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to call as a witness

  • 1 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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  • 2 antestatus

    antestor, ātus, 1, v. dep [acc. to Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 564, from an-, the Gr. ana, as in anhelo, q. v. fin., and testor; acc. to others, from ante and testor], a word peculiar to judicial proceedings, to call up as a witness before the opening of the cause, to call as a witness (the formula was: licet antestari? and the person gave his assent by offering the tip of his ear, which the summoner touched; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.); so in 1 Fragm. in XII. Tab.: SI. IN. IVS. VOCAT. NI. IT. ANTESTATOR. IGITVR. EM. CAPITO: Ph. Licet te antestari? Th. Non licet, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 9, 10; so id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; 5, 4, 60: magnā Inclamat voce, et Licet antestari? Ego vero Oppono auriculam, * Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    est in aure imā memoriae locus, quem tangentes antestamur,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103.—In Cic. once, in gen. sense, not pertaining to judic. proceedings: te, magne, antestaretur, quod nunc etiam facit, Mil. 25 fin. —In a pass. signif., Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.—Hence, antestātus, a, um, P. a.; subst., a witness, Gai. Inst. 1, 6, 3.

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  • 3 antestor

    antestor, ātus, 1, v. dep [acc. to Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 564, from an-, the Gr. ana, as in anhelo, q. v. fin., and testor; acc. to others, from ante and testor], a word peculiar to judicial proceedings, to call up as a witness before the opening of the cause, to call as a witness (the formula was: licet antestari? and the person gave his assent by offering the tip of his ear, which the summoner touched; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.); so in 1 Fragm. in XII. Tab.: SI. IN. IVS. VOCAT. NI. IT. ANTESTATOR. IGITVR. EM. CAPITO: Ph. Licet te antestari? Th. Non licet, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 9, 10; so id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; 5, 4, 60: magnā Inclamat voce, et Licet antestari? Ego vero Oppono auriculam, * Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    est in aure imā memoriae locus, quem tangentes antestamur,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103.—In Cic. once, in gen. sense, not pertaining to judic. proceedings: te, magne, antestaretur, quod nunc etiam facit, Mil. 25 fin. —In a pass. signif., Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.—Hence, antestātus, a, um, P. a.; subst., a witness, Gai. Inst. 1, 6, 3.

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  • 4 cito

    1.
    cĭtŏ, adv., v. cieo, P. a. fin.
    2.
    cĭto, āvi, ātum ( part. perf. gen. plur. citatūm, Att. ap. Non. p. 485; inf. pass. citarier, Cat. 61, 42), 1, v. freq. a. [cieo].
    I.
    To put into quick motion, to move or drive violently or rapidly, to hurl, shake, rouse, excite, provoke, incite, stimulate, promote, etc. (mostly post-Aug. and poet.; in earlier authors usu. only in P. a.):

    citat hastam,

    Sil. 4, 583:

    arma,

    Stat. Th. 8, 124:

    gradum,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 510:

    urinam,

    Cels. 2, 19:

    pus,

    id. 5, 28, n. 13:

    umorem illuc,

    id. 4, 6:

    alvum,

    Col. 7, 9, 9:

    ubi luctandi juvenes animosa citavit gloria,

    Stat. Th. 6, 834. —
    2.
    Of plants, to put or shoot forth:

    virgam,

    Col. 3, 6, 2; 4, 15, 2:

    radices,

    id. 5, 5, 5; id. Arb. 10, 3; Pall. Feb. 9, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    isque motus (animi) aut boni aut mali opinione citetur,

    be called forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24 Orell. N. cr. (cf.:

    motus cieri,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20).—
    II.
    (Like cieo, 2.) With reference to the termination ad quem, to urge to, call or summon to (class.; esp. freq. in lang. of business;

    syn.: voco, adesse jubeo): patres in curiam per praeconem ad regem Tarquinium citari jussit,

    Liv. 1, 47, 8; id. 3, 38, 6 and 12:

    senatum,

    id. 9, 30, 2:

    in fora citatis senatoribus,

    id. 27, 24, 2:

    tribus ad sacramentum,

    Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Cat. 61, 43:

    judices citati in hunc reum consedistis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19:

    citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc., i. e. for enrollment for milit. service,

    Liv. 2, 29, 2; id. Epit. libr. 14; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In law, to call the parties, to see whether they are present (syn.:

    in jus vocare, evocare): citat reum: non respondet. Citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit, non affuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98; 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41;

    so of those accused,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Mil. 19, 50; Suet. Tib. 11; 61.—And of the roll of a gang of slaves:

    mancipia ergastuli cottidie per nomina,

    Col. 11, 1, 22 al. —Hence, to accuse:

    cum equester ordo reus a consulibus citaretur,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 35; Vitr. 7 praef.;

    and facetiously,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 6.—With gen. of the charge or penalty:

    omnes ii... abs te capitis C. Rabirii nomine citantur,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.:

    ne proditi mysterii reus a philosophis citaretur,

    Lact. 3, 16, 5.—Of witnesses:

    in hanc rem testem totam Siciliam citabo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 146; Suet. Caes. 74; Quint. 6, 4, 7.—
    b.
    Beyond the sphere of judicial proceedings: testem, auctorem, to call one to witness, to call upon, appeal to, quote, cite:

    quamvis citetur Salamis clarissimae testis victoriae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 75:

    quos ego testes citaturus fui rerum a me gestarum,

    Liv. 38, 47, 4:

    poëtas ad testimonium,

    Petr. 2, 5:

    libri, quos Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores,

    Liv. 4, 20, 8.— To call for votes or opinions in the senate, haec illi, quo quisque ordine citabantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.—Of an appeal to a god for aid, etc., Ov. F. 5, 683; Cat. 61, 42.—
    2.
    (Like cieo, II. C.) In gen., to mention any person or thing by name, to name, mention, call out, proclaim, announce (rare but class.;

    syn. laudo): omnes Danai reliquique Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18: victorem Olympiae citari; cf. Nep. praef. § 5; Liv. 29, 37, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 922:

    paeanem,

    to rehearse, recite, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

    io Bacche,

    to call, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7 (cf.:

    triumphum ciere,

    Liv. 45, 38, 12, infra cieo, II. C. 2.); Col. 11, 1, 22.—Hence, cĭtātus, a, um, part., driven, urged on, hastened, hurried; and P a., quick, rapid, speedy, swift (opp. tardus; class.).
    A.
    Prop., freq.:

    citato equo,

    at full gallop, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 1, 27, 7; 3, 46, 6; so,

    equis,

    id. 1, 5, 8; cf. Verg. A. 12, 373 al.:

    jumentis,

    Suet. Ner. 5:

    pede,

    Cat. 63, 2:

    tripudiis,

    id. 63, 26:

    citato gradu,

    Liv. 28, 14, 17:

    passibus,

    Sen. Hippol. 9:

    axe,

    Juv. 1, 60:

    citatum agmen,

    Liv. 35, 30, 1:

    citatiore agmine ad stativa sua pervenit,

    id. 27, 50, 1; so,

    citatissimo agmine,

    id. 22, 6, 10 al.:

    amnis citatior,

    id. 23, 19, 11:

    flumen,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 178:

    nautae,

    Prop. 1, 8, 23:

    rates,

    Sen. Hippol. 1048; Luc. 8, 456:

    currus,

    Sil. 8, 663:

    Euro citatior,

    Sil. 4, 6:

    alvus citatior,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—Also instead of an adv. (cf. citus, B.):

    Rhenus per fines Trevirorum citatus fertur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

    ferunt citati signa,

    Liv. 41, 3, 8:

    penna citatior ibat,

    Sil. 10, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., quick, rapid, vehement, impetuous:

    argumenta acria et citata,

    Quint. 9, 4, 135;

    and transf. to persons: in argumentis citati atque ipso etiam motu celeres sumus,

    id. 9, 4, 138:

    Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit,

    id. 11, 3, 111; 11, [p. 346] 3, 17:

    pronuntiatio (opp. pressa),

    id. 11, 3, 111:

    citatior manus (opp. lenior),

    id. 11, 3, 102:

    soni tum placidi tum citati,

    Gell. 1, 11, 15.— Adv.: cĭtātē, quickly, speedily, nimbly, rapidly (perh. only in the two foll. examples):

    piscatores citatius moventur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112:

    ut versus quam citatissime volvant,

    id. 1, 1, 37.

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  • 5 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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  • 6 obtestor

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

    necessitudinem nostram tuamque in me benevolentiam obtestans,

    Cic. ad Brut. 1, 13, 1:

    deūm hominumque fidem,

    Liv. 2, 10:

    sacra regni, deos et hospitales mensas,

    Tac. A. 2, 65:

    summam rempublicam agi obtestans,

    id. ib. 12, 5:

    aut militum se manibus aut suis moriturum obtestans,

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

    per ego haec genua te,

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

    per omnes deos te obtestor, ut, etc.,

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

    vos judices,

    Cic. Cael. 32, 78:

    vos obtestor atque obsecro, ut, etc.,

    id. Sest. 69, 147:

    id sibi ne eripiatis, vos obtestatur,

    id. Sull. 32, 89:

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

    Liv. 2, 10, 3. —With double acc.:

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

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

    obtestatus prece impensā,

    Amm. 31, 9, 4:

    obtestatā fide,

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

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  • 7 ob-testor

        ob-testor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to call as a witness, protest, make appeal to: vestram fidem: Iovem, ut testis adesset, S.: summam rem p. agi obtestans, Ta.: se moriturum, Ta.—To conjure, entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore: Per tuam fidem... Te, T.: obtestans deum fidem testabatur, nequiquam eos fugere, L.: vos per Penatīs, V.: vos, ut, etc.: id sibi ne eripiatis, vos: multa de salute suā Pomptinum, S.: illud te Pro Latio obtestor, Ne, etc., V.: te et senatum, consulatis, etc., S.

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  • 8 obtestor

    to implore, entreat, beg, call as a witness.

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  • 9 advoco

    ad-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call or summon one to a place, esp. for counsel, aid, etc.; constr. absol., with ad, in, or dat.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ego Tiresiam advocabo et consulam quid faciendum censeat,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

    contionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80:

    aliquem ad obsignandum,

    id. Att. 12, 18; so Liv. 1, 39:

    viros primarios in consilium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 18; so Liv. 42, 33:

    ego vos, quo pauca monerem, advocavi,

    Sall. C. 60:

    eo (i. e. in aedem Concordiae) senatum advocat,

    id. ib. 47:

    (Deus) advocabit caelum desursum,

    Vulg. Psa. 49, 4:

    advocari gaudiis,

    to be invited, Hor. C. 4, 11, 13:

    aegro,

    Ov. R. Am. 110:

    causis,

    Quint. 11, 1, 38.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    animum ad se ipsum advocamus,

    we turn the mind upon itself, call the thoughts home, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31:

    non desiderat fortitudo advocatam iracundiam,

    id. ib. 4, 23; so id. Ac. 2, 27; id. Tusc. 5, 38. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In judicial lang., t. t., to avail one's self of some one in a cause, as aid, assistant, witness, counsellor, etc., to call in:

    aliquem alicui,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 6; so id. Bacch. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 4, 7, 59:

    aliquot mihi Amicos advocabo,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 83:

    viros bonos complures advocat,

    Cic. Quint. 21:

    in his, quos tibi advocasti,

    id. ib. 2 al.—Also used of the friend of the plaintiff or defendant, who calls in his friends to aid in the suit:

    Oppianicus in judicio Scamandri aderat, frequens advocabat,

    Cic. Clu. 19.—Hence, transf. to other things, to call to one's aid, to call to for help, to summon:

    desuper Alcides telis premit omniaque arma Advocat,

    Verg. A. 8, 249:

    secretas artes,

    Ov. M. 7, 138:

    ad conamina noctem,

    Sil. 9, 82; Sen. Troad. 613:

    aliquid in tutelam securitatis suae,

    Vell. 2, 108:

    vires suas,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 2.—
    B.
    To get a respite, to delay, Plin. Ep. 5, 8; v. advocatio, II. C. —
    C.
    To give consolation, to console (in imitation of the Gr. parakalein), Tert. adv. Marc. 14.
    ► In the phrase ADVOCAPIT CONCTOS, in the song of the Fratres Arvales, Grotef.
    (Gr. II. 290) explains advocapit as an old imperat., instead of advocabite.Hence, advŏcātus, i, m.
    A.
    In the class. per., in judicial lang., one who is called by one of the parties in a suit to aid as a witness or counsel, a legal assistant, counsellor (diff. from patronus or orator, who spoke for a client engaged in a suit; from cognitor, who appeared in the name of such parties as had themselves been at first in court;

    and from procurator, who appeared for such as were absent,

    Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4; Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 48; Heind. ad Hor. S. 2, 5, 38;

    v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.): quaeso, ut advocatus mihi adsis neve abeas,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 3; so id. Men. 5, 2, 47; id. Mil. 5, 26; id. Poen. 3, 1, 23; 6, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 37 al.:

    adversusne illum causam dicerem, cui veneram advocatus?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 43; so id. Eun. 2, 3, 49; 4, 6, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 11:

    quis eum umquam non modo in patroni, sed in laudatoris aut advocati loco viderat,

    Cic. Clu. 40; id. Phil. 1, 7:

    venire advocatum alicui in rem praesentem,

    id. Off. 1, 10, etc.; Liv. 42, 33, 1.—
    B.
    In the post-Aug. per., for patronus, orator, etc., who conducted a process for any one, an advocate, attorney, etc., Quint. 12, 1, 13; cf. id. 12, 1, 25; 5, 6 fin.; 9, 3, 22; Plin. Ep. 7, 22; Tac. A. 11, 5, 6; Suet. Claud. 15 and 33.—
    C.
    Esp., in eccl. Lat., of Christ as our intercessor, advocate:

    advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum,

    Vulg. 1 Joan. 2, 1.—
    D.
    Transf., in gen., an assistant, helper, friend:

    se in fugam conferunt unā amici advocatique ejus,

    Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.

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  • 10 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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  • 11 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > testor

  • 12 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.
    * * *
    testificari, testificatus sum V DEP
    assert solemnly, testify (to a fact); demonstrate; invoke as a witness

    Latin-English dictionary > testificor

  • 13 citō

        citō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [cieo], to put in quick motion, rouse, excite, only in P. perf.; see citatus.—To urge, call, summon: patres in curiam citari, L.: centuriatim populum, L.: iudices: citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc. (for enrolment), L.— In law, to call, summon: citat reum: citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit: omnes abs te rei capitis citantur.—To call to witness, call upon, appeal to: quos ego testīs citaturus fui, L.: numina, O. — Fig., to call forth, excite: motus (animi) opinione citetur. — To appeal to, quote, cite: quamvis citetur Salamis testis victoriae: quos (libros) auctores, L.—To mention by name, name, mention, proclaim, announce: Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur: victorem Olympiae citari, N.: paeanem, to reiterate: io Bacche, call out, H.: citarier ad suum munus, invoked, Ct.
    * * *
    I
    citare, citavi, citatus V TRANS
    urge on, encourage; promote, excite; summon; set in motion; move (bowels); cite
    II
    citius, citissime ADV
    quickly/fast/speedily, with speed; soon, before long; readily; easily

    Latin-English dictionary > citō

  • 14 detestor

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

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

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

    caput euntis hostili prece,

    Ov. M. 15, 505:

    dira exsecratio ac furiale carmen detestandae familiae stirpique compositum,

    Liv. 10, 41:

    exitum belli civilis,

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

    summum Jovem, deosque,

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

    minas periculaque in caput eorum,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2:

    deorum iram in caput infelicis pueri,

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

    causam auctoremque cladis,

    Tac. H. 2, 35 fin.:

    civilia arma adeo detestari,

    felt such abhorrence for, Suet. Oth. 10:

    sortem populi Romani,

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

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

    Cic. Cat. 1, 11:

    memoriam consulatus tui a republica,

    id. Pis. 40, 96:

    invidiam,

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

    o di immortales, avertite ac detestamini hoc omen,

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

    detestatum est testatione denuntiatum,

    Dig. 50, 16, 238; cf.

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

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

    detestata omnia ejusmodi repudianda sunt,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28:

    bella matribus detestata,

    Hor. Od. 1, 1, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > detestor

  • 15 ad-vocō

        ad-vocō āvī, ātus, āre,    to call, summon, invite: contionem: complures senatorii ordinis, Cs.: eo senatum, S.: populum ad tribunum, L.: Ut noris quibus advoceris Gaudiis, to what pleasures you are invited, H.: viros in consilium. — In law, to call as a counsellor or witness: amicos: aliquot mihi Amicos, T.: viros bonos: aderat... advocabat, summoned friends.—To collect, recall: animum ad se.—To call upon, invoke: deum, Ct.: deos, L. —To call to aid, employ: arma, V.: artīs, O.

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  • 16 contestato

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

    deos hominesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67; cf.

    deos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    caelum noctemque,

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

    litem,

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

    lite contestata,

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

    cum lis contestata cum Flavio damni injuriā esset,

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

    ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,

    proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contestato

  • 17 contestor

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

    deos hominesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67; cf.

    deos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    caelum noctemque,

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

    litem,

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

    lite contestata,

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

    cum lis contestata cum Flavio damni injuriā esset,

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

    ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,

    proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contestor

  • 18 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > testificatus

  • 19 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > testificor

  • 20 invoco

    in-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call upon, invoke (cf. imploro), esp. as a witness or for aid.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    With living beings as objects: alium invocat, cum alio cantat, Naev. ap. Isid. Orig. 1, 26:

    invoco vos, Lares viales,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 23:

    sibi deos,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 9; cf.:

    in pariendo Junonem Lucmam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68:

    deos in auxilium,

    Quint. 4 prooem. §

    5: deos precibus,

    Tac. A. 16, 31:

    Deos testes,

    Liv. 45, 31; Curt. 4, 10, 33; 5, 12, 3.—With a foll. subj.:

    justae preces invocantium, ad ultionem accingerentur,

    Tac. H. 4, 79.—
    B.
    With things as objects, to invoke, appeal to, implore:

    leges,

    Tac. A. 2, 71:

    auxilia libertati,

    id. ib. 15, 56:

    arma alicujus adversus alium,

    id. ib. 2, 46:

    fidem suorum militum,

    id. H. 2, 9; Suet. Caes. 33:

    nomen Domini,

    Vulg. Deut. 32, 3 saep. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to call by name, to name: aspice hoc sublimen candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Trag. v. 402 Vahl.):

    aliquem dominum, regem,

    Curt. 10, 5, 9:

    reginas dominasque veris quondam, tunc alienis nominibus invocantes,

    id. 3, 11, 25.

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