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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
testis (plural testes)
- (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
- (biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
For *terstis < *tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tristh₂s ("a third party standing", after the two parties to a contract or dispute), from *tréyes (“three”) and *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Oscan trstus (“witnesses”, nominative plural)[1][2][3][4].
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
testis m or f (genitive testis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | testis | testēs |
Genitive | testis | testium |
Dative | testī | testibus |
Accusative | testem | testēs testīs |
Ablative | teste | testibus |
Vocative | testis | testēs |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
- From some particular use of testis (“witness”), as in "bearing witness to virility" or "two together" (considering also the slang uses in Ancient Greek of παραστάται (parastátai, “colleagues, testicles”) and, more recently, French témoins),
- or related to testa (“pot, shell”).[5]
Noun[edit]
testis m (genitive testis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | testis | testēs |
Genitive | testis | testium |
Dative | testī | testibus |
Accusative | testem | testēs testīs |
Ablative | teste | testibus |
Vocative | testis | testēs |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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, 1883–1887)
- testis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
- an important witness: testis gravis
- 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.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1004
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1090
- ^ 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
- ^ Etymology Online
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tȅstis m (Cyrillic spelling те̏стис)
Declension[edit]
Declension of testis
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
testis
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | testis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | testisi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | testis | testisler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | testisi | testisleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | testise | testislere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | testiste | testislerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | testisten | testislerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | testisin | testislerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
- taşak (vulgar)
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