(v. a.P. a.adv.) : testor, ātus, 1, v. a.1. testis.
* To be a witness, speak as witness, to bear witness, give evidence, depose, testify, attest any thing.
* Lit. (very rare, and not in Cic.; cf. testificor): confiteor: testere licet: signate Quirites,thou canst attest it,Ov. P. 4, 15, 11: quasi inclamaret aut testaretur locutus est,Quint. 11, 3, 172.
* To call upon or invoke a person or thing as witness (likewise class.): Venus Cyrenensis, testem te testor mihi,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 51: vos, di patrii ac penates, testor, me defendere, etc.,Cic. Sull. 31, 86: C. Marii et ceterorum virorum mentis testor, me pro illorum famā propugnandum putare, etc.,id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: omnes deos, with an obj.-clause, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2: ego omnes homines deosque testor,id. Caecin. 29, 83: deos immortales,id. Clu. 68, 194: me potissimum testatus est, se aemulum mearum laudum exstitisse,id. Phil. 2, 12, 28 stuprata per vim Lucretia a regis filio, testata cives, se ipsa interemit, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66: implorarem sensus vestros, uniuscujusque indulgentiam in suos testarer, etc.,id. Sull. 23, 64: consulibus deos hominesque testantibus,Liv. 4, 53, 5: Jovem et laesi foederis aras,Verg. A. 12, 496: vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum testor numen,id. ib. 2, 155: Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, Hic Ixioniden, ille Menoetiaden,Prop. 2, 1, 37: volnera testor,Ov. F. 4, 885: id testor deos, Ter Hec. 3, 5, 26: hoc vos, judices, testor,Cic. Sull. 12, 35.
* In partic., to publish one's last will or testament, to make a will, provide by will for any thing, Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 62: cum ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, immemor in testando nepotis decessisset,Liv. 1, 34, 3: quis dubitaret, quin ea voluntas fuisset testantis, ut is non nato filio heres esset,Quint. 7, 6, 10: si exheredatum a se filium pater testatus fuerit elogio,id. 7, 4, 20: primipilari seni jam testato,id. 6, 3, 92: intestati appellantur, qui cum possent testamentum facere, testati non sunt,Dig. 38, 16, 1; 29, 1, 19 pr.; 49, 14, 45 pr.: nomen testatas intulit in tabulas,i. e. into his will,Cat. 68, 122.
* Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.
* Pass. (acc. to I. B.), Cic. Fl. 11, 26: cum aliorum monumentis tum Catonis oratione testatum est,shown, proved, attested,Quint. 2, 15, 8; 2, 17, 2; 8, prooem. § 20.—Hence, P. a. in pass. force: testātus, a, um, public, manifest, published (class.): ut res quam maxime clara ac testata esse posset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2. 2, 42, § 104; 1, 16, 48: haec testata sunt atque inlustria,id. Fam. 11, 27, 6: ut testatum esse velim, de pace quid senserim,id. Att. 8, 9, 1: nihil religione testatum,id. Fl. 11, 26.—Comp.: ut res multorum oculis esset testatior,Cic. Cael. 27, 64: quo notior testatiorque virtus ejus esset, Hirt. B. G. 8, 42: quo testatior esset poena improborum,id. ib. 8, 44; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5.—Sup.: testatissima miracula,Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—Hence, adv.: testātō, before witnesses: jussum accipiendum est, sive testato quis, sive verbis, aut per nuntium, jusserit,Dig. 15, 4, 1; cf. ib. 18, 6, 1; 45, 1, 122; App. Mag. p. 324, 11.
* As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.
* After making a will, testate: sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint,Dig. 49, 14, 45.