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me clara ac testata esse posset. Ovid. 
Herculis testatos orbe labores referre. 
Cic. Ut res multorum oculis esset testa- 
tior. JYep. Ejus devotionis quo testa- 
tior esset meinoria, exempluin in pila 
lapidea incisum. Augustin. Testatis- 
sima mirabilia. 
TESTEOS (testa), a, um, adj. of an earthen 
3 vessel, earthen. Macrob. Medicin® ra¬ 
tio est cum testeis, terrenisque corpo- 
ribus. Id. Testeum indumentum animi, 
h. e. the body. Prudent. Fragmen teste- 
urn, a potsherd. 
TeSTICIOS (testu, or testum), a, um, adj. 
pertaining to a lid (testu), bulled under a 
lid. Cato,R.R.l\. Ed. Schneid. 
PeSTICOLaTOS (testiculus), a, um, adj. 
that has testicles. Opposed to spado. 
Veget. 
rESTICbLOR (Id.), aris, dep. 1. Paul. 
3 ex Festo. Testicular! est jumentis ma- 
ribus feminas, vel mares leminis ad- 
movere : licet alii dicant testilari.- 
II Also, to call to witness, when spoken 
contemptuously. Plant. Amph. 2, 2, 193. 
TeSTICuLOS (dimin. of testis), i, m. a 
2 testicle, dpxiSiov, opxis. Cels. — Figur. 
Pers. Hajc iierent, si testiculi vena ulla 
paterni viveret in no Lis ? h. e. si quid 
roboris virilis haberemus. 
TeSTIFICaTIS (testificor), onis, f. an 
attestation, k. e. a proof by witnesses or 
testimony or instruments. Cic. Iste in 
tabulas refert: obsignat signis amico- 
rum, ut siquando opus esset, liac testi- 
ficatione uteretur-IT Also, an attes¬ 
tation, testimony, proof, evidence. Cic. 
Egit eausam tuam cum summa testifi- 
catione tuorum in se officiorum, et amo- 
ris, erga te sui, with the highest acknowl¬ 
edgment of your services. Id. Repudi- 
at® ab Antonio legationis manebit 
testilicatio sempitern'a, an everlasting 
proof or monument. 
TESTIFIC5R (testis & facio), aris, atus 
sum, dep. 1. to call to witness. Ccel. in 
Cic. Ep. Deos honiinesque, amicitiam- 
que nostrain testificor, me tibi praedix- 
isse. Ovid. Ille homines, h®c est testi- 
ficata deatn. Id. Stygi® numen tes- 
tificatur aqu®.-II Also, to b$ar wit¬ 
ness, testify, aver, attest, protest, paprv- 
ptio. Cic. Testificantur isti, P.Quintium 
non stitisse, se stitisse. Id. Testificor, 
denuntio, ante pradico, M. Antonium 
nihil eorum facturum. Id. Use cum 
maxime testificaretur, in vincula con- 
jectus est. Id. Testificatur pater, se 
tibi Privernatem fundum reliquisse. Id. 
Ut statim testificati discederent, h. e. 
testimonio dicto. Ovid. Missaque co- 
lumba, te memorem domin® testificere 
tu®. Tacit. Testificatus edicto non 
longam sui absentiam.-IT Also, 
to testify, prove, demonstrate, show, de¬ 
clare. Cic. Uti in urbe retinenda tunc, 
sic nunc in Italia non relinquenda tes- 
tificabar sententiam meam, h. e. palam 
ostendebam. Id. Hoc non feci inflam- 
inandi tui causa, sed testificandi amo- 
ris mei. Ovid. Posteril.as puppim ser- 
vavit in ®re, hospitis adventum testifi- 
cata dei, h. e. ostendens se pro certo 
habere, &c. Id. Antiquas testificantur 
opes. Id. Natalem libo testificare tuum. 
— Hence, Testificatus is also used pas¬ 
sively, proved, demonstrated, shown, made 
known. Cic. Abs te testificata tua vo¬ 
luntas. 
IeSTIMoNIaLIS (testimonium), e, adj. 
" °f or pertaining to testimony, serving for 
testimony. Tcrtull. Admitto testimoni- 
alem comparationern. Hence, Cod. 
Tlicod. Testimoniales, sc. litter®, let- 
to’s testimonial, testimonials, 
TESTIMONIUM (testis), ii, n. testimony, 
oral or written, legal or not; evidence 
borne by a witness, paprvp'ia. Cats. 
Quorum egregiam fuisse virtutem, tes- 
tnnonio Ciceronis cognoverat. Cic. 
Testimonium dicere, or, Id. dare aiicui, 
or, id. 
impertire, or, Culum. perhibere, 
Quintil. and Plin. Ep. reddere, or, 
Pandect. pr®bere, to give, bear testimony, 
to depose, to be a witness. Cic. Dicere 
Pro testimonio, to depose, give as evi¬ 
dence, testify. Also, Cic. Testimonium 
cepisse, for dedisse (but Lambinus has 
cedisse; and Ernesti has dedisse). Cic. 
virtuti debitum testimonium recusare. 
Parr. Ad testimonium aliquem vocare, 
to call any one to be a witness, bring for 
evidence. Terent. Neque testimonii dic- 
tio est, has nut the right to be a witness. 
— Of written testimony, written evidence, 
a deposition in writing. Cic. Legite tes- 
timonia testium. J\Tep. Ad Ephoros si- 
bi testimonium daret.-IT Also, any 
testimony, proof or evidence. Cic. De- 
disti judicii tui testimonium. Id. Ver¬ 
ba sunt testimonio. JVep. Abstinen- 
ti® hoc satis erit testimonium. Id. 
Testimonia moderat® vit® proferre. 
Cats. Ejus rei testimonium esse, quod 
nisi rogatus, non venerit. 
TESTIS (unc.), is, m. and f. a witness, 
p&prvp. As, one who attests any thing 
by words or declaration, llorat. Quo 
caus® teste tenentur, by whose testimony 
or deposition. Cic. Si negem, quo me 
teste convinces ? Cic. Testes dare, or, 
Id. edere, or, Id. proferre, to produce 
or bring forward. So, also, Cic. Testes 
excitare ab inferis. Id. Testes adhibe- 
re. Id. Testibus uti. Id. Testem ci- 
tare in aliquam rem totam Sicitiam. 
Ovid. Facere aliquem testem. Terent. 
Testes faciet iilico, vendidisse me, will 
produce evidence that I have, Sec. Cic. 
Nemini possum studii erga te testis 
esse. Id. Poinpeius mihi testis de vo- 
luntate Cssaris est. — Also, a witness, 
any person or thing that proves something. 
Cic. Testes sunt rationes civitatum. 
Ovid. Vulnera (mea sunt) testes. — 
Also, any one who avers something, a 
voucher. Ovid. Teste dea, on the asser¬ 
tion, averment, authority of a goddess. 
Plin. Herodoto teste. Juvenal. Nullo 
sub teste, without any voucher. — Also, 
one that proves or confirms any thing by 
his example. Cic. Testem gravissimum 
Reguluin nolite vituperare. — Also, a 
witness, one that is present and sees any 
thing, an eye-witness. Ovid. Fructus 
abest, facies quum bona teste caret, h. e. 
when beauty is not seen. Juvenal. Luna 
teste moventur. Plaut. Amato testibus 
prasentibus, h. e. publicly, so that every 
one sees and knows it. -IT Also, a tes¬ 
ticle. Plin. — So, also, in plur. Id. 
TeSTITRXHOS (testis & traho), a, um, 
3 adj. that drags its testicles. Tertull. 
Aries testicula, h. c. quia aries ob testi- 
culorum magnitudinem eos traliere vi- 
detur potius, quam portare. 
TESTOR (testis), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to testify, witness, bear witness, attest, 
give evidence, prove by one’s testimony, 
show, declare, certify, confirm, authenti¬ 
cate, yaprvpc(t). Ovid. Oonfiteor: tes- 
tere licet, signate Quirites, you may at¬ 
test it. Sallust. Sceleris eorum hand 
ignarus, et ea qu® accidere, testatua 
antea. Liv. Benigne allocutus Taren- 
tinos, testatusque, qu® prsstitisset civi- 
bus eorum, &c. h. e. having brought up, 
recounted, what hehad,&. c. Horat. Cam¬ 
pus impia proelia testatur. Tibull. Ut 
puro testantur sidera c®lo. Propert. 
Sunt Agamemnonias testantia litora 
curas. Ovid. Carmina jure damus ra- 
ros testantia mores. Id. Nec verba lo- 
cuti ulla priora sumus, quam nos tes¬ 
tantia gratos. Cic. Utraque vim tes¬ 
tantur. Liv. Testandi causa, publicum 
agrum esse, h. e. to show for a proof, that, 
&c. — Testatus is sometimes also pas¬ 
sive, attested, declared, shown, made clear 
or apparent. Liv. Testata est voce pr®- 
conis libertas Argivorum. Hence, abl. 
Testato, it being proved or undeniable. 
Plin. — Also, generally, Testor, to af¬ 
firm, aver, declare solemnly, protest. Cic. 
Nunc ilia testabor, non me sortilegos, 
neque eos, qui quastus causa hariolen- 
tur, ne psychomantia quidem agnosce- 
re. Id. Numerus autem (s®pe enim 
hoc testandum est) non modo non poe- 
tice junctus, &c. Id. Ego quod facio, 
me pacis, concordi®, salutis omnium 
causa facere, clamo atque testor. — 
Also, to call to witness. Cic. Testor om- 
nes deos, me hac una voce a morte esse 
revocatum. Id. deos immortales. Virg. 
Vos ffiterni ignes, et non violabile ves- 
trum testor numen. Plaut. Venus Cy- 
renensis, testem te testor mihi. Pro- 
pert. Theseus Infernis, Superis testatur 
Achilles, hie fxioniden, ille Menoetia- 
den. Hence, Testato {abl.), in presence 
of witnesses. Pandect. - IT Also, to 
make a will or testament, Siaridripi. Ci; 
Nostra est pecunia, de qua is, ctijus ag 
nati sumus, testatus non est. Id. Possif 
ne quisquain de filii pupil I i re testari 
Liv. Cum ignorans nurum ventrem 
ferre, immemor in testando nepotis de- 
cessisset. Catull. Tabulte testat®, a 
testament. Hence, Testato (abl. neut.), 
after having made one’s will. Pandect. 
2 -H See, also, Testatus. 
TeSTu (unc.), indecl. and TESTUM, i, 
n. an earthen cover or lid. Cato. In foco 
caldo suh testu coquito leniter. Ovid. 
Stant calices, minor inde fabas, olus 
alter habebant, et fumant testu presses 
uterque suo.-If Also, an earthen 
vessel or pan. Varr. Testuatium, quod 
in testu caldo coquebatur. Ovid. Ara 
fit: hue ignem curto fert rustica testu. 
— Also, a vessel of metai. Plin. Rana- 
rum corda sub ®reo testo discoxere. — 
Testu is always in abl. : so that its itom. 
may be testus. -IT Testum, like testa, 
also, means any thing made of baked 
earth. Sylvie. Sever. 
TeSTOaTIUM (unc.), ii, n. a kind of 
cake baked in an earthen vessel. Varr. 
TeSTuDINEaTOS (testudo), and TES- 
2 TuDINaTOS, a, um, adj. arched, vault¬ 
ed, Kayapoirbs. Colum. and Vitruv. 
TeSTODINEuS (Id.), a, um, adj. made of 
3 tortoise-shell, adorned or veneered with 
tortoise-shell, %tA ibvios. Propcrrt. Aut 
testudine® carmen inerme lyr®. Mar¬ 
tial.. Tesfudineum hexaclinon, h. c. sectis 
testudinum tergoribus ornatum. Juve¬ 
nal. conopeum. Pandect. Cui testudi- 
nea legata essent, ei lectos testudineos 
pedibus inargentatos deberi. Plaut. 
Testudineus gradus, a tortoise pace, a 
very slow pace. 
TEST0D5 (testa), inis, f. a tortoise, yi- 
Xvs, xcAcovr/. Cic., Liv., Phccdr., &c. 
— Also, the shell of the tortoise. Tor¬ 
toise-shell was used as an ornament for 
furniture, &c. Ovid. Ebore et testudi¬ 
ne cultos thalamos. Virg. Varii testu¬ 
dine postes.-IT Hence, a stringed in¬ 
strument, lute, harp, lyre, cithern, either 
because the middle part, which contain¬ 
ed the sounding-board, resembled a tor¬ 
toise-shell in its arch, or because tor¬ 
toise-shell was frequently used for the 
instrument. (According to fable, Mer¬ 
cury found a tortoise, cleaned the shell, 
and furnished it with strings, and thus 
was the inventor of the testudo, or lyra.) 
Virg. and llorat. - IT Also, an arch, 
vault, a place in a house covered with an 
arched or vaultcd roof. Cic. and Virg. 
——V Also, a covering like the tortoise¬ 
shell. Martial, (of the hedgehog). Iste 
licet digitos testudine pungat acuta, 
cortice deposito mollis echinus erit. — 
Especially, a wooden covering or shed 
used in sieges, under which the besiegers 
stood safely, worked, and applied the bat¬ 
tering-ram (aries) to the wall. Cws. — 
Also, a covering of shields, when the sol¬ 
diers held their shields over their heads, 
closed fast together, and thus rushed upon 
the enemy under a kind of shed ; a testudo. 
Cces., Virg., Liv., &c. -IT Also, a 
certain way of curling the hair, so called 
from its resemblance to the lyre (citha- 
ra). Ovid. Hanc placet ornari testudi¬ 
ne Oyilenea. 
TeSTOLX (dimin. of testa), ®, f. a pot¬ 
sherd. Colum. — Hence, the potsherd 
with which the Athenians voted when they 
wished to banish from their city a powerful 
or dangerous citizen. Nep. 
TESTUM, i, n. See Testu. 
TeSTOS, us, m. See Testu. 
TETX, ®, f. h. e. palumbes. Scrv. ad 
3 Virg. Eel. 1, 58. 
TETXNICOS, a, um. See Tetanus. 2 
TETXN5THRUM (reravoiSpoo), i, n. a 
2 medicament which removes wrinkles ana 
distends the skin. Plin. 
TETXNOS {rcravos), i, m. a stiffness or 
2 rigidity in the members of the body, es¬ 
pecially in the neck, a cramp of the nerves 
and muscles of the neck, which holds it 
straight and immovable. Plin. Vinum 
non est dandmn in duritia pr®cordio- 
rum, neque in opisthotono, tetano. Id. 
Prodest atrophis, opisthotonis, tetanis 
-IT Hence, TetanTcus, a, um, adj 
affected with the tetanus. Plin. 
TETaRTeMORIX ( TcrapTriuooia'',!B, f. <J 
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