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|lshtext=<b>ob-testātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[obtestor]],<br /><b>I</b> an adjuring, [[conjuring]]; an [[engaging]] or [[obliging]] to [[any]] [[thing]] by [[calling]] God to [[witness]] ([[class]].): [[obtestatio]] est, cum [[deus]] [[testis]] in meliorem partem vocatur: [[detestatio]], cum in deteriorem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.: [[quid]] [[ergo]] [[illa]] tua [[obtestatio]] tibicinis? Cic. Dom. 48, 125: viri, Cic. Clu. 12, 35; id. Balb. 14, 33.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., an [[earnest]] [[entreaty]], [[adjuration]] ([[rare]]); in | |lshtext=<b>ob-testātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[obtestor]],<br /><b>I</b> an adjuring, [[conjuring]]; an [[engaging]] or [[obliging]] to [[any]] [[thing]] by [[calling]] God to [[witness]] ([[class]].): [[obtestatio]] est, cum [[deus]] [[testis]] in meliorem partem vocatur: [[detestatio]], cum in deteriorem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.: [[quid]] [[ergo]] [[illa]] tua [[obtestatio]] tibicinis? Cic. Dom. 48, 125: viri, Cic. Clu. 12, 35; id. Balb. 14, 33.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., an [[earnest]] [[entreaty]], [[adjuration]] ([[rare]]); in plur.: matronae in [[preces]] obtestationesque versae, supplications, Liv. 27, 50: [[senatus]] ad infimas obtestationes procumbens, Tac. A. 1, 12: quā obtestatione discedens, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 40. | ||
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Revision as of 09:24, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-testātĭo: ōnis, f. obtestor,
I an adjuring, conjuring; an engaging or obliging to any thing by calling God to witness (class.): obtestatio est, cum deus testis in meliorem partem vocatur: detestatio, cum in deteriorem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.: quid ergo illa tua obtestatio tibicinis? Cic. Dom. 48, 125: viri, Cic. Clu. 12, 35; id. Balb. 14, 33.—
II Transf., an earnest entreaty, adjuration (rare); in plur.: matronae in preces obtestationesque versae, supplications, Liv. 27, 50: senatus ad infimas obtestationes procumbens, Tac. A. 1, 12: quā obtestatione discedens, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 40.
