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“testis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“testis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
testis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
testis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
an important witness: testis gravis
a witness worthy of all credit: testis locuples
an impartial witness: testis incorruptus atque integer
to cite a person to give evidence on a matter: aliquem testem alicuius rei (in aliquid) citare
to use some one's evidence: aliquem testem adhibere
to use some one's evidence: aliquo teste uti
to produce as a witness: aliquem testem dare, edere, proferre
to produce as a witness: aliquem testem producere
to appear as witness against a person: testem prodire (in aliquem)
to be convicted by some one's evidence: testibus teneri, convictum esse
this shows, proves..: testis est, testatur, declarat
“testis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“testis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
^ J. Gvozdanović, Indo-European numerals, §12.5.3.1.
^ Skutsch, Franz (1897) “Zur lateinischen Grammatik. 4. Testis ‘zeuge’”, in Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 23, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 100–104
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “testis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 618