test (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. obrussa (assay, trial of metals)2. expĕrīmentum3. cōtĭcŭla • test (subs.): 1. obrussa (assay, trial of metals): Plin. 33, 3, 19. Fig.: to employ reason as a t., adhibere rationem tanquam o., Cic. Brut. 74, 258: to bring all arguments to the t., omnia argumenta ad o. exigere, Sen. N. Q. 4, 5, 1. 2. expĕrīmentum: fire is the t. of gold, auri e. ignis est, Plin. 33, 3, 19. Fig.: it is the clearest t. when it is plain that grief is removed by length of time, maximum est e. quum constet aegritudinem vetustate tolli, Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 74: v. proof, trial, experiment. 3. cōtĭcŭla: v. touchstone.
test (v.) Copy link Outline 1. specto, 12. tento, 13. expĕrior, pertus, 4 (to t. by experience4. pĕrīclĭtor, 15. explōro, 1 • test (v.): 1. specto, 1: he who is not moved by money they consider as t'd in the fire, qui pecunia non movetur hunc igni spectatum arbitrantur, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38: v. also try, prove, examine, under which also the foll. verbs may be found. 2. tento, 1: to t. his skill as an augur, scientiam ejus auguratus tentare, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32. 3. expĕrior, pertus, 4 (to t. by experience: sometimes to t. by law, go to law): to t. friends, amicos e., Cic. Am. 22, 84. 4. pĕrīclĭtor, 1: to t. our friends' character, amicorum mores p., Cic. Am. 17, 63. 5. explōro, 1: to t. the king's disposition, animum regis e., Liv. 37, 7: Ov.
TEST Copy link • TEST 1. s. PROP., obrussa (Sen.). Figuratively, tamquam obrussa (Cic.). Vid: also, PROOF. 2. v. Vid. PROVE, TRY.