noun · femininethird declension
testātiō
testātiō f (genitive testātiōnis)
Meaning
- testifying
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | testātiō | testātiōnēs |
| genitive | testātiōnis | testātiōnum |
| dative | testātiōnī | testātiōnibus |
| accusative | testātiōnem | testātiōnēs |
| ablative | testātiōne | testātiōnibus |
| vocative | testātiō | testātiōnēs |
testātĭo, ōnis. f. testor.
I. A bearing witness (whether orally or in writing), a giving testimony, attesting, testifying (not in Cic., but cf. testificatio), Dig. 22, 4, 4; 3, 2, 21; 48, 19, 9; 48, 10, 1; Quint. 5, 7, 32; 5, 13, 49; 12, 3, 5 al.—
II. A calling to witness, invoking as witness:
inter foederum ruptorum testationem, i.e. during an invocation of the gods as witnesses, Liv. 8, 6, 3 (cf. id. 8, 6, 1).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
testātiō ōnis, f
testor, a calling to witness, invoking as witness : foederum ruptorum, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin testātiō From testor + -tiō.