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dē-testātĭo (noun F) : 2. testis
* The removal of the testes, castration, Ap. M. 7, p. 198, 7.
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Lewis Short
dētestātĭo (noun F) : id..
* In relig. lang.
* Execration, cursing, detestation, Liv. 10, 38; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Sen. Ep. 117 med.; Gell. 2, 6, 3; Vulg. Dan. 9, 11.
* In judicial lang., a formal renunciation under oath: detestatio est denuntiatio facta cum testatione,Dig. 50, 16, 40; cf. detestor, no. II.—So detestatio sacrorum, the solemn renunciation of the family sacred rites, and thereby of the gens itself, which in arrogatio was made by the son, Gell. 15, 27, 3; cf.: Liber (Servii Sulpicii) de sacris detestandis,id. 6, 12, 1.
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