proof (subs.) Copy link Outline I. That which proves or makes certain1. dŏcŭmentum2. argūmentum (evidence, convincing token)3. indĭcium (token, indication; esp. of guilt)4. signumII. A course or mode of demonstrationIII. Act of provingIV. Trial; expĕrīmentum; or expr. by experior, 4 (to make proof of)V. Specimen sheet struck off by a printer • proof (subs.): I. That which proves or makes certain: 1. dŏcŭmentum: most convincing p.s, maxima d., Sall. Cat. 9: to be a p. (of something), documento esse (foll. by rel. clause), Caes. B. C. 3, 10. (Documentum more freq. carries with it the sense of a lesson or instance from which one may learn.) 2. argūmentum (evidence, convincing token): that is a convincing p. that, id magno a. est (foll. by acc. and inf.), Cic. Ph. 2, 16, 40: so, it is sufficient p. that ..., satis est argumenti, id. Quint. 12, extr. Join: [certissima] argumenta atque indicia [sceleris], id. Cat. 3, 6, 13. 3. indĭcium (token, indication; esp. of guilt): p.s and traces of poison, ind. atque vestigia veneni, id. Clu. 10, 30: cf. supr. (2). Also in good sense, indicium benevolentiae, id. Fam. 7, 6. 4. signum: v. sign. II. A course or mode of demonstration: perh. rătio demonstrandi s. probandi: v. to prove. Sometimes, argumentum may serve (when there is one main point in the demonstration): so in pl., the points (leading heads) in a p., puncta argumentorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 177: v. argument. III. Act of proving: in phr., difficult of proof; difficile probatu: Cic. Tusc. 5, init.: a statement difficult of p., *quod vix satis firmis argumentis probari possit: v. to prove. IV. Trial; expĕrīmentum; or expr. by experior, 4 (to make proof of): v. trial; to try. Phr.: armour of p., *arma quae usu comprobata sunt (?). V. Specimen sheet struck off by a printer: plăgŭla: Schneider pref. Vitr.: Orell.: to correct p.s, p. corrigere.