The corpus record — Latin

testatio

testatio · f

A bearing witness

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Where it lives

De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
De Anima 3 · 1.26/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 2 · 0.88/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 8 1 · 0.77/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Institutio Oratoria 3 · 0.17/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

testātĭo — Lewis & Short

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).

In the wild

testationibus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.13.49
testationem Tertullian, De Spectaculis 24.1
testationibus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 12.3.5
testatio Tertullian, De Baptismo 6
testatione Tertullian, De Corona 13
testationem Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 31

6 of 21 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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