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testĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [testificor], a bearing witness, giving testimony, testifying, testification (Ciceron.; whereas testatio is found in the jurists and in Quint.; v. testatio, I.).

  1. I. Lit.: si ejus rei testificatio tolleretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 92; 2, 5, 39, § 102.
    In plur., Cic. Mur. 24, 49; id. Brut. 80, 277.
  2. II. Transf., a giving evidence, attestation, proof, evidence: egit causam tuam . . . cum summā testificatione tuorum in se officiorum et amoris erga te sui, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2: sempiterna repudiatae legationis, id. Phil. 9, 6, 15.

testĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. testisfacio].

  1. I. To bear witness, give evidence, attest, testify (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.; cf. testor).
    1. A. Lit.: haec cum maxime testificaretur, in vincula conjectus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17.
      With obj.-clause: testificantur illi Quinctium non stitisse, Cic. Quint. 6. 25; testificor, denuntio, ante praedico, nihil M. Antonium, etc., id. Phil. 6, 3, 5; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; id. Or. 10, 35: licet Te memorem dominae testificere tuae, Ov. A. A. 2, 270.
      With rel.-clause: testificaris, quid dixerim aliquando aut scripserim, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33.
      Absol.: ut statim testificati discederent, Cic. Caecin. 16, 45.
    2. B. Transf., to show, demonstrate, exhibit, publish, bring to light, etc.: testificabar sententiam meam, Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2: amorem meum, id. Fam. 2, 4, 2: auctam lenitatem suam, Tac. A. 14, 12: edicto non longam sui absentiam fore, id. ib. 15, 36: antiquas opes. Ov. F. 2, 302: hospitis adventum dei, id. ib. 1, 240; cf.: natalem tuum, id. Am. 1, 8, 94.
  2. II. To call to witness (rare); deos hominesque amicitiamque nostram testificor, me tibi praedixisse, etc., Cael. ap Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1; Cic. Att. 10, 9, A. 1: homines, deam, Ov. H. 20, 160; 21, 134: Stygiae numen aquae, id. F. 5, 250.
    Hence,
    Note: testĭfĭcātus, a, um, in a pass. sense: mihi nota fuit et abs te aliquando testificata tua voluntas omittendae provinciae, made known, averred, exhibited. Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7: mira sed et scaenā testificata loquar, Ov. F. 4, 326.