Experimentum, ti, n. g. Plin. iun.An experiment or proofe.Experimentum artis cognoscitur. Plin. Longa magnaqúe experimenta.Cic. Agere experimenta. Plin. To put in triall.Capere experimentum. Plin. To prooue or trie.Deprehendere experimentis. Quin. To finde by experience, and triall.Duci experimentis ad consentiendum. Quin. Facere certissimum morum experimentum. Quin. To make a sure proofe or triall.Inspicere aliquem experimentis. Colum.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
expĕrīmentum, i, n. [id.], a proof, test, trial, experiment (mostly post-Aug.; cf.: documentum periculum): nimirum hoc maximum est experimentum, cum constet aegritudinem vetustate tolli, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 74: Metello experimentis cognitum erat, genus Numidarum infidum esse, Sall. J. 46, 3; cf. Tac. A. 13, 24: lenitatis, id. ib. 15, 24: virtutis, Vell. 2, 116, 1; Just. 15, 3, 1: in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam experimenta, Quint. 2, 5, 15: medici experimenta per mortis agunt, Plin. 29, 1, 8, 18; 13, 2, 3, 19: experimento probare, Vulg. Esth. 3, 5.—II.Experience (post-Aug.; cf. experientia): experimento meo ac natura ipsa duce, Quint. 6, 2, 25: longo experimento testata gloria, Val. Max. 3, 7, 6 fin.: Africa contenta qualicumque principe post experimentum domini minoris, Tac. H. 1, 11: sed experimentum contra fuit,
the event
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result
, id. A. 2, 97fin.—Plur.: haec autem cognosci experimentis, Cels. 1 prooem. pp. 9, 10 Milligan: Trebellius segnior et nullis castrorum experimentis provinciam tenuit, Tac. Agr. 16.
