulae, T.: argumentum narrare, T.: argumento fabulam serere, upon a theme, i. e. a plot, L.: ex ebore perfecta argumenta, subjects modelled: (cratera) longo caelaverat argumento, O.: ingens, V.

    indicium ī, n    [1 in+DIC-], a notice, information, discovery, disclosure, charge, evidence: id anus mihi indicium fecit, T.: falsum, S.: crimen indicio Avilli comprobabatur: res per indicium enuntiata, Cs.: indicii poena, O.: sed ipse deprehensus indicium profitetur, turns state's evidence, S.: indicio permisso, qui ager... indici praemium constitutum, L.: infandum, calumnious, V.—A permission to give evidence, immunity as informer: reus erat indicium postulaturus: tibi indicium postulas dari.—A sign, indication, mark, token, proof, evidence: certissima sceleris: corrupti indici: insigne meae erga te benevolentiae: Indicio de se ipse erit, serve as proof, T.: ei rei sunt indicio sedecim volumina, N.: versis viarum indiciis, tracks, V.: Indicia recentia, novel words, H.: mihi, quale ingenium haberes, indicio fuit oratio, T.: quam vere foret indicatum, oratio indicio fuit, N.

I. B. 1. 2. II.

    argūmentātiō ōnis, f    [argumentor]. — In rhet., a proving, reasoning. — Meton., proof.

    argūmentor ātus sum, ārī, dep.    [argumentum], to adduce proof: quo pecunia pervenerit: facultās argumentandi. — To adduce in proof: illa quae sunt gravia: multa probabiliter, L.— To draw a conclusion: de eius voluntate.

    coarguō uī, —, ere    [com- + arguo], to overwhelm with proof, refute, silence, expose, convict, prove guilty: refelli, coargui putat esse turpissimum: tot testibus coargui: Lentulum dissimulantem coarguunt sermonibus, S.: ut coram coarguebantur, fassi omnes, L.: aliquem avaritiae: commutati indicii. — To prove, demonstrate, show, establish, expose, refute: fuga laboris desidiam coarguit: crimen suspicionibus: improbitatem: Lacedaemoniorum tyrannidem, N.: quam (legem) usus coarguit, has proved injudicious, L.: domini aures, betrays, O.: Osos non esse Germanos, Ta.

    documentum ī, n    [DIC-], a lesson, example, instance, pattern, warning, evidence, proof, specimen: virtutis (Rutilius): fidei dare, L.: quarum rerum maxuma documenta haec habeo, quod, etc., S.: adversus aliquid, L.: satis ego documenti in omnīs casūs sum, L.: dederas, quam contemneres popularīs insanias, maxima: quantum in bello fortuna posset, ipsi essent documento, Cs.: se documento futurum utrum... an, L.: documentum esse, ne, L.: ne rem Perdere quis velit, H.: ad praecavendas similīs cladīs documento esse, L.: transfugis documentum esse, L.

    index dicis, m and f    [in+DIC-], one who points out, a discloser, discoverer, informer, witness: falsus, S.: haec omnia indices detulerunt.— An informer, betrayer, spy: vallatus indicibus: saeptus armatis indicibus: silex, qui nunc dicitur index, traitor's stone, O.—An index, sign, mark, indication, proof: complexūs, benevolentiae indices: vox stultitiae: auctoris anulus, O.: Ianum indicem pacis bellique fecit, L.—A title, superscription, inscription: deceptus indicibus librorum: tabula in aedem cum indice hoc posita est, L.—A forefinger, index finger: pollex, non index: indice monstrare digito, H. I II

    locus ī, m (plur. loci, single places; loca, n, places connected, a region), a place, spot: coacto in unum locum exercitu, Cs.: locorum situm nosse, L.: Romae per omnīs locos, S.: loci communes, public places, parks: de loco superiore dicere, i. e. from the judicial bench: Celsior ipse loco (i. e. celsiore loco), O.: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti, i. e. orations and conversations: ex inferiore loco, i. e. before a judge: primus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, N.—An appointed place, station, post, position: loco movere, drive from a post, T.: loco deicere, H.: loco cedere, give way, S.: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: loca senatoria secernere a populo, L.: loca iussa tenere, V.—Place, room: ut locus in foro daretur amicis: locum sibi fecit, O.: non erat his locus, right place, H.—A lodging, quarters: locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi iussa, L.—A place, spot, locality, region, country: non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco: est locus, Hesperiam dicunt, V.: locos tenere, L.: occupare, S.: venisse in illa loca: ea loca incolere, that region, Cs.—Fig., place, position, degree, rank, order, office: summo loco natus, Cs.: infimo loco natus: legationis princeps locus, head, Cs.: tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit: voluptatem nullo loco numerat: qui locum tenuit virtute secundum, V.: de locis contendere, i. e. precedence, Cs.: signiferos loco movit, degraded, Cs.: duo consularia loca, L.: omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset, L.—Place, position, situation, condition, relation, state: in eum iam res rediit locum, ut, etc., T.: Peiore res loco non potis est esse, T.: Quo res summa loco? In what state? V.: missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent, L.: primo loco, first in order, Iu.: se (eos) eodem loco quo Helvetios habiturum, would treat as, etc., Cs.: parentis loco esse: reliquos obsidum loco ducere, Cs.: criminis loco esse, quod vivam, serves for: in uxoris loco habere, T.: in liberūm loco esse: se in hostium habiturum loco, qui, etc., Cs.: nescire quo loci esset, in what condition: erat causa in eo iam loci, ut, etc., in such a condition.—A topic, matter, subject, point, head, division: tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos: hic locus, de naturā usuque verborum: ex quattuor locis in quos divisimus, etc.: locos quosdam transferam, shall make some extracts: speciosa locis Fabula, quotable passages, H.: loca iam recitata, H.—In rhet.: loci communes, passages of a general import (see communis).—Of time: interea loci, meanwhile, T.: postea loci, afterwards, S.: ad id locorum, till then, S.—In abl, at the right time, seasonably, appropriately, suitably: posuisti loco versūs: et properare loco et cessare, H.: Dulce est desipere in loco, H.— A fitting place, room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus, T.: probandae virtutis, Cs.: aliquid loci rationi dedisses: Interpellandi locus hic erat, H.: nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc., the proper occasion: Est locus in volnus, room for injury, O.: meritis vacat hic tibi locus, opportunity for services, V.: in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.: vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit, i. e. renders impossible: resecandae libidinis: si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus. I II

    probātiō ōnis, f    [probo], approbation, approval, assent: ob probationem pretium datum: tale visum ut probatio consequatur, i. e. a probable belief.—A proving, trial, test: athletarum: futura. — A proof: scelerum probationes, Ta.

    sīgnum ī, n    a mark, token, sign, indication, proof: ostendisti signa nutrici? (i. e. crepundia), T.: fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant: in amicis deligendis habere quasi signa et notas, quibus eos iudicarent, etc.: pecori signum inpressit, V.: nulla ad speluncum signa ferebant, footprints, V.: dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi: color pudoris signum, T.: timoris signa mittere, display, Cs.: Magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam, T.: id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.: quid signi?—A military standard, ensign, banner: signo amisso, Cs.: ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent, L.: Inter signa militaria, H.: signa sequi, to march in rank, S.: signa subsequi, to keep the order of battle, Cs.: signa servare, L.: ab signis discedere, to leave the ranks, Cs.: volonum exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: signa relinquere, to run away, S.: signa ferre, i. e. to decamp, Cs.: mota e castris signa eorum, qui, etc., i. e. an advance of the troops, etc., L.: Signa movet, advances, V.: ferte signa in hostem, attack, L.: signa constituere, halt, Cs.: signa proferre, advance, L.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, i. e. wheeled and attacked in two columns, Cs.: signa patriae inferens: qui signa contulit, engaged in close fight: conlatis signis, in regular battle: conlatis militaribus signis, having brought together, etc., Cs.: signa in laevum cornu confert, concentrates his troops, L.: signa transferre, to desert, Cs.: signa convellere, to take up the standards (from the ground), L.: legionem sub signis ducere, in rank and file: ante signa inter primores, in front of the army, L.—Esp., the standard of a cohort, ensign of a maniple (cf. aquila, the standard of the legion): cum fascīs, cum signa militaria (praemissa).—A cohort, maniple: unius signi milites, L.—A sign, signal, call, watchword, password: signum tubā dare, Cs.: receptui dare, L.: proeli exposcere, Cs.: concinere, Cs.: canere, S.: signum mittendis quadrigis dare (for the start in a race), L.: it bello tessera signum, V.—A sign, token, omen, prognostic, symptom: medici signa quaedam habent ex venis aegroti: Morborum signa docebo, V.: prospera signa dare, O.—An image, figure, statue, picture: Iovis Statoris: expressi voltūs per aënea signa, H.: palla signis auroque rigens, V. —A device on a seal, seal, signet: notum signum, imago avi tui, etc.: Imprimat his signa tabellis, H.: litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur: volumen sub signo habere, under seal.—A sign in the heavens, constellation: signis omnibus ad principium steliisque revocatis: in signo Leonis: signorum obitūs ortūs, V.: pluviale Capellae, O.

    specimen inis, n    [SPEC-], a means of knowing, mark, token, proof, example, indication, evidence, sign (only sing.): ingeni: animorum, L.: (tellus) Tale dabit specimen, V.: ad specimen virtutis ostendendum, L.— A pattern, model, example, ideal: temperantiae Scaevola: is ordo ceteris specimen esto.

I. II.

I. II.