testimonium — Logoi (Latin)

Where it lives

Pro Fonteio 21 · 46.27/10k
Lysander 2 · 37.04/10k
Pro L. Flacco 40 · 36.68/10k
De Testimionio Animae 8 · 35.79/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 11 · 23.1/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 10 · 22.27/10k
Timotheus 1 · 15.36/10k
Cum Populo Gratias Egit 4 · 15.15/10k
Ad Scapulam 2 · 13.4/10k
Epaminondas 2 · 11.98/10k
Helvius Pertinax 3 · 11.54/10k
In C. Verrem 100 · 9.96/10k

Densest 12 of 134 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. testimonium — de Vaan

testimonium 'evidence in court, testimony' (Lex ΧΠ+), testankto invoke as a witness, testify' (Lex XII+), testamentum 'will, testament' (P1.+), intestatus 'without having made a will, without having called a witness' (Lex XII+), intestabilis 'disqualified from calling witnesses, shameful' (Lex XII+); antestari 'to call as a witness' (Lex XII+), detestatum 'testatione denuntiatum' (Lex ΧΠ), obtestarl 'to beseech, … — [de Vaan, s.v. testimonium, p. 632]

2. testĭmōnĭum — Lewis & Short

testĭmōnĭum, ii, n.testor,

I witness, evidence, attestation, testimony (oral or written): qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt, Plaut. Rud. prol. 13: testimonii dictio, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 63: quorum egregiam fuisse virtutem testimonio Ciceronis cognoverat, Caes. B. G. 5, 52: testimonium in aliquem dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 102; testimonium dicere de conjuratione, id. Sull. 30, 83: testimonium dicere contra deos, id. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.: dicere aliquid pro testimonio, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 19; Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101; 36, 102; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14: testimonium impertire, id. Fam. 5, 12, 7: Bruttiano justissimum integritatis testimonium redditum, Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 6: licet iis testimonium reddere industriae, Quint. 11, 1, 88: Publio tuo neque operā ... neque testimonio defui, Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 2: legite testimonia testium vestrorum, id. Mil. 17, 46: testimonia recitare, Hadrian. in Dig. 22, 5, 3, § 4; so, falsi testes, falsa signa testimoniaque et indicia ex eādem officinā exibant, Liv. 39, 8, 7: vocare aliquem ad testimonium, Varr. R. R. 1, 4 fin.: citare ad testimonium, Petr. 2: in testimonium citare, Macr. S. 1, 4: ovis damnata falso testimonio, Phaedr. 1, 17, 6.—

II Transf., that which serves as proof of any thing, proof, evidence: hoc interest inter exemplum et testimonium: exemplo demonstratur, id quod dicimus cujusmodi sit: testimonio, esse illud ita, ut nos dicimus, confirmatur, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5: testimoniorum quae sunt genera? Divinum et humanum: divinum, ut oracula, ut auspicia, ut vaticinationes et responsa sacerdotum, haruspicum, conjectorum: humanum, quod spectatur ex auctoritate et ex voluntate et ex oratione aut liberā aut expressā: in quo insunt scripta, pacta, promissa, jurata, quaesita, Cic. Part. Or. 2, 6: dare testimonium sui judicii, id. Leg. 3, 1, 1; so, laudum suarum, id. Lael. 26, 98: laboris sui periculique afferre, Caes. B. C. 3, 53: ejus rei testimonium esse, quod, etc., id. B. G. 1, 44; cf.: ejus rei ipsa verba formulae testimonio sunt, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11: cui rei mors indigna Palamedis testimonium dat, Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28: quod testimonio sit, non ex verbis aptum pendere jus, sed, etc. Cic. Caecin. 18, 52: postquam, quae voluerat, dixerat, testimonii loco librum tradidit, Nep. Lys. 4, 3: testimonio sunt clarissimi poëtae, Quint. 1, 10, 10: arca testimonii, Vulg. Exod. 25, 22; 40, 5 et saep.

In the wild

testimonio Cicero, In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 41
testimonio Cicero, Pro Fonteio 29
testimonia Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.26.20
testimonia Cicero, Pro P. Quinctio 88
testimonium Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 196
testimonio Apuleius, Apologia 60

6 of 746 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. testimonium (scan p. 632; entry #1809). Root candidates: *tristo-.