WITNESS Copy link • WITNESS 1. s. Testimony, testimonium. To bear witness, testem esse; testimonium dicere; pro testimonio dicere; testari; testiricari: to bear false witness, falsum testimonium dicere or praebere: the very words bear witness to the fact, ejus rei ipsa verba testimonio sunt: to call to witness, testari aliquem; testem facere aliquem; God, Deum testari or Deum invocare testem; gods and men, deos hominesque testari or contestari: antestari aliquem (in legal matters, before the introduction of a cause into court. The question put was, licet antestari? If the party consented, the person appealing to him touched the tip of his ear. In non-judicial matters it occurs only in Cic. pro Milone, 25, 68). One who bears, testimony, testis. To call a witness, testem citare: to bring a witness, testem producere: to call a witness to prove, testem citare or vocare in testimonium alicujus rei. 2. v. To attest, testari (general term): attestari: testificari: testimonio confirmare (confirm by one’s evidence): testimonio esse: testem esse (to be a witness; the former of things, the latter of persons): affirmare (to affirm positively): clamare (to cry out). To see, observe, Vid.