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Lewis Short
con-testor, ātus, 1
* V. dep., to take or call to witness.
* Prop.
* 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.
* Trop., part. perf.: contestatus, in pass. signif., proved by witness, tried: ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,proved,Cic. Fl. 11, 25.
* 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.
* 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.
* Contestātō, adverbially, by aid of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.
* V. dep., to take or call to witness.
* Prop.
* 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.
* Trop., part. perf.: contestatus, in pass. signif., proved by witness, tried: ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,proved,Cic. Fl. 11, 25.
* 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.
* 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.
* Contestātō, adverbially, by aid of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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