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|lshtext=<b>con-testor</b>: ātus, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep., to [[take to witness]] or [[call to witness]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[pass]]. signif.: contestari, to be called to [[witness]], P. [[Aufidius]] ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contestātō, adverbially, by [[aid]] of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[part]]. perf.: [[contestatus]], in [[pass]]. signif., proved by [[witness]], [[tried]]: ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum, proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25.