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  • 1 arbitror

        arbitror ātus sum, ārī, dep.    [arbiter].—In law, of witnesses, to testify on information and belief, depose to one's best knowledge: ut ‘arbitrari’ se diceret, etiam quod ipse vidisset: fratrem mortuum inde arbitrari, L.: arbitrerisne Sempronium in tempore pugnam inisse? In your judgment, did, etc., L.: in consilio arbitror me fuisse, cum, etc., L.—In gen., to be of an opinion, believe, consider, think: arbitror, certum non scimus, T.: si hunc noris satis, Non ita arbitrere, not merely, T.: ut arbitror, in my judgment: non arbitror, I think not: arbitratus id bellum celeriter confici posse, Cs.: non satis tuta eadem loca sibi arbitratus, N.
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    arbitrari, arbitratus sum V DEP
    observe, witness; testify; decide, judge, sentence; believe, think, imagine

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  • 2 testificor

        testificor ātus, ārī, dep.    [testis+2 FAC-], to make a witness, call to witness: deos hominesque testificor, me tibi praedixisse, etc.: Stygiae numen aquae, O.— To bear witness, give evidence, attest, testify: ut statim testificati discederent: testificor, denuntio, ante praedico, nihil M. Antonium, etc.: testificaris, quid dixerim.— To show, demonstrate, exhibit, make certain, publish, bring to light: sententiam meam: antiquas opes, O.: Natalem tuum, O.— P. pass.: abs te testificata tua voluntas, make known: scaenā testificata loquar, O.
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    testificari, testificatus sum V DEP
    assert solemnly, testify (to a fact); demonstrate; invoke as a witness

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  • 3 testor

        testor ātus, ārī    [1 testis], to cause to testify, call as a witness, invoke, appeal to: Confiteor; testere licet (sc. me), i. e. you may cite me as avowing it, O.: vos testor, me defendere, etc.: omnīs homines deosque: Lucretia testata civīs, se ipsa interemit: consulibus deos hominesque testantibus, L.: Iovem et aras, V.: id testor deos, T.: hoc vos, iudices, testor.— To make known, show, prove, demonstrate, declare, aver, assert, bear witness to: ego quod facio, me pacis causā facere, clamo atque testor: nunc illa testabor, non me sortilegos... agnoscere: testatus, quae praestitisset civibus eorum, etc., L.: Adsiduoque suos gemitu testata dolores, O.: Campus sepulcris proelia Testatur, H.: saepe enim hoc testandum est: nihil religione testatum, nihil... reperientur.— To publish a testament, make a will, provide by will: de quā (pecuniā) is testatus non est: cum immemor in testundo nepotis decessisset, L.
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    testari, testatus sum V DEP
    give as evidence; bear witness; make a will; swear; testify

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  • 4 protesto

    protestare, protestavi, protestatus V TRANS
    testify, testify publicly, bear witness to; protest (L+S); assert (Bee)

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  • 5 protestor

    protestari, protestatus sum V DEP
    testify, testify publicly, bear witness to; protest (L+S); assert (Bee)

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  • 6 antestor

        antestor ātus, ārī, dep.    [an- (for ambi-) + testor], in law, to call as a witness, summon to testify (the summoner said, licet antestari? the summoned offered his ear to be touched): Licet antestari? Ego vero Oppono auriculam, H.—In gen., to call to witness, invoke: te.
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    antestari, antestatus sum V DEP

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  • 7 dēnūntiātiō

        dēnūntiātiō ōnis, f    [denuntio], an indication, announcement, declaration, proclamation, threat: denuntiationi parere: calamitatum: belli: testimoni, a summons to testify: periculi, a menace, Cs.: terroris, L.: senatūs, an ordinance, L.: Catilinae: paucorum, an universae civitatis, L.
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    announcement/notification/indication; warning/threat; denunciation/allegation; declaration (war); injunction; admoition; summons, formal legal notice

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  • 8 līber

        līber era, erum, adj. with comp. and sup.    [LIB-], free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unembarrassed, unshackled: ad scribendi licentiam: integro animo ac libero causam defendere, unbiassed: liberi ad causas solutique veniebant, under no obligations: vox, L.: libera Verba animi proferre, Iu.: tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera: liberum est alcui non adesse, he is free: libero, quid firmaret ( abl absol.), i. e. with full power to ratify, Ta.: mandata, unlimited authority, L.: faenus, unrestricted, L.: custodia, i. e. surveillance without imprisonment, L.: in liberis custodiis haberi, S.: suffragia, the right of voting freely, Iu.: aedes, free quarters (for ambassadors in Rome), L.: lectulus, i. e. single: toga, i. e. a man's, O.: liberas fruges ferre, i. e. spontaneous, H.: agri, untaxed: neque Turno mora libera mortis, i. e. nor is he free to delay death, V.: vina, freeing from care, H.: hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.: pöeta, verborum licentiā liberior. liberiores litterae: amicitia, more unrestrained: (flumina) Liberioris aquae, less impeded, O.: (Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat, more open, O.: liberrime Lolli, most frank, H.: indignatio, most outspoken, H.: ab omni sumptu, exempt: (consul) a deliciis, uninfluenced: ab observando homine perverso, i. e. from all regard for, etc.: animus a partibus rei p., S.: animus omni curā, free: animus religione, L.: (equus) liber habenis, V.: liber laborum, H.— Free, not subject, not slave: neque vendendam censes Quae liberast, T.: dis habeo gratiam Quom aliquot adfuerunt liberae (as competent to testify), T.: populus: (civitates) liberae atque inmunes, free from service, L.: Roma, Iu.: Devota morti pectora libera, i. e. delivering from servitude, H.—As subst m.: (adsentatio) ne libero quidem digna, a freeman.—As subst n.: libera meliore iure sunt quam serva, i. e. the law is on the side of freedom.—Unbridled, unchecked, free, unrestrained, licentious: adulescens, T.: sit adulescentia liberior, somewhat freer: libero mendacio abuti, L.
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    I
    libera -um, liberior -or -us, liberrimus -a -um ADJ
    free (man); unimpeded; void of; independent, outspoken/frank; licentious; idle
    II
    children (pl.); (sg. VOC) child
    III
    book, volume; inner bark of a tree

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  • 9 profiteor

        profiteor fessus, ērī, dep.    [pro+fateor], to declare publicly, own freely, acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess: non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri: fateor atque etiam profiteor: apertissime studium suum: se nullum periculum recusare, Cs.: hoc me rei p. causā facere: professus se petere, avowing himself a candidate, L.—With two accs., to avow oneself, profess to be: se grammaticum: huic me belli ducem: (te) amicum, H.— To follow as a pursuit, profess: philosophiam: ius, O.— To offer freely, propose voluntarily, promise, display: iudicium, testify voluntarily, S.: se ad eam rem adiutorem, Cs.: tibi meum studium: Sumunt gentiles arma professa manus, i. e. as volunteers, O.: Inceptis magna professis Adsuitur pannus, making great promises, H.: nomina, i. e. come forward as candidates, L.— To make a public statement of, report, return, state: iugera sationum suarum: frumentum, L.: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. registered as public women, O.: in his nomen suom, classes himself, T.
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    profiteri, professus sum V DEP
    declare; profess

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  • 10 declaro

    declarare, declaravi, declaratus V TRANS
    declare/announce/make known; indicate, reveal, testify, show/prove; mean (word)

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  • 11 arbitror

    arbĭtror ( act. arbitro, v. infra; arch. inf. arbitrarier, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 21), ātus, 1, v. dep. [arbiter].
    I.
    In gen., to be a hearer or beholder of something (v. arbiter, I.), to observe, perceive, hear, etc. (in this sense only ante- and post-class.):

    dicta alicujus,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 24; id. Aul. 4, 1, 21; App. M. 10, p. 246, 16; 3, p. 138, 23; 7 init.:

    domus attiguae fortunas arbitraturus,

    id. ib. 4, p. 148, 8.—Hence of the mind, to examine, consider, weigh:

    diligentius carmina Empedoclis,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    T. t. of judic. lang. (cf. arbiter, II.), to make a decision, give judgment or sentence:

    si in eo, quod utroque praesente arbitratus est, arbitrio paritum non esset,

    Dig. 4, 8, 44; 6, 1, 35.—Hence, fidem alicui arbitrari, to adjudge, i. e. to give, credit to one, to put faith in, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 41.—Of witnesses, as t. t., to testify, to declare or announce, give evidence:

    qui testimonium diceret, ut arbitrari se diceret, etiam quod ipse vidisset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146: qui primum [p. 152] illud verbum consideratissimum nostrae consuetudinis arbitror, quo nos etiam tunc utimur, cum ea dicimus jurati, quae comperta habemus, quae ipsi vidimus, ex toto testimonio suo sustulit, atque omnia se scire dixit, id. Font. 9:

    mortuum inde arbitrari,

    Liv. 3, 13, 3; 4, 40.—
    B.
    1.. In gen., to be of the opinion, to believe, consider as, = nomizô (most freq. in prose; a favorite word with Cic.): Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62:

    gratum arbitratur esse id a vobis sibi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 48:

    nefas esse arbitrari Gracchos laudare,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 10:

    Falsum arbitror radices arborum vetustate minui,

    Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    Justum autem arbitror suscitarc vos,

    Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 13:

    scelestissimum te arbitror,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2:

    arbitraris me inimicum tuum,

    Vulg. Job, 13, 24; ib. Philipp. 3, 8:

    si hoc minus ad officium tuum pertinere arbitrabere, suscipiam partes, quas alienas esse arbitrabar,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37:

    ut in ceteris artibus... similiter arbitror in hac ratione dicendi etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; id. Quinct. 34; id. Verr. 2, 169; id. Clu. 17; id. Cat. 1, 17; id. Arch. 30; id. Deiot. 24; id. Mil. 21:

    tamen, ut arbitror, auctoritate advocatorum adducti in veritate manserunt,

    id. Clu. 63; so id. Sex. Rosc. 82; id. Imp. Pomp. 58; id. Clu. 176:

    ut ego arbitror,

    id. Sest. 16; id. Pis. 68:

    sicut arbitror,

    id. Clu. 50:

    ego quod ad me attinet (itemque arbitror ceteros) idcirco taceo, quod, etc.,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 1:

    arbitratus id bellum celeriter confici posse,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Jugurtham esse arbitrati cum magno gaudio obvii procedunt,

    thinking it to be Jugurtha, Sall. J. 69, 1:

    non satis tuta eadem loca sibi arbitratus,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 1; so id. Timoth. 3, 3 al.—
    2.
    To think, suppose, as opp. to knowing:

    Arbitror: Certum non scimus,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 30:

    si hunc noris satis, Non ita arbitrere,

    id. And. 5, 4, 12: De. Sanumne credis te esse? Mi. Equidem arbitror, id. Ad. 4, 7, 30:

    Quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrūm ignorare arbitraris?

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 31:

    arbitrantur se posse fugere,

    Vulg. Esth. 16, 4; ib. Matt. 10, 34.
    a.
    Act. form arbĭtro, āre:

    te si arbitrarem dignum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 57:

    Probiores credo arbitrabunt,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 87. —
    b.
    Arbitror in pass. signif.:

    continuo arbitretur (i. e. eligatur, quaeratur) uxor filio tuo,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 82:

    cum ipse praedonum socius arbitraretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41; id. Mur. 16 fin.; id. Att. 1, 11; cf.

    Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. l. l.: quaestio in utramque partem a prudentibus viris arbitrata, i. e. judicata,

    Gell. 1, 13:

    sumptus funeris arbitrantur pro facultatibus defuncti,

    are estimated, Dig. 11, 7, 12; so ib. 4, 8, 27; 2, 15, 8: ex scriptis eorum, qui veri arbitrantur, hupolambanontai, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

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  • 12 Liber

    1.
    līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).
    I.
    In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

    ad scribendi licentiam liber,

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

    agri immunes ac liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

    integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

    unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

    liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

    not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

    libera lingua,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

    cor liberum,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

    vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 32, 6:

    libera verba animi proferre,

    Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

    id. Brut. 67, 236:

    libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

    liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

    Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

    mandata,

    full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

    fenus,

    unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

    v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

    the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

    locus,

    free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

    lectulus,

    i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

    vestis,

    id. ib. 3, 777:

    libera omnia sibi servare,

    to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

    hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

    est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    liberiores litterae,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

    paulo liberior sententia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 121:

    liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

    id. 7, 2, 14:

    fusiores liberioresque numeri,

    id. 9, 4, 130:

    officia liberiora plenioraque,

    id. 6, 1, 9:

    (flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

    freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

    (Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

    freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

    liberiore frui caelo,

    freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

    liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

    the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

    liberrime Lolli,

    most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

    indignatio,

    id. Epod. 4, 10.—
    (β).
    Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

    Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

    (consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    ab observando homine perverso liber,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

    loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

    id. Att. 15, 16, B:

    libera a ferro crura,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

    animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

    Sall. C. 4.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    animus omni liber curā et angore,

    free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

    animus religione,

    Liv. 2, 36:

    animus cogitationibus aliis,

    Quint. 11, 2, 35:

    mens omnibus vitiis,

    id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

    liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    omni liber metu,

    Liv. 7, 34:

    liber invidia,

    Quint. 12, 11, 7:

    equus carcere,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—
    (δ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    liber laborum,

    Hor. A. P. 212:

    fati gens Lydia,

    Verg. A. 10, 154:

    curarum,

    Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

    liberior campi,

    having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—
    (ε).
    Liberum est, with subject-clause:

    quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

    it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

    dies eligere certos liberum erat,

    Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

    libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

    Tac. A. 3, 60.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

    also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

    dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

    id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

    quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

    in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

    si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

    id. Top. 2, 10:

    quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

    of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

    liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—
    B.
    Free, in a political point of view;

    said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

    ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    liber populus,

    id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

    (Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

    democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

    civitates liberae atque immunes,

    free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

    provinciae civitatesque liberae,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    libera ac foederata oppida,

    id. Calig. 3:

    Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

    Juv. 8, 244.—
    C.
    In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

    quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

    Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

    adulescens imprudens et liber,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

    sit adulescentia liberior,

    somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    amores soluti et liberi,

    id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    consuetudo peccandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

    qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

    animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

    id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

    respirare,

    id. Quint. 11, 39:

    constanter et libere (me gessi),

    id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

    consilium dare,

    id. Lael. 13, 44:

    aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

    omnia libere fingimus et impune,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43:

    ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

    Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

    liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

    loqui,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

    fortius liberiusque defendere,

    Quint. 12, 1, 21:

    liberius si Dixero quid,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

    maledicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

    longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

    ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

    freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.
    2.
    līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

    but also: liberorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.
    I.
    Sing. (post-class. and rare):

    si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

    Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).
    A.
    Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

    cum conjugibus et liberis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

    eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

    id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

    liberos procreare,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

    suscipere liberos,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

    per liberos te precor,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

    dulces,

    id. ib. 2, 40:

    parvuli,

    Quint. 2, 15, 8;

    opp. parentes,

    id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

    non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

    Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

    neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

    Gell. 1, 12, 8:

    uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

    liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

    liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

    ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

    habitus sis in liberum loco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—
    2.
    Esp.
    (α).
    Of sons (opp. daughters):

    procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

    Hyg. Fab. 9.—
    (β).
    Of children in gen. = pueri:

    praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

    Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., of animals, young:

    liberis orbas oves,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.
    3.
    Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

    hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

    Liber et alma Ceres,

    Verg. G. 1, 7:

    ex aede Liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

    in a pun with 1. liber,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

    quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

    salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

    sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

    Romulus et Liber pater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

    per vestigia Liberi patris,

    Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

    patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

    Col. 3, 21, 3:

    Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

    Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—
    B.
    Meton., wine:

    illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

    Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

    sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

    condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

    id. S. 1, 4, 89.
    4.
    lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    colligatae libris (arundines),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

    udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

    Verg. G. 2, 77:

    natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

    id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

    quam denso fascia libro,

    Juv. 6, 263.—
    B.
    Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

    antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

    Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

    charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—
    B.
    Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

    Demetrii liber de concordia,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

    quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

    id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

    dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

    id. de Sen. 15, 54:

    libros pervolutare,

    id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

    evolvere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    volvere,

    id. Brut. 87, 298:

    legere,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

    edere,

    id. Fat. 1, 1:

    libri confectio,

    id. de Sen. 1, 1:

    tempus ad libros vacuum,

    id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    cujus (Platonis) in libris,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

    in Graecorum libris,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

    librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

    Juv. 3, 41:

    actorum libri,

    the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    A division of a work a look:

    tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

    hi tres libri (de Officiis),

    id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

    sermo in novem libros distributus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

    dictum est in libro superiore,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

    versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

    id. 6, 3, 86:

    liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

    id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

    in T. Livii primo,

    Quint. 9, 2, 37:

    in tertio de Oratore,

    id. 9, 1, 26:

    legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—
    2.
    In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

    decemviris adire libros jussis,

    i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

    se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

    ut in libris est Etruscorum,

    id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

    caerimoniarum,

    rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—
    D.
    A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—
    E.
    A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—
    F.
    A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

    liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Liber

  • 13 liber

    1.
    līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).
    I.
    In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

    ad scribendi licentiam liber,

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

    agri immunes ac liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

    integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

    unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

    liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

    not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

    libera lingua,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

    cor liberum,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

    vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 32, 6:

    libera verba animi proferre,

    Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

    id. Brut. 67, 236:

    libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

    liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

    Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

    mandata,

    full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

    fenus,

    unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

    v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

    the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

    locus,

    free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

    lectulus,

    i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

    vestis,

    id. ib. 3, 777:

    libera omnia sibi servare,

    to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

    hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

    est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    liberiores litterae,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

    paulo liberior sententia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 121:

    liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

    id. 7, 2, 14:

    fusiores liberioresque numeri,

    id. 9, 4, 130:

    officia liberiora plenioraque,

    id. 6, 1, 9:

    (flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

    freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

    (Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

    freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

    liberiore frui caelo,

    freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

    liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

    the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

    liberrime Lolli,

    most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

    indignatio,

    id. Epod. 4, 10.—
    (β).
    Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

    Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

    (consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    ab observando homine perverso liber,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

    loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

    id. Att. 15, 16, B:

    libera a ferro crura,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

    animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

    Sall. C. 4.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    animus omni liber curā et angore,

    free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

    animus religione,

    Liv. 2, 36:

    animus cogitationibus aliis,

    Quint. 11, 2, 35:

    mens omnibus vitiis,

    id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

    liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    omni liber metu,

    Liv. 7, 34:

    liber invidia,

    Quint. 12, 11, 7:

    equus carcere,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—
    (δ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    liber laborum,

    Hor. A. P. 212:

    fati gens Lydia,

    Verg. A. 10, 154:

    curarum,

    Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

    liberior campi,

    having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—
    (ε).
    Liberum est, with subject-clause:

    quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

    it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

    dies eligere certos liberum erat,

    Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

    libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

    Tac. A. 3, 60.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

    also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

    dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

    id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

    quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

    in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

    si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

    id. Top. 2, 10:

    quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

    of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

    liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—
    B.
    Free, in a political point of view;

    said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

    ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    liber populus,

    id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

    (Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

    democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

    civitates liberae atque immunes,

    free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

    provinciae civitatesque liberae,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    libera ac foederata oppida,

    id. Calig. 3:

    Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

    Juv. 8, 244.—
    C.
    In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

    quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

    Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

    adulescens imprudens et liber,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

    sit adulescentia liberior,

    somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    amores soluti et liberi,

    id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    consuetudo peccandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

    qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

    animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

    id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

    respirare,

    id. Quint. 11, 39:

    constanter et libere (me gessi),

    id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

    consilium dare,

    id. Lael. 13, 44:

    aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

    omnia libere fingimus et impune,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43:

    ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

    Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

    liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

    loqui,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

    fortius liberiusque defendere,

    Quint. 12, 1, 21:

    liberius si Dixero quid,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

    maledicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

    longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

    ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

    freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.
    2.
    līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

    but also: liberorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.
    I.
    Sing. (post-class. and rare):

    si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

    Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).
    A.
    Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

    cum conjugibus et liberis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

    eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

    id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

    liberos procreare,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

    suscipere liberos,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

    per liberos te precor,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

    dulces,

    id. ib. 2, 40:

    parvuli,

    Quint. 2, 15, 8;

    opp. parentes,

    id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

    non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

    Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

    neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

    Gell. 1, 12, 8:

    uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

    liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

    liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

    ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

    habitus sis in liberum loco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—
    2.
    Esp.
    (α).
    Of sons (opp. daughters):

    procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

    Hyg. Fab. 9.—
    (β).
    Of children in gen. = pueri:

    praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

    Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., of animals, young:

    liberis orbas oves,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.
    3.
    Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

    hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

    Liber et alma Ceres,

    Verg. G. 1, 7:

    ex aede Liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

    in a pun with 1. liber,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

    quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

    salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

    sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

    Romulus et Liber pater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

    per vestigia Liberi patris,

    Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

    patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

    Col. 3, 21, 3:

    Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

    Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—
    B.
    Meton., wine:

    illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

    Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

    sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

    condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

    id. S. 1, 4, 89.
    4.
    lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    colligatae libris (arundines),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

    udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

    Verg. G. 2, 77:

    natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

    id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

    quam denso fascia libro,

    Juv. 6, 263.—
    B.
    Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

    antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

    Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

    charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—
    B.
    Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

    Demetrii liber de concordia,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

    quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

    id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

    dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

    id. de Sen. 15, 54:

    libros pervolutare,

    id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

    evolvere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    volvere,

    id. Brut. 87, 298:

    legere,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

    edere,

    id. Fat. 1, 1:

    libri confectio,

    id. de Sen. 1, 1:

    tempus ad libros vacuum,

    id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    cujus (Platonis) in libris,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

    in Graecorum libris,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

    librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

    Juv. 3, 41:

    actorum libri,

    the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    A division of a work a look:

    tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

    hi tres libri (de Officiis),

    id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

    sermo in novem libros distributus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

    dictum est in libro superiore,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

    versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

    id. 6, 3, 86:

    liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

    id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

    in T. Livii primo,

    Quint. 9, 2, 37:

    in tertio de Oratore,

    id. 9, 1, 26:

    legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—
    2.
    In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

    decemviris adire libros jussis,

    i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

    se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

    ut in libris est Etruscorum,

    id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

    caerimoniarum,

    rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—
    D.
    A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—
    E.
    A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—
    F.
    A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

    liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

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  • 14 protesto

    prō-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form prōtesto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799), to declare in public, to bear witness, testify, protest (post-Aug.):

    praedico, protestor, non ego parricidium faciam,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 21:

    quae mihi conscius sum, protestabor,

    Front. Nep. Am. 2 Mai:

    floris species florem rerum protestatur,

    Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.:

    mulier magno fidem praesidis protestata clamore,

    App. M. 10, p. 252; Vulg. Act. 20, 23; Just. Inst. prooem. 1.—With object-clause:

    quippe protestantur, pietatis gratiā id se facere,

    Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 8.

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  • 15 protestor

    prō-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form prōtesto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799), to declare in public, to bear witness, testify, protest (post-Aug.):

    praedico, protestor, non ego parricidium faciam,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 21:

    quae mihi conscius sum, protestabor,

    Front. Nep. Am. 2 Mai:

    floris species florem rerum protestatur,

    Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.:

    mulier magno fidem praesidis protestata clamore,

    App. M. 10, p. 252; Vulg. Act. 20, 23; Just. Inst. prooem. 1.—With object-clause:

    quippe protestantur, pietatis gratiā id se facere,

    Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 8.

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  • 16 testificatus

    testĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. testisfacio].—
    I.
    To bear witness, give evidence, attest, testify (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.; cf. testor).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 17 testificor

    testĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. testisfacio].—
    I.
    To bear witness, give evidence, attest, testify (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.; cf. testor).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 18 testo

    testor, ātus, 1, v. a. [1. testis].
    I. A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    1.
    Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.—
    2.
    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.—
    2.
    As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
    3.
    After making a will, testate:

    sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint,

    Dig. 49, 14, 45.

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  • 19 testor

    testor, ātus, 1, v. a. [1. testis].
    I. A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    1.
    Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.—
    2.
    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.—
    2.
    As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
    3.
    After making a will, testate:

    sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint,

    Dig. 49, 14, 45.

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  • testify — tes·ti·fy / tes tə ˌfī/ vb fied, fy·ing [Latin testificari, from testis witness] vi: to make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation for the purpose of establishing a fact: give testimony vt: to declare in testimony tes·ti·fi·er n Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • Testify — Студийный альбом Фила Коллинза Дата выпуска 12 ноября 2002 Записан 2000 ( …   Википедия

  • Testify — Tes ti*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Testified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Testifying}.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness + ficare (in comp.) to make. See { fy}, and cf. {Attest}, {Contest}, {Detest}, {Protest}, {Testament}.] 1. To make a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Testify — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Testify es el décimo álbum de estudio del cuarteto de Southern Gospel estadounidense Gaither Vocal Band. Publicado por Chapel Hill en 1994 y producido por Bill Gaither, Mike Sykes y Michael English, el disco marca la …   Wikipedia Español

  • testify — UK US /ˈtestɪfaɪ/ verb [I or T] ► LAW to make a formal statement about something, especially in a court of law: testify that »He testified that the store owner had lied when he applied for the state license. »The senator testified to the House… …   Financial and business terms

  • Testify — Tes ti*fy, v. t. 1. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny. [1913 Webster] We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. John iii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • testify — ► VERB (testifies, testified) 1) give evidence as a witness in a law court. 2) serve as evidence or proof: luxurious villas testify to the wealth here. ORIGIN Latin testificari, from testis a witness …   English terms dictionary

  • Testify — Tes ti*fy, adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • testify to — index attest, corroborate, establish (show), report (disclose), witness (attest to) Burton s L …   Law dictionary

  • testify — late 14c., to serve as evidence of, from L. testificari bear witness, from testis witness (see TESTAMENT (Cf. testament)) + root of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Biblical sense of openly profess one s faith and devotion is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • testify — [v] vouch for; give testimony affirm, announce, argue, assert, attest, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, certify, corroborate, cross one’s heart*, declare, demonstrate, depone, depose, evince, give evidence, give facts, give one’s word*, indicate,… …   New thesaurus

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