obtestor

From ob- + testor.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈtɛs.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈtɛs.tor]

obtestor (present infinitive obtestārī, perfect active obtestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to call someone as a witness
2. to beseech or implore, to beg
   • 59 BCE, Cicero, Pro Flacco 26:

     Quod quidem ego nōn modo nōn postulō, sed contrā, iūdicēs, vōs ōrō et obtestor ut tōtam causam quam maximē intentīs oculīs, ut aiunt, acerrimē contemplēminī.

     But I not only do not ask that, gentlemen, but on the contrary, I beg and beseech you to the best of your ability to examine the whole case most closely and with steady eyes, as the saying goes.

• English: obtest

• “obtestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obtestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “obtestor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.