testificor
Latin > English
testificor testificari, testificatus sum V DEP :: assert solemnly, testify (to a fact); demonstrate; invoke as a witness
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
testĭfĭcor: ātus, 1,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
testĭfĭcor,¹¹ ātus sum, ārī (testis et facio), tr.,
1 déposer, témoigner, certifier, attester qqch. : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 17 || [avec prop. inf.] Cic. Phil. 6, 5 ; de Or. 2, 224 ; Or. 35 || [avec interr. ind.] Cic. Tusc. 5, 33 || abst] testificati discedunt Cic. Cæc. 45, ils se retirent leur déposition faite
2 témoigner, montrer, prouver : amorem Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2, témoigner son affection, cf. Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3 || [participe au sens pass.]: abs te testificata tua voluntas Cic. Att. 1, 17, 8, ta volonté manifestée par toi, cf. Ov. F. 4, 326
3 prendre à témoin, attester qqn, en appeler au témoignage de : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1 ; Ov. H. 20, 160 ; F. 5, 250.
Latin > German (Georges)
testificor, ātus sum, ārī (testis u. facio), I) bei jmd. bezeugen, jmd. zum Zeugen anrufen, deos hominesque, Cael. in Cic. ep.: homines, deam, Ov. – II) durch seine eigene Aussage bezeugen, Zeuge sein, zeugen, versichern, 1) eig.: testificor, me esse rogatum, Cic.: absol., ut testificati discederent, Cic. – 2) übtr., bezeugen, beweisen, dartun, an den Tag legen, amorem, Cic.: Partic. passiv, abs te testificata tua voluntas, Cic. ad Att. 1, 17, 7: scaenā testificata loquar, Ov. fast. 4, 326.
