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  • 1 indicium

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

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  • 2 indicium

    indĭcĭum, ĭi, n. [id.], a notice, information, discovery, disclosure, charge (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    facite indicium, si quis vidit,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 9:

    id anus mihi indicium fecit,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 7; cf. Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 57; id. Mil. 2, 3, 35; Sen. Contr. 4, 26, 6:

    conjurationis,

    Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

    rei alicujus afferre ad aliquem, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 52: deferre ad aliquem,

    Tac. A. 2, 28:

    ea res est Helvetiis per indicium enuntiata,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    convictus indicio alicujus,

    Sall. C. 52, 36: profiteri, to volunteer evidence (before a court, and esp. to escape punishment by turning state's evidence): sed ipse deprehensus, multis hortantibus, indicium profitetur, Sall. J. 35, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9; so,

    offerre,

    Tac. A. 11, 35.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A permission to give evidence or turn informer against one's accomplices:

    Vettius reus, cum esset damnatus, erat indicium postulaturus,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 4:

    tibi indicium postulas dari,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34. —
    2.
    A reward for giving evidence or informing:

    conscripserunt communiter edictum cum poena atque indicio,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Vat. 11, 25; Petr. 97:

    alicui indicium dare,

    Dig. 12, 5, 4.—
    II.
    In gen., a sign, indication, mark, token, proof: signum vocatur sêmeion, quamquam id quidam indicium, quidam vestigium nominaverunt, per quod alia res intellegitur, ut per sanguinem caedes, Quint. 5, 9, 9; 5, 7, 36:

    indicia et vestigia veneni,

    Cic. Clu. 10, 30:

    indicia atque argumenta certissima sceleris,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:

    scelerum ostendere, Auct. Har. Resp. 12: parricidiorum,

    Cic. Sull. 27, 17:

    animi, Auct. Cic. ap. Senat. 4: insigne meae erga te benevolentiae,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

    res indicium haec facit, quo pacto, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31:

    dare, i. q. ostendere,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 19 Müll.:

    edere, the same,

    Lucr. 2, 556: indicio esse, to serve as proof, be a proof:

    de se ipse erit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 4:

    ei rei indicio sunt sexdecim volumina epistu larum,

    Nep. Att. 16: quae domus erat ipsa indicio tui crudelissimi dominatus, Auct. Dom. 42.—With rel.-clause:

    mihi, quale ingenium haberes, indicio fuit oratio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 4:

    quam vere de eo foret indicatum, oratio indicio fuit,

    Nep. Lys. 3: postquam indicium est factum, dempto auro, etc., after applying the touchstone (index), Vitr. 9, 3.

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  • 3 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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  • 4 profiteor

    prŏfĭtĕor, fessus, v (old form of the inf. PROFITEREI, and of the imper. PROFITEMINO, several times in the Tab. Her, in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq.), v. dep. a. [pro-fateor], to declare publicly, to own freely, to acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess (class.).
    I.
    In gen.
    a.
    Absol.:

    neque vis tuā voluntate ipse profiteri,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 80:

    ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 24:

    fateor atque etiam profiteor et prae me fero,

    id. Rab. Perd. 5, 17.—
    b.
    With acc.:

    profiteri et in medium proferre aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 76:

    cur ea non profitenda putabas?

    Ov. H. 21, 129.—
    c.
    With obj. clause:

    profitentur Carnutes, se nullum periculum recusare,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Cic. N D. 1, 5, 12.—
    d.
    With de:

    de parricidio professum,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    de semet professo,

    id. Dom. 8.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Profiteri se aliquem, to declare one's self or profess to be something:

    profiteri se grammaticum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42;

    profiteri se patrem infantis,

    Suet. Calig. 25:

    se legatum,

    id. Galb. 10:

    se candidatum consulatūs,

    id. Aug. 4:

    professus amicum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 2.—With esse:

    triduo me jure consultum esse profitebor,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

    me omnium provinciarum defensorem esse profitebor,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 217.—
    B.
    Profiteri aliquid, to profess an art, science, etc.:

    profiteri philosophiam,

    to declare one's self a philosopher, Cic. Pis. 29, 71; medicinam, to profess medicine, to practise as a physician, Cels. praef.; Suet. Caes. 42;

    jus,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 531.—In pass.:

    rem non professam apud nos tenemus,

    Quint. Decl. 341. — Absol.: profiteri, to be a teacher or professor (post-Aug.):

    cum omnes qui profitentur, audiero,

    Plin. Ep 2, 18, 3:

    translatus est in Siciliam, ubi nunc profitetur,

    id. ib. 4, 11, 14.—
    C.
    Profiteri indicium, to give evidence, make a deposition against accomplices:

    multis hortantibus indicium profitetur,

    Sall. J. 35, 6; Hirt. B. Afr 55, Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9:

    summum supplicium decernebatur, ni professus indicium foret,

    Tac. A. 6, 3.—
    D.
    To offer freely, propose voluntarily, to promise: quis profitetur? who volunteers? Plaut Capt. 3, 1, 20:

    se ad eam rem adjutorem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 38:

    ego vero tibi profiteor atque polliceor eximium et singulare meum studium in omni genere officii,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

    si vos in eam rem operam vestram profitemini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

    Varro profitetur se alterā die ad colloquium venturum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

    sumunt gentiles arma professa manus,

    arms that promise a combat, Ov. F. 2, 198: magna, Hor A. P. 14; Ov. F. 5, 351:

    grandia,

    Hor. A. P. 27.—
    E.
    To disclose, show, display, make a show of; dolorem, Just. 8, 5, 11:

    sola Jovem Semele vidit Jovis ora professum,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3, 22:

    vitate viros cultum formamque professos,

    Ov. A A. 3, 433.—
    F.
    To make a public statement or return of any thing (as of one's name, property, business, etc.):

    censum (one's estate),

    Ulp. Fragm. 1, 8;

    Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq. (q. v.): ut aratores jugera sationum suarum profiterentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    apud decemviros, quantum habeat praedae,

    id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:

    greges ovium ad publicanum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

    frumentum, Liv 4, 12: furtum,

    Quint. Decl. 341:

    rem alienam,

    id. ib. 341:

    rem apud publicanum,

    id. ib. 359; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 12.— Absol.:

    ne decipiat (publicanus) profiteri volentes,

    Dig. 39, 4, 19, § 6; Vulg. Luc. 2, 3 and 5:

    nomen,

    to give in one's name, announce one's self, Liv. 26, 18; also without nomen:

    Catilina prohibitus erat petere consulatum, quod intra legitimos dies profiteri nequiverit,

    Sall. C. 18, 3:

    nam et quaesturam petentes, quos indignos judicavit, profiteri vetuit,

    Vell. 2, 92, 3: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. common prostitutes, who had to give in their names to the aedile, Ov. F. 4, 866.— Trop.:

    in his nomen suum profitetur,

    among these he reckons himself, Ter. Eun. prol. 3.—Hence, prŏ-fessus, a, um, P. a., in passive signif., known, manifest, confessed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    culpa professa,

    Ov. Am. 3, 14, 6:

    dux,

    Just. 8, 4, 4.—Ex or de professo, openly, avowedly, intentionally, professedly:

    non ex professo eam (potentiam) non petere,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

    vir ex professo mollis, Macr S. 2, 9.—De professo (postclass.): ac ne id quidem de professo audet,

    openly, App. Mag. p. 274, 11.

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  • 5 dīcō

        dīcō dīxī, dictus （imper. dīc; perf. often <*>ync. dīxtī; P. praes. gen. plur. dīcentum for dīcentium, O.), ere    [DIC-], to say, speak, utter, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state, assert: ille, quem dixi, mentioned: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, or rather: neque dicere quicquam pensi habebat, S.: in aurem Dicere nescio quid puero, whisper, H.: Quid de quoque viro et cui dicas, H.: quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus, Cs.: dico eius adventu copias instructas fuisse: derectos se a vobis dicunt, Cs.: qui dicerent, nec tuto eos adituros, nec, etc., L.— Pass: de hoc Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc.: dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes, they say: quam (partem) Gallos obtinere dictum est, I have remarked, Cs.: ut supra dictum est, S.: sicut ante dictum est, N.: Facete dictum, smartly said, T.: multa facete dicta: centum pagos habere dicuntur, Cs.: qui primus Homeri libros sic disposuisse dicitur: ubi dicitur cinxisse Semiramis urbem, O.— Supin. abl.: dictu opus est, T.: nil est dictu facilius, T.— Prov.: dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, T.— To assert, affirm, maintain: quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis.—Of public speaking, to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak: oratio dicta de scripto: sententiam: qui primus sententiam dixerit, voted: sententiae dicebantur, the question was put: testimonium, to give evidence: causam, to plead: ius, to pronounce judgment: ad quos? before whom (as judges)?: ad ista dicere, in reply to: dixi (in ending a speech), I have done.—To describe, relate, sing, celebrate, tell, predict: maiora bella dicentur, L.: laudes Phoebi, H.: Alciden puerosque Ledae, H.: te carmine, V.: Primā dicte mihi Camenā, H.: versūs, V.: carmina fistulā, accompany, H.: cursum mihi, foretell, V.: fata Quiritibus, H.: hoc (Delphi), O.— To urge, offer: non causam dico quin ferat, I have no objection, T. — To pronounce, utter, articulate: cum rho dicere nequiret, etc.— To call, name: me Caesaris militem dici volui, Cs.: cui Ascanium dixere nomen, L.: Quem dixere Chaos, O.: Chaoniamque omnem Troiano a Chaone dixit, V.: Romanos suo de nomine, V.: Hic ames dici pater, H.: lapides Ossa reor dici, O.: dictas a Pallade terras Linquit, O.— Prov.: dici beatus Ante obitum nemo debet, O. — To name, appoint (to an office): se dictatorem, Cs.: magistrum equitum, L.: arbitrum bibendi, H.— To appoint, set apart, fix upon, settle: pecuniam omnem suam doti: hic nuptiis dictust dies, T.: diem operi: dies conloquio dictus est, Cs.: locum consciis, L.: legem his rebus: foederis uequas leges, V.: legem tibi, H.: legem sibi, to give sentence upon oneself, O.: eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit, S.—In phrases with potest: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis, it is beyond expression: quantum desiderium sui reliquerit dici vix potest, can hardly be told.— To tell, bid, admonish, warn, threaten: qui diceret, ne discederet, N.: Dic properet, bid her hasten, V.: dic Ad cenam veniat, H.: Tibi ego dico annon? T.: tibi equidem dico, mane, T.: tibi dicimus, O.: dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, T.: Dixi equidem et dico, I have said and I repeat it, H.— To mean, namely, to wit: non nullis rebus inferior, genere dico et nomine: Caesari, patri dico: cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque R.
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    I
    dicare, dicavi, dicatus V
    dedicate, consecrate, set apart; devote; offer
    II
    dicere, additional forms V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order
    III
    dicere, dixi, dictus V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order

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  • 6 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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  • 7 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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  • 8 num

        num adv.    [1 NV-].    I. Of time, now (correl. of tum), only in the phrase, etiam num, see etiam. —    II. As interrog particle.    A. Introducing a direct question, usu. expecting a negative answer, then, now (often only rendered by the interrogative form of the sentence): num videntur convenire haec nuptiis? does this look like a wedding? T.: num expectatis, dum Metellus testimonium dicat? are you waiting then for Metellus to give evidence?: num est ferendum?: num non vis audire, cur? etc., will you not, then, hear? —With -ne (rare): numne, si habuit amicos, ferre contra patriam arma debuerunt?—Followed by an: Num furis, an prudens ludis me? are you mad, or? etc., H.: num iratum timemus Iovem?... an ne turpiter faceret.—With quis, quid (indefinite; often written numquis, numquid): numquis hic est? nemo est, T.: num quae trepidatio? num qui tumultus?: num quid vis? have you any commands? (usu. a form of taking leave), T.—With nam, in eager or anxious questioning (old): Num nam perimus? are we ruined then? T.—    B. In an indirect question, whether: videte, num dubitandum vobis sit, etc.: speculari, num sollicitati animi essent, L.: quaero, num permittas.
    * * *
    if, whether; now, surely not, really, then (asking question expecting neg)

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  • 9 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

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  • 10 invulgatus

    in-vulgo ( volg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring before the public, to publish, make known:

    disciplinas acroaticas libris foras editis,

    Gell. 20, 5, 7; cf. id. 4, 9, 9.— Absol.:

    quo die Allobroges involgarunt,

    to give evidence, make a deposition, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.— Hence, invulgātus, a, um, P. a., known, common:

    verba (opp. nova),

    Gell. 11, 7, 1.

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  • 11 invulgo

    in-vulgo ( volg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring before the public, to publish, make known:

    disciplinas acroaticas libris foras editis,

    Gell. 20, 5, 7; cf. id. 4, 9, 9.— Absol.:

    quo die Allobroges involgarunt,

    to give evidence, make a deposition, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.— Hence, invulgātus, a, um, P. a., known, common:

    verba (opp. nova),

    Gell. 11, 7, 1.

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  • 12 produco

    prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fidicinam intus,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    aliquem foras ante aedes,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem e latebris,

    Petr. 126:

    castris omnem exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

    copias pro castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
    a.
    To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

    aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    quempiam in contionem,

    id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

    harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    productus pro rostris,

    to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

    producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

    Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

    in judicium,

    to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

    aliquem in Sestium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    aliquem ad necem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, perform:

    nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —
    c.
    To expose for sale:

    ancillam produxit, vendidit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

    servos,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—
    d.
    To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

    producere malo aliquam moram,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    scamnum lecto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

    nubila menti,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—
    e.
    To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    pelles dentibus,

    Mart. 9, 74, 1:

    ferrum incude,

    Juv. 15, 165:

    supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

    id. 2, 94:

    lineas ex argento nigras,

    Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—
    f.
    To conduct to a place:

    non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—
    g.
    To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

    nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

    Verg. A. 9, 486:

    longum funus ad tumulos,

    Luc. 2, 298.—
    h.
    To lead or bring along, to bring away:

    qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

    to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—
    i.
    To bring to light, disclose, expose:

    occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

    Juv. 8, 266. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

    ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

    liberos,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

    magnanimos nos natura produxit,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

    quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

    Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

    cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

    Cels. 8, 7, 7:

    cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

    Pall. 4, 10, 30.—
    2.
    = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—
    3.
    To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—
    4.
    In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

    inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabam,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

    aliquem omni genere honoris,

    Liv. 40, 56:

    quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

    Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

    a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

    advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—
    B.
    To lead, induce one to do any thing:

    producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

    productus ad aliquid faciendum,

    Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—
    C.
    To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

    producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

    cenam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

    convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

    sermonem in multam noctem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    sermonem longius,

    id. Brut. 71, 251:

    Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

    i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

    somnum ultra primam lucem,

    Suet. Aug. 78:

    rem in hiemem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    animas,

    lives, Juv. 15, 94.—
    2.
    To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

    aliquem falsā spe producere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    aliquem conditionibus,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—
    D.
    Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

    cyathos sorbillans diem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—
    E.
    To bring up, educate:

    audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

    principes liberos,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    laevo monitu pueros avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228.—
    F.
    To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

    nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—
    G.
    To plant, cultivate:

    quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

    productiore cornu sinistro,

    drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

    productissimum flagellum,

    Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    dolores longinquitate producti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    exitus (orationis),

    id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

    productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

    too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

    producta syllaba (opp. short),

    id. ib. 48, 159:

    nomen,

    formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

    et illa rejecta,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

    producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

    Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

    syllaba productius pronunciata,

    Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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  • 13 producta

    prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fidicinam intus,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    aliquem foras ante aedes,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem e latebris,

    Petr. 126:

    castris omnem exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

    copias pro castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
    a.
    To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

    aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    quempiam in contionem,

    id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

    harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    productus pro rostris,

    to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

    producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

    Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

    in judicium,

    to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

    aliquem in Sestium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    aliquem ad necem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, perform:

    nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —
    c.
    To expose for sale:

    ancillam produxit, vendidit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

    servos,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—
    d.
    To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

    producere malo aliquam moram,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    scamnum lecto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

    nubila menti,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—
    e.
    To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    pelles dentibus,

    Mart. 9, 74, 1:

    ferrum incude,

    Juv. 15, 165:

    supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

    id. 2, 94:

    lineas ex argento nigras,

    Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—
    f.
    To conduct to a place:

    non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—
    g.
    To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

    nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

    Verg. A. 9, 486:

    longum funus ad tumulos,

    Luc. 2, 298.—
    h.
    To lead or bring along, to bring away:

    qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

    to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—
    i.
    To bring to light, disclose, expose:

    occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

    Juv. 8, 266. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

    ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

    liberos,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

    magnanimos nos natura produxit,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

    quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

    Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

    cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

    Cels. 8, 7, 7:

    cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

    Pall. 4, 10, 30.—
    2.
    = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—
    3.
    To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—
    4.
    In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

    inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabam,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

    aliquem omni genere honoris,

    Liv. 40, 56:

    quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

    Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

    a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

    advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—
    B.
    To lead, induce one to do any thing:

    producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

    productus ad aliquid faciendum,

    Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—
    C.
    To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

    producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

    cenam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

    convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

    sermonem in multam noctem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    sermonem longius,

    id. Brut. 71, 251:

    Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

    i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

    somnum ultra primam lucem,

    Suet. Aug. 78:

    rem in hiemem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    animas,

    lives, Juv. 15, 94.—
    2.
    To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

    aliquem falsā spe producere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    aliquem conditionibus,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—
    D.
    Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

    cyathos sorbillans diem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—
    E.
    To bring up, educate:

    audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

    principes liberos,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    laevo monitu pueros avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228.—
    F.
    To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

    nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—
    G.
    To plant, cultivate:

    quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

    productiore cornu sinistro,

    drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

    productissimum flagellum,

    Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    dolores longinquitate producti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    exitus (orationis),

    id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

    productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

    too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

    producta syllaba (opp. short),

    id. ib. 48, 159:

    nomen,

    formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

    et illa rejecta,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

    producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

    Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

    syllaba productius pronunciata,

    Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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  • 14 producte

    prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fidicinam intus,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    aliquem foras ante aedes,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem e latebris,

    Petr. 126:

    castris omnem exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

    copias pro castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
    a.
    To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

    aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    quempiam in contionem,

    id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

    harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    productus pro rostris,

    to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

    producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

    Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

    in judicium,

    to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

    aliquem in Sestium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    aliquem ad necem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, perform:

    nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —
    c.
    To expose for sale:

    ancillam produxit, vendidit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

    servos,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—
    d.
    To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

    producere malo aliquam moram,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    scamnum lecto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

    nubila menti,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—
    e.
    To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    pelles dentibus,

    Mart. 9, 74, 1:

    ferrum incude,

    Juv. 15, 165:

    supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

    id. 2, 94:

    lineas ex argento nigras,

    Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—
    f.
    To conduct to a place:

    non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—
    g.
    To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

    nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

    Verg. A. 9, 486:

    longum funus ad tumulos,

    Luc. 2, 298.—
    h.
    To lead or bring along, to bring away:

    qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

    to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—
    i.
    To bring to light, disclose, expose:

    occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

    Juv. 8, 266. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

    ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

    liberos,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

    magnanimos nos natura produxit,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

    quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

    Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

    cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

    Cels. 8, 7, 7:

    cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

    Pall. 4, 10, 30.—
    2.
    = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—
    3.
    To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—
    4.
    In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

    inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabam,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

    aliquem omni genere honoris,

    Liv. 40, 56:

    quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

    Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

    a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

    advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—
    B.
    To lead, induce one to do any thing:

    producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

    productus ad aliquid faciendum,

    Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—
    C.
    To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

    producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

    cenam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

    convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

    sermonem in multam noctem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    sermonem longius,

    id. Brut. 71, 251:

    Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

    i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

    somnum ultra primam lucem,

    Suet. Aug. 78:

    rem in hiemem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    animas,

    lives, Juv. 15, 94.—
    2.
    To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

    aliquem falsā spe producere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    aliquem conditionibus,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—
    D.
    Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

    cyathos sorbillans diem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—
    E.
    To bring up, educate:

    audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

    principes liberos,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    laevo monitu pueros avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228.—
    F.
    To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

    nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—
    G.
    To plant, cultivate:

    quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

    productiore cornu sinistro,

    drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

    productissimum flagellum,

    Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    dolores longinquitate producti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    exitus (orationis),

    id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

    productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

    too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

    producta syllaba (opp. short),

    id. ib. 48, 159:

    nomen,

    formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

    et illa rejecta,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

    producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

    Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

    syllaba productius pronunciata,

    Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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  • 15 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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  • 16 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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  • 17 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.
    * * *
    testari, testatus sum V DEP
    give as evidence; bear witness; make a will; swear; testify

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  • 18 certus

    certus, a, um [orig. P. a. from cerno; hence], adj., determined, resolved, fixed, settled, purposed: non dubius.
    I.
    (Acc. to cerno, II. D.) Certum est (mihi), it is determined, it is my ( thy, his, etc.) decision, resolution, will, I am resolved, I mean, etc. (mostly ante-class.; most freq. in Plaut.); with inf.: quorum virtuti belli Fortuna pepercit, Eorundem me libertati parcere certum est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):

    certum'st hominem eludere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109:

    tibi credere,

    id. Aul. 4, 9, 7; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 1; id. Cas. 2, 4, 15; id. Cist. 3, 1, 16; id. Ep. 5, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 37; id. Most. 1, 3, 80; id. Men. 5, 6, 12; id. Mil. 2, 3, 32; id. Merc. 3, 1, 7; id. Ps. 1, 5, 138; id. Poen. 5, 5, 25; id. Pers. 2, 2, 39; id. Rud. 3, 3, 22; id. Stich. 5, 4, 2; id. Trin. 2, 1, 34; id. Truc. 2, 6, 68; Ter. And. 2, 1, 11; id. Eun. 1, 2, 108: certum est deliberatumque, quae ad causam pertinere arbitror, omnia dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

    Liv. 2, 45, 13:

    certum est igni circumdare muros,

    Verg. A. 9, 153.—Certum'st mihi with inf., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 94; 3, 3, 23; id. Cas. 1, 1, 3; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Ps. 4, 8, 2; Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144; Liv. 35, 46, 13; Ov. M. 9, 53 al.—Without inf., esp. parenthet., with expression of purpose by a fut. tense:

    certum est, malam rem potius quaeram cum lucro,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 15:

    certum est, jam dicam patri,

    id. Bacch. 3, 1, 15:

    certum est, ibo ad medicum,

    id. Merc. 2, 4, 4: An. Certumn' est tibi? Ly. Certum, id. Poen. 2, 48; cf. id. Stich. 4, 2, 33.—With pron. or subst.: Ar. Certumne'st tibi istuc? He. Non moriri certius, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 74;

    so further with istuc,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 20; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 30:

    mihi autem abjurare certius est quam dependere,

    Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3:

    ad eum senem oppugnare certum est consilium,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 60:

    quae nunc sunt certa ei consilia, etc.,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:

    certa res hanc est objurgare,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73; so id. Merc. 5, 2, 16; id. Mil. 2, 4, 45; Ter. And. 2, 2, 31; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 16.—
    b.
    (From the time of the Aug. poets.) Transf. to the person who is determined upon something, determined, resolved, bent.
    (α).
    With inf.:

    certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 564 (cf. id. ib. 4, 475:

    decrevitque mori): certi non cedere,

    Ov. M. 9, 43:

    certa sequi,

    Val. Fl. 5, 47.—
    (β).
    With gen. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 323; Zumpt, Gr. § 437, n. 1;

    A. and S. § 213, R. 1): certus eundi,

    Verg. A. 4, 554; Ov. M. 11, 440:

    desciscendi,

    Tac. H. 4, 14:

    relinquendae vitae,

    id. A. 4, 34:

    necis,

    Sil. 6, 27:

    fugae,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12:

    destinationis,

    Tac. A. 12, 32:

    sceleris,

    id. ib. 12, 66:

    consilii,

    id. H. 2, 46.—
    (γ).
    With an:

    nec sat certa an cederet armis,

    Sil. 9, 480.—
    II.
    An epithet of all those objects whose existence or reality is fixed, determined (hence in connection with definitus, Quint. 7, 10, 7;

    with praefinitus,

    Suet. Galb. 14), or in respect to which there can be no doubt (hence opp. dubius, Quint. 7, 6, 3; 5, 12, 3; 12, 3, 6 al.).
    A.
    Object.
    1.
    Of things whose external qualities, number, etc., are invariable, established, settled, fixed, particular, specified, etc. (class.):

    Arboribus primum certis gravis umbra tributa,

    Lucr. 6, 783:

    fruges, bacae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    jam ad certas res conficiendas certos homines delectos ac descriptos habebat,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    concilium in diem certam indicere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.;

    so with dies,

    a fixed term, Cato, R. R. 149, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 2, 9; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1; Liv. 1, 50, 1; Tac. G. 9 al.; cf.:

    certis diebus,

    Verg. G. 2, 329:

    quaerere ab judicibus cur in certa verba jurent, cur certo tempore conveniant, certo discedant,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Suet. Aug. 41:

    certum praefinitumque tempus,

    id. Galb. 14; and:

    certum statumque vectigal,

    id. Calig. 40:

    pecunia (opp. arbitraria), v. arbitrarius: finis aerumnarum,

    Lucr. 1, 108; cf. id. 2, 512; 8, 1091; Hor. S. 1, 1, 106; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56:

    locus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 6:

    numerus,

    id. ib. 7, 75:

    signum,

    fixed, agreed upon, id. B. C. 1, 27:

    naves,

    fixed in number and quality, id. ib. 1, 56:

    pecuniae imperabantur,

    id. ib. 3, 32 fin.:

    conviva,

    i. e. a daily, constant guest, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 75 Schmid:

    ecquem tu illo certiorem nebulonem,

    Cic. Att. 15, 21, 2.—
    b.
    But sometimes indef., like quidam, and our certain, of things, the certainty of whose existence is given, but whose nature is not more definitely designated, or comes not into consideration (cf. aliquis):

    Cephaloedi mensis est certus, quo mense sacerdotem maximum creari oporteat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

    habet certos sui studiosos,

    id. Brut. 16, 64:

    (hunc) certis rebus imperatis regnare jussit,

    id. Sest. 27, 58:

    certi homines ad eam rem periti,

    id. ib. 18, 41:

    res a certis hominibus corrupta,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 3; 4, 9, 2; 16, 11, 2; id. Marcell. 6, 16; id. Deiot. 4, 11; Liv. 34, 61, 7.—Hence in Quint. several times in connection with quidam and aliquis:

    ad certas quasdam dicendi leges alligati,

    Quint. 8, prooem. § 2; so id. 8, prooem. § 12; 4, 2, 28; 5, 10, 2; 5, 10, 5; 9, 4, 8;

    11, 2, 28: aliquos compositionis certos pedes,

    id. 10, 2, 13; so id. 7, prooem. § 4; and subst.:

    in his certos aliquos docebit,

    id. 2, 8, 13.—
    2.
    Trop., of things whose internal moral qualities are established, fixed, can be relied upon, sure, unerring, to be depended upon, true, faithful, [p. 321] etc. (so most freq. in all periods and species of composition; syn.: firmus, confirmatus, exploratus, indubitatus, manifestus al.).
    a.
    Of persons: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf.:

    tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 57:

    certi homines, quibus dem litteras,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. Cat. 3, 7, 16; Nep. Paus. 2, 4; id. Alcib. 10, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 53; id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:

    certus enim promisit Apollo, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 28:

    auctor (mortis),

    Quint. 6, 3, 68; cf. Suet. Tib. 5:

    adversus hostem nec spe nec animo certiorem, i. e. firmiorem,

    Liv. 10, 35, 17: apud latera certos collocaverat, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 576 (H. 1, 53 Dietsch); cf. Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

    per litora certos dimittam,

    Verg. A. 1, 576:

    certissimus auctor (Phoebus),

    id. G. 1, 432.—
    b.
    Of things:

    satis animo certo et confirmato,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77; cf.

    pectora,

    Verg. A. 9, 249, and certior indoles, Suet. Ner. 10:

    promissa,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 1:

    parata dicendi copia et certa,

    Quint. 10, 6, 6; id. 6, prooem. §

    9: jus,

    id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.:

    jactus (telorum),

    Tac. A. 14, 37; cf.

    in this sense certa hasta,

    Verg. A. 11, 767:

    sagitta,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 23:

    fides segetis,

    id. ib. 3, 16, 30:

    spes,

    id. C. S. 74:

    trames,

    id. S. 2, 3, 49:

    lar,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 58 al.:

    plana et certa,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    certa et clara,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; so Liv. 22, 39, 22; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 27.—Subst., with gen.:

    certa maris,

    Tac. H. 4, 81.—
    B.
    Subject., of that which is established by evidence, etc., placed beyond doubt, certain, sure, true, proved, established (class.; esp. freq. in neutr.):

    cum ad has suspitiones certissimae res accederent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 5, 29:

    incerta pro certis malebant,

    Sall. C. 17, 6; cf.:

    incerta pro certis mutare,

    id. J. 83, 1:

    postremo certior res,

    Liv. 29, 6, 12:

    certiora esse dicunt quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 13; id. Att. 3, 11, 2; Liv. 10, 35, 12: So. Satin hoc certum'st? Ge. Certum:

    hisce oculis egomet vidi,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 31:

    jam satis certumst virginem vitiatam esse?

    id. Enn. 4, 4, 36:

    cum certius tibi sit me esse Romae quam mihi te Athenis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:

    id parum certum est,

    Liv. 5, 35, 3:

    cum de altero intellectu certum est, de altero dubium,

    Quint. 7, 6, 3; cf. id. 7, 3, 4: non certum traditur, with interrog.-clause, Liv. 2, 8, 8:

    nec quicquam certi respondes mihi?

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 84:

    neque tanto spatio certi quid esset explorari poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    certum inveniri non potest ne... an,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    si quicquam humanorum certi est,

    Liv. 5, 33, 1: Ph. Civemne? Th. Arbitror:

    Certum non scimus,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 31; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 98; Cic. Att. 12, 23, 2.—So, certum scire, to know for a certainty, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 12; id. Hec. 3, 1, 44; Cic. Fam. 9, 23 init.:

    certum habere,

    to reckon certain, id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 36, 28, 4; 5, 3, 2; Quint. 2, 3, 9; Col. 2, 22, 5 al.:

    certum respondeo,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    cognoscere, Auct. B. Alex. 53: comperire, Auct. B. Hisp. 22.—So also pro certo habere,

    Cic. Att. 10, 6, 3; Matius ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A med.; Sall. C. 52, 17; Suet. Dom. 23:

    negare,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 5:

    polliceri,

    id. Agr. 2, 37, 102:

    dicere aliquid,

    id. Brut. 3, 10:

    ponere,

    Liv. 23, 6, 8:

    scire,

    id. 25, 10, 1:

    affirmare,

    id. 27, 1, 13; 3, 23, 7; cf. id. 1, 3, 2 Drak.:

    creditur,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    coeperit esse,

    Quint. 5, 12, 2:

    certius cognoscere ex aliquo de aliquā re,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 52, 5.—Strengthened by comp.:

    quin nihil invenies magis hoc certo certius,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 111; cf.:

    et hoc certo certius est et saepissime constitutum,

    Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 14:

    certo certius,

    Ambros. in Ephes. 5; Paul. Vit. St. Ambros. 25; App. M. 9, p. 237, 27.—In Plaut. certum or certius facere alicui, to give certainty to one concerning any thing, make him certain, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 17; 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 2, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Transf. to the person who is made certain in reference to a thing, certain, sure:

    certi sumus periisse omnia,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    num quid nunc es certior?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 191:

    posteritatis,

    i. e. of posthumous fame, Plin. Ep. 9, 3, 1:

    sententiae,

    Quint. 4, 3, 8:

    judicii,

    Sen. Ep. 45, 9:

    certus de suā geniturā,

    Suet. Vesp. 25:

    damnationis,

    id. Tib. 61:

    exitii,

    Tac. A. 1, 27:

    spei,

    id. H. 4, 3:

    matrimonii,

    id. A. 12, 3:

    certi sumus, etc.,

    Gell. 18, 10, 5.—In class. prose mostly in the phrase certiorem facere aliquem (de aliquā re, alicujus rei, with a foll, acc. and inf., with a rel.-clause or absol.), to inform, apprise one of a thing:

    me certiorem face,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 69:

    ut nos facias certiores,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 32:

    uti se (sc. Caesarem) de his rebus certiorem faciant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    qui certiorem me sui consilii fecit,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2:

    Caesarem certiorem faciunt, sese non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

    faciam te certiorem quid egerim,

    Cic. Att. 3, 11, 1.— With subj. only:

    milites certiores facit, paulisper intermitterent proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin. — Pass.:

    quod crebro certior per me fias de omnibus rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so Caes. B. G. 1, 7; Sall. J. 104, 1:

    Caesar certior factus est, tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen transduxisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 12; so id. ib. 1, 21; 1, 41; 2, 1; Sall. J. 82, 2; Nep. Att. 12, 3:

    factus certior, quae res gererentur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

    non consulibus certioribus factis,

    Liv. 45, 21, 4.—Also in posit., though rarely:

    fac me certum quid tibi est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 16; 4, 6, 35; Verg. A. 3, 179:

    lacrimae suorum Tam subitae matrem certam fecere ruinae,

    Ov. M. 6, 268.— Hence, adv. in two forms.
    A.
    certō, with certainty, certainly, surely, of a truth, in fact, really, object. and subject. (cf. supra, II. A. and B.); only in the comic poets, and sometimes (most. freq. in his epistt.) in Cic., while the adverbial form certe belongs to all periods and all species of composition. The difference between them is, perhaps, merely historical; but v. infra, certe, B. I. 2. init.
    1.
    Object.:

    perii certo, haud arbitrario,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 42; cf. id. Merc. 2, 3, 106:

    mihi certo nomen Sosia'st,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 176; id. Men. 2, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 12:

    nihil ita exspectare quasi certo futurum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81 (cf. the passage cited under certo, I. 1., from id. Div. 2, 7, 18).—
    b.
    In affirm. answers: Me. Liberum ego te jussi abire? Mes. Certo, yes, certainly, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 9; so id. ib. 5, 9, 50; 2, 3, 38; id. Poen. 5, 5, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—
    2.
    Subject.
    a.
    In gen. (very rare):

    certo enim ego vocem hic loquentis modo mi audire visus sum,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 4:

    ego rus abituram me esse certo decrevi,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 10: Th. Quid aīs? Py. Atqui certo comperi, id. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—
    b.
    Esp. in the formula of asseveration, certo scio, I certainly know, I am fully persuaded, beyond all doubt (class.):

    certo edepol scio, me vidisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 2; id. Truc. 1, 1, 49; Ter. And. 5, 4, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 119; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 19:

    quod te moleste ferre certo scio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3; 2, 23, 2; id. Fam. 4, 13, 6; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 21; id. Phil. 3, 6, 17; id. Sen. 1, 1; 1, 2; Sall. J. 9, 2; id. C. 51, 16:

    veniunt in mentem mihi permulta: vobis plura, certo scio,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 55 (cf. under certe, I. 2.).—
    B.
    certē (class.; cf. supra, certo init.).
    I.
    Affirming strongly, with certainty, certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, surely, really.
    1.
    Object.:

    certe edepol, tu me alienabis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243:

    ego quidem ab hoc certe exorabo,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:

    certe hercle,

    id. As. 2, 1, 15; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 71; Ter. And. 2, 2, 10:

    quom is certe Renuntiarit,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:

    certe captus est!

    id. And. 1, 1, 55:

    certe ut videamur cernere eum,

    Lucr. 4, 760:

    si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. N. D. 1, 2, 5:

    fuit certe id aequum et certe exspectatum est, etc.,

    id. Planc. 16, 38:

    ea certe vera sunt,

    id. Mil. 35, 96:

    M. Catoni certe licuit, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    jam illa perfugia certe minime sunt audienda,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 9:

    cum se certe decessurum videret,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104; Cat. 62, 8:

    certe hinc Romanos olim fore ductores pollicitus,

    Verg. A. 1, 234:

    o dea certe,

    a goddess surely, id. ib. 1, 328:

    postremo expellet certe vivacior heres,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 132:

    placuit tibi, Delphice, certe, Dum, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 543 al. — Comp.:

    speculatores mittere, qui certius explorata referant,

    Liv. 3, 40, 13; 35, 48, 3:

    si reperire vocas amittere certius,

    Ov. M. 5, 519; App. M. 2, p. 118, 1.— Sup., Tert. Pall. 4.—
    b.
    In an answer of affirmation:

    estne ipsus an non est! Is est, Certe is est, is est profecto,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 65; so Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53; Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Phil. 1, 15, 37; id. Ac. 2, 35, 113; and in confirmation of a preceding fact: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in judicium. Certe, certainly, surely, Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 42; id. Fam. 4, 2, 5; id. Or. 42, 144; cf. id. Off. 3, 29, 105; id. Fin. 2, 27, 91.—
    2.
    Subject., mostly in the phrase certe scio, I know to a certainty, I am sure (acc. to Klotz ad Cic. Sen. 1, 2, certe scio = certum est me scire, I am fully convinced: certo scio = certum est quod scio, my knowledge is accurate, etc.):

    certe edepol scio, si aliud quicquam est quod credam aut certo sciam, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 115:

    edepol certo scio,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 20:

    scelestiorem me hac anu certe scio Vidisse numquam,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 21; cf. Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

    ex litteris certe scire potuistis,

    id. Font. 4, 8; id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

    quod iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1.—
    b.
    In affirm. answers: Ar. Ain' vero? Le. Certe, inquam, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 132: Ch. Ain'tu? So. Certe, sic erit, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 12.—
    c.
    In a subjective supposition or presumption that a thing is so, certainly, surely, assuredly, doubtless, of course; Gr. isôs:

    ah nugas agis, Certe habes,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:

    si me tanti facis, quanti certe facis,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; 7, 8, 1; cf. Verg. A. 1, 234; Ov. M. 2, 423; Prop. 2, 7, 1. —
    (β).
    In interrog., Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Suet. Aug. 33.—
    II.
    Affirming with restriction, yet surely, yet indeed, at least, notwithstanding (very freq. in prose and poetry, esp. after the class. per.).
    A.
    Alone:

    si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, Simulare certe est hominis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 16:

    cingitur, certe expedit se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152:

    ut homines mortem vel optare incipiant, vel certe timere desistant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

    haec... sint falsa sane, invidiosa certe non sunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:

    qui... ut non referat pedem, sistet certe,

    id. Phil. 12, 4, 8:

    res fortasse verae, certe graves,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; cf. Liv. 9, 11, 13:

    consulatum unum certe plebis Romanae esse,

    id. 22, 34, 11:

    quos quoniam caeli nondum dignamur honore, Quas dedimus certe terras habitare sinamus,

    Ov. M. 1, 195 et saep.:

    quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81; so,

    ego certe,

    Quint. 8, 3, 65; 9, 4, 57:

    certe ego,

    Sall. J. 31, 5; Ov. H. 19, 81; id. M. 13, 840; id. Tr. 4, 5, 13:

    mihi certe,

    Quint. 10, 3, 23:

    ipse certe,

    id. 8, 6, 30; Curt. 7, 4, 19; 7, 6, 22.—
    B.
    With other particles.
    1.
    With tamen:

    illud certe tamen, quod jam amplexi sumus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; id. Sen. 23, 84.—
    2.
    With at: quod (consilium) si non fuerit prudens, at certe ab optima fide proficiscetur, Balb. et opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. F. 3, 351; cf. at II. 3.—
    3.
    With sed: non integrā re, sed certe minus infractā, quam, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 8; cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56 dub. B. and K. —
    4.
    With quidem:

    ubi sit animus, certe quidem in te est,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70:

    quoniam volumus quidem certe senes fieri,

    id. Sen. 2, 6; id. Quint. 15, 50:

    certe quidem vos estis Romani, etc.,

    Liv. 45, 22, 5. (But quidem does not belong with certe in such passages as the foll.:

    hic quidem certe memorat, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261 al.; v. quidem; cf. also aut and vel.)

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > certus

  • 19 tabella

    tăbella, ae ( nom. plur. TABELAI, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. I. R. 196). f. dim. [tabula].
    I.
    In gen., a small board, a little table or tablet (rare and mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    liminis,

    i. e. the door-sill, Cat. 32, 5:

    tabella aerea,

    a brass plate, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: hos (libellos) eme, quos artat brevibus membrana tabellis, little tablets, i. e. small pages, Mart. 1, 3, 3:

    parva tabella capit ternos utrimque lapillos,

    small gamingboards, Ov. A. A. 3, 365; id. Tr. 2. 481:

    pistor multiplices struit tabellas,

    i. e. thin cakes, Mart. 11, 31, 9.—Of the basket or cradle in which Romulus and Remus were exposed:

    heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit,

    the little bark, Ov. F. 2, 408.—
    II.
    In partic. (class.).
    A.
    A writing-tablet:

    tabellis pro chartis utebantur antiqui, quibus ultro citro, sive privatim sive publice opus erat, certiores absentes faciebant, unde adhuc tabellarii dicuntur: et tabellae missae ab imperatoribus,

    Fest. p. 359 Müll.:

    tabellae Imponere manus,

    Ov. P. 4, 2, 27:

    abiegnae,

    id. A. A. 3, 469:

    litteras tabellae insculpere,

    Quint. 1, 1, 27:

    fecit et Libyn puerum tenentem tabellam,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59.—
    2.
    Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.:

    tabellas proferri jussimus... Recitatae sunt tabellae in eandem fere sententiam,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    allatae sunt tabellae ad eam a Stratippocle, eum argentum sumpsisse,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 68:

    ex tabellis jam faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 47:

    tabellas consignare,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 86:

    tu quidem tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,

    with sealed writings, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

    publicae Heracleensium,

    public records, id. Arch. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 43, 16, 13:

    tabellae quaestionis plures proferuntur,

    minutes of evidence, Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

    cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas?

    Ov. Am. 3, 14, 31:

    rasae,

    id. A. A. 1, 437:

    nuptiis tabellas dotis ipse consignavit,

    the marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29:

    falsas signare tabellas,

    forged wills, Juv. 8, 142:

    laureatae,

    a letter announcing a victory, Liv. 45, 1, 8.— Sing. (rare):

    testimonium per tabellam dare,

    in writing, Tac. Or. 36: ex tabellā pronuntiare sententiam, Suet. Claud. 15.—
    B. 1.
    In the comitia, used in electing a magistrate or deciding upon the acceptance of a proposed law: in the former case the elector wrote down the name of a candidate; in the latter, each voter received two tablets, on one of which were the letters U. R., i. e. uti rogas, denoting approval;

    on the other, A., i. e. antiquo (for the old law), denoting rejection: me universa civitas non prius tabellā quam voce priorem consulem declaravit,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    an ego exspectem, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae dirimantur?

    id. ib. 40, 96:

    tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est,

    id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; cf.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontis aperit hominum,

    id. Planc. 6, 16. —
    2.
    In courts of justice; here each judge usually received three tablets; one of which, inscribed A., i. e. absolvo, denoted acquittal; another, with C., i. e. condemno, written on it, denoted condemnation;

    and the third, with N. L., i. e. non liquet (it is not clear), left the case undecided: cum tabella vobis dabitur, judices, non de Flacco dabitur solum: dabitur de bonis omnibus,

    Cic. Fl. 39, 99:

    huic judicialis tabella committetur?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

    de quibusdam etiam imperitus judex dimittere tabellam potest,

    give his vote, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 5:

    quamlibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Caes. B. C. 3, 83; cf. Suet. Aug. 33. —
    C.
    A painted tablet, a small picture or painting:

    ea (exhedria) volebam tabellis ornare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 71:

    inveniat plures nulla tabella modos,

    id. ib. 2, 680:

    comicae tabellae,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114; cf.:

    cubicula tabellis adornavit,

    Suet. Tib. 43:

    Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas, Sunt qui non habeant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

    Pausiaca,

    id. S. 2, 7, 95.—
    D.
    A votive tablet, hung up in a temple, and on which one acknowledged by writing or painting the favor or aid he had received from a deity:

    nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi, nam posse mederi, Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis,

    Tib. 1, 3, 28:

    et posita est meritae multa tabella deae,

    Ov. F. 3, 268:

    votiva,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 33; so Juv. 12, 27:

    memores,

    Ov. M. 8, 744. —
    E.
    A fan:

    quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.

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