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+ ==Forms==
+ '''testātiō''' ''f'' (genitive testātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[testor]] “to bear witness” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[testis]] “witness”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Livy, whom he dates 59 BC–17 AD, and Livy uses it of calling the broken treaties to witness.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a calling to witness, as in Livy, the action of testifying to a fact, and in law a sworn statement or written deposition, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is not found in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a sworn statement or deposition.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|testation]] in the 1640s, “a witnessing”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a deposition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1640s – English ''testation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A calling to witness; [[m|en|testimony]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(law)'' A sworn statement, deposition.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dētestātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[testor]]
+ * [[testis]]
+ * [[testimōnium]]
+ * [[en|testation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}