μαρτύρεσθαι
From LSJ
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also μαρτύρομαι): invoke, protest, call in as witness, call on, call to witness, call upon, declare emphatically, call upon to testify
Lexicon Thucydideum
obtestari, to beseech, 6.80.3, 8.53.2, [vulgo commonly μαρτυρουμένων]
