testificor

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testĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. testisfacio].—

To bear witness, give evidence, attest, testify (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.; cf. testor).

Lit.:

haec cum maxime testificaretur, in vincula conjectus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17.—With obj.-clause:

testificantur illi Quinctium non stitisse,

Cic. Quint. 6. 25;

testificor, denuntio, ante praedico, nihil M. Antonium, etc.,

id. Phil. 6, 3, 5; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; id. Or. 10, 35:

licet Te memorem dominae testificere tuae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 270.—With rel.-clause:

testificaris, quid dixerim aliquando aut scripserim,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33.— Absol.:

ut statim testificati discederent,

Cic. Caecin. 16, 45.—

Transf., to show, demonstrate, exhibit, publish, bring to light, etc.:

testificabar sententiam meam,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2:

amorem meum,

id. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

auctam lenitatem suam,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

edicto non longam sui absentiam fore,

id. ib. 15, 36: antiquas opes. Ov. F. 2, 302:

hospitis adventum dei,

id. ib. 1, 240; cf.:

natalem tuum,

id. Am. 1, 8, 94.—

To call to witness (rare); deos hominesque amicitiamque nostram testificor, me tibi praedixisse, etc., Cael. ap Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1; Cic. Att. 10, 9, A. 1:

homines, deam,

Ov. H. 20, 160; 21, 134:

Stygiae numen aquae,

id. F. 5, 250.— Hence,

► testĭfĭcātus, a, um, in a pass. sense:

mihi nota fuit et abs te aliquando testificata tua voluntas omittendae provinciae,

made known, averred, exhibited. Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

mira sed et scaenā testificata loquar,

Ov. F. 4, 326.

testĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. testisfacio].—

To bear witness, give evidence, attest, testify (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.; cf. testor).

Lit.:

haec cum maxime testificaretur, in vincula conjectus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17.—With obj.-clause:

testificantur illi Quinctium non stitisse,

Cic. Quint. 6. 25;

testificor, denuntio, ante praedico, nihil M. Antonium, etc.,

id. Phil. 6, 3, 5; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; id. Or. 10, 35:

licet Te memorem dominae testificere tuae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 270.—With rel.-clause:

testificaris, quid dixerim aliquando aut scripserim,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33.— Absol.:

ut statim testificati discederent,

Cic. Caecin. 16, 45.—

Transf., to show, demonstrate, exhibit, publish, bring to light, etc.:

testificabar sententiam meam,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2:

amorem meum,

id. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

auctam lenitatem suam,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

edicto non longam sui absentiam fore,

id. ib. 15, 36: antiquas opes. Ov. F. 2, 302:

hospitis adventum dei,

id. ib. 1, 240; cf.:

natalem tuum,

id. Am. 1, 8, 94.—

To call to witness (rare); deos hominesque amicitiamque nostram testificor, me tibi praedixisse, etc., Cael. ap Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1; Cic. Att. 10, 9, A. 1:

homines, deam,

Ov. H. 20, 160; 21, 134:

Stygiae numen aquae,

id. F. 5, 250.— Hence,

► testĭfĭcātus, a, um, in a pass. sense:

mihi nota fuit et abs te aliquando testificata tua voluntas omittendae provinciae,

made known, averred, exhibited. Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

mira sed et scaenā testificata loquar,

Ov. F. 4, 326.

reveal, Irish taisbeanaim, Early Irish taispenim, taissfenim, Old Irish asfenimm, testificor, doairfenus, exploravi; the old Gaelic root is fen, ben, which may be cognate to Greek $$G faínw (see taibhse). Zeuss regarded the s as put before the b by metathesis, the word being of the same origin as taibhse.

dē-nuntĭo ( - cĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. Orig. t. t. in the lang. of pub. law, relig., and jurispr., to give an official intimation, to make an official announcement or declaration of one's intentions (by means of a messenger, herald, etc.); to announce, intimate, declare, = nuntiando declarare; and with a foll. ut or merely the subjunctive, to intimate, order, command (for syn. cf.: edico, indico, narro, nuntio, refero, defero, renuntio, enuntio, dico).

Prop.

Polit. lang.

With acc.:

ut omne bellum, quod denuntiatum indictumque non esset, id injustum esse atque impium judicaretur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17;

so with indictum,

id. ib. 2, 23 fin. (Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 3); id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

id. Fam. 12, 24:

utrum paucorum ea denuntiata an universae civitatis essent,

Liv. 24, 37 fin. —

With acc. and inf.:

quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret, se Aeduorum injurias non neglecturum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 6:

cum se scire quae fierent denuntiaret,

id. ib. 5, 54; Liv. 45, 1 fin. et saep. —And with inf. alone:

denuntiat centurionibus exsequi caedem,

Tac. A. 11, 37.—

With ut or ne: Gaditanos denuntiavisse Gallonio, ut sua sponte excederet Gadibus;

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium capturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 7, 31:

nationibus denuntiare, uti auxilia mittant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 10; cf.:

per vicos urbesque, ut commeatus expedirent,

Liv. 44, 26:

simul denuntiavit ut essent animi parati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.: cf.:

dictator magistro equitum denuntiavit, ut sese loco teneret, neu, etc.,

Liv. 8, 30; and so with ne, id. 9, 36 fin.; Vulg. Act. 4, 18.—

With simp. subj.:

(legati) denuntient Gallicis populis, multitudinem suam domi contineant,

Liv. 39, 54 fin.; cf. Suet. Calig. 55:

(Alcibiades) denuntiavit his (militibus), qui in stationibus erant, observarent lumen, etc.,

Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1 al. —

In relig. lang.

With acc.:

quibus portentis magna populo Romano bella denuntiabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97:

caedem Caesari evidentibus prodigiis,

Suet. Caes. 81 init.; cf. id. Aug. 94; 96; Verg. A. 3, 366 al.—

With ut:

si quid tale acciderit, ut a deo denuntiatum videatur, ut exeamus e vita,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118.—

In jurid. lang.

Alicui testimonium, to summon a witness:

si accusator voluerit testimonium eis denuntiare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110 (cf.:

denuntiatio testimonii,

id. Fl. 6, 14); so,

testibus: quoniam duo genera sunt testium, aut voluntariorum aut eorum, quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur,

Quint. 5, 7, 9; cf. ib. § 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 2.— Absol.:

non denuntiavi,

Cic. Fl. 15, 35.—

To give notice of a suit or process, Dig. 5, 3, 20, § 6 fin.:

de isto fundo, Cic. Caecin., 32, 95: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse,

id. ib. 7, 19.—

Litem denuntiare, to summon for immediate trial (late Lat.), Symm. Ep. 10, 52; Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 11.—

Transf. beyond the technical sphere, to announce, intimate, declare; to denounce, menace, threaten; with ut, or merely the subjunct., to intimate, order, command. —

Of personal subjects.

With acc.:

ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf.:

populo Romano servitutem,

id. ib. 5, 8, 21:

proscriptionem, caedem, direptionem,

id. Sest. 20, 46; cf. id. ib. 17 fin.; id. Mur. 24 fin. et saep.:

oculis et aspectu vim tribuniciam,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Att. 13, 12, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

Sex. Alfenus denuntiat, sese procuratorem esse,

Cic. Quint. 6, 27; cf. id. Phil. 6, 3 (with testificor and ante praedico):

cum se ad omnia, de quibus quisque audire vellet esse paratum denuntiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 103; id. Rep. 3, 11 fin. et saep.—

With a relative clause:

denuntiasti homo adulescens, quid de summa reipublicae sentires,

Cic. Planc. 22.—

With ut: mihi Lupus noster subito denuntiavit, ut ad to [p. 548] scriberem, Cic. Fam. 11, 25.—

With simple subjunctive, = moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 12 fin. —

With de:

de isto fundo,

Cic. Caecin. 32 fin. —

Absol.:

monente et denuntiante te,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3; id. Quint. 17. —

Of subjects not personal, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate:

terra continens adventus hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

illa arma non periculum nobis sed praesidium denuntiant,

id. Mil. 1, 3:

si ante exortum nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, etc.,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344:

caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, igneus euros,

Verg. G. 1, 453:

hoc juncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant,

Tac. G. 18 fin.:

arbor statim pestem denuntians,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.

dē-nuntĭo ( - cĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. Orig. t. t. in the lang. of pub. law, relig., and jurispr., to give an official intimation, to make an official announcement or declaration of one's intentions (by means of a messenger, herald, etc.); to announce, intimate, declare, = nuntiando declarare; and with a foll. ut or merely the subjunctive, to intimate, order, command (for syn. cf.: edico, indico, narro, nuntio, refero, defero, renuntio, enuntio, dico).

Prop.

Polit. lang.

With acc.:

ut omne bellum, quod denuntiatum indictumque non esset, id injustum esse atque impium judicaretur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17;

so with indictum,

id. ib. 2, 23 fin. (Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 3); id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

id. Fam. 12, 24:

utrum paucorum ea denuntiata an universae civitatis essent,

Liv. 24, 37 fin. —

With acc. and inf.:

quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret, se Aeduorum injurias non neglecturum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 6:

cum se scire quae fierent denuntiaret,

id. ib. 5, 54; Liv. 45, 1 fin. et saep. —And with inf. alone:

denuntiat centurionibus exsequi caedem,

Tac. A. 11, 37.—

With ut or ne: Gaditanos denuntiavisse Gallonio, ut sua sponte excederet Gadibus;

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium capturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 7, 31:

nationibus denuntiare, uti auxilia mittant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 10; cf.:

per vicos urbesque, ut commeatus expedirent,

Liv. 44, 26:

simul denuntiavit ut essent animi parati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.: cf.:

dictator magistro equitum denuntiavit, ut sese loco teneret, neu, etc.,

Liv. 8, 30; and so with ne, id. 9, 36 fin.; Vulg. Act. 4, 18.—

With simp. subj.:

(legati) denuntient Gallicis populis, multitudinem suam domi contineant,

Liv. 39, 54 fin.; cf. Suet. Calig. 55:

(Alcibiades) denuntiavit his (militibus), qui in stationibus erant, observarent lumen, etc.,

Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1 al. —

In relig. lang.

With acc.:

quibus portentis magna populo Romano bella denuntiabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97:

caedem Caesari evidentibus prodigiis,

Suet. Caes. 81 init.; cf. id. Aug. 94; 96; Verg. A. 3, 366 al.—

With ut:

si quid tale acciderit, ut a deo denuntiatum videatur, ut exeamus e vita,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118.—

In jurid. lang.

Alicui testimonium, to summon a witness:

si accusator voluerit testimonium eis denuntiare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110 (cf.:

denuntiatio testimonii,

id. Fl. 6, 14); so,

testibus: quoniam duo genera sunt testium, aut voluntariorum aut eorum, quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur,

Quint. 5, 7, 9; cf. ib. § 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 2.— Absol.:

non denuntiavi,

Cic. Fl. 15, 35.—

To give notice of a suit or process, Dig. 5, 3, 20, § 6 fin.:

de isto fundo, Cic. Caecin., 32, 95: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse,

id. ib. 7, 19.—

Litem denuntiare, to summon for immediate trial (late Lat.), Symm. Ep. 10, 52; Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 11.—

Transf. beyond the technical sphere, to announce, intimate, declare; to denounce, menace, threaten; with ut, or merely the subjunct., to intimate, order, command. —

Of personal subjects.

With acc.:

ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf.:

populo Romano servitutem,

id. ib. 5, 8, 21:

proscriptionem, caedem, direptionem,

id. Sest. 20, 46; cf. id. ib. 17 fin.; id. Mur. 24 fin. et saep.:

oculis et aspectu vim tribuniciam,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Att. 13, 12, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

Sex. Alfenus denuntiat, sese procuratorem esse,

Cic. Quint. 6, 27; cf. id. Phil. 6, 3 (with testificor and ante praedico):

cum se ad omnia, de quibus quisque audire vellet esse paratum denuntiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 103; id. Rep. 3, 11 fin. et saep.—

With a relative clause:

denuntiasti homo adulescens, quid de summa reipublicae sentires,

Cic. Planc. 22.—

With ut: mihi Lupus noster subito denuntiavit, ut ad to [p. 548] scriberem, Cic. Fam. 11, 25.—

With simple subjunctive, = moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 12 fin. —

With de:

de isto fundo,

Cic. Caecin. 32 fin. —

Absol.:

monente et denuntiante te,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3; id. Quint. 17. —

Of subjects not personal, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate:

terra continens adventus hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

illa arma non periculum nobis sed praesidium denuntiant,

id. Mil. 1, 3:

si ante exortum nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, etc.,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344:

caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, igneus euros,

Verg. G. 1, 453:

hoc juncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant,

Tac. G. 18 fin.:

arbor statim pestem denuntians,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.

testĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [testificor], a bearing witness, giving testimony, testifying, testification (Ciceron.; whereas testatio is found in the jurists and in Quint.; v. testatio, I.).

Lit.:

si ejus rei testificatio tolleretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 92; 2, 5, 39, § 102.—In plur., Cic. Mur. 24, 49; id. Brut. 80, 277.—

Transf., a giving evidence, attestation, proof, evidence:

egit causam tuam... cum summā testificatione tuorum in se officiorum et amoris erga te sui,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

sempiterna repudiatae legationis,

id. Phil. 9, 6, 15.

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.

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.