"testis" meaning in Latin

See testis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈtɛs.tɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtɛs.tis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: For *terstis, from Proto-Italic *tristos, 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). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|*terstis<ety:inh<itc-pro:*tristos>>|id=witness}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*tristos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*terstis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "testis", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="witness" data-lang="la" data-title="testis" id="Latin:_witness">, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*tristos}} Proto-Italic *tristos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*tristh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *tristh₂s, {{cog|osc|trstus||witnesses|pos=nominative plural}} Oscan trstus (“witnesses”, nominative plural) Head templates: {{la-noun|testis<3>|g=m|g2=f}} testis m or f (genitive testis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|testis<3>}} Forms: testis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], testis [nominative, singular], testēs [nominative, plural], testis [genitive, singular], testium [genitive, plural], testī [dative, singular], testibus [dative, plural], testem [accusative, singular], testēs [accusative, plural], testīs [accusative, plural], teste [ablative, singular], testibus [ablative, plural], testis [singular, vocative], testēs [plural, vocative]
  1. witness Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Synonyms: arbiter, auctor
    Sense id: en-testis-la-noun-la:witness Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 23 12 33 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 49 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 67 33 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 47 25 28
  2. one who testifies or attests Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-testis-la-noun-KIa~XXOB Categories (other): Law, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Male genitals, People Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 23 12 33 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 24 7 37 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 49 6 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 76 Disambiguation of Male genitals: 6 77 18 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: testor Related terms: testātiō, testātus, testificātiō, testificor, testimōnium
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Of disputed origin, perhaps either: * related to testa (“pot, shell”); or * from some particular use of testis (“witness”), as in "bearing witness to the sex act". Etymology templates: {{ety|la|id=testicle}}, {{unc|la|disputed}} disputed Head templates: {{la-noun|testis<3>|g=m}} testis m (genitive testis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|testis<3>}} Forms: testis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], testis [nominative, singular], testēs [nominative, plural], testis [genitive, singular], testium [genitive, plural], testī [dative, singular], testibus [dative, plural], testem [accusative, singular], testēs [accusative, plural], testīs [accusative, plural], teste [ablative, singular], testibus [ablative, plural], testis [singular, vocative], testēs [plural, vocative]
  1. testicle Tags: declension-3, masculine Derived forms: testiculus
    Sense id: en-testis-la-noun-37DOB-35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tristh₂s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "trstus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "witnesses",
        "pos": "nominative plural"
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan trstus (“witnesses”, nominative plural)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "For *terstis, from Proto-Italic *tristos, 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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testēs",
          "testes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testī",
      "links": [
        [
          "testī",
          "testi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testēs",
          "testes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testīs",
          "testis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testēs",
          "testes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "testis<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "testis<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "testātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "testātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "testificātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "testificor"
    },
    {
      "word": "testimōnium"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "witness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witness",
          "witness"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:witness"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "arbiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "auctor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who testifies or attests"
      ],
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        [
          "testifies",
          "testify"
        ],
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          "attest",
          "attest"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɛs.tɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɛs.tis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "testis"
}

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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
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    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
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    "la:Male genitals",
    "la:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "testiculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "testis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
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      "word": "testis"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "teste"
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        "learned"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "id": "testicle"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "disputed"
      },
      "expansion": "disputed",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of disputed origin, perhaps either:\n* related to testa (“pot, shell”); or\n* from some particular use of testis (“witness”), as in \"bearing witness to the sex act\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testēs",
          "testes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testī",
      "links": [
        [
          "testī",
          "testi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testēs",
          "testes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testīs",
          "testis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testēs",
          "testes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "testis<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "testis m (genitive testis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "testis<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If, after this time, I catch you here again, you will be missing your testicles.",
          "ref": "c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 5.1.34",
          "text": "Si posthac prehendero ego te hīc, carebis testibus.",
          "translation": "If, after this time, I catch you here again, you will be missing your testicles.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "testicle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "testicle",
          "testicle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "testis"
}

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