"testis" meaning in Latin

See testis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtes.tis/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈtes.tis/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛst̪is] (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: {{root|la|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{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 Categories (topical): People Synonyms: arbiter, auctor
    Sense id: en-testis-la-noun-la:witness Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 34 12 42 4 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 62 38 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 41 22 37
  2. one who testifies or attests Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-testis-la-noun-KIa~XXOB Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 34 12 42 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 35 8 49 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 26 64 9 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 41 22 37
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: * From some particular use of testis (“witness”), as in "bearing witness to the sex act", or * Related to testa (“pot, shell”). Etymology templates: {{unk|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 Categories (topical): Organs Derived forms: testiculus
    Sense id: en-testis-la-noun-la:testicle Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 41 22 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Italian: teste (learned)",
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      "text": "→ Italian: teste (learned)"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "testī",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "testātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "testificātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "testificor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "name": "People",
          "orig": "la:People",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 34 12 42 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "word": "arbiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "auctor"
        }
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        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 35 8 49 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "one who testifies or attests"
      ],
      "id": "en-testis-la-noun-KIa~XXOB",
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          "testify"
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        [
          "attest",
          "attest"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.tis/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.tis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛst̪is]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "testis"
}

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          "expansion": "→ English: testis (learned)",
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      "text": "→ English: testis (learned)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
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          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: testis (learned)",
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      "text": "→ Indonesian: testis (learned)"
    },
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        {
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    },
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            "2": "-",
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      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: (learned)"
    },
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          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: тестис",
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          "name": "desc"
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "testium",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "testī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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    {
      "form": "testibus",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "testem",
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      "tags": [
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "testīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "teste",
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        "singular"
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "41 22 37",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
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        {
          "english": "If, after this time, I catch you here again, you will be missing your testicles.",
          "ref": "c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 1426",
          "text": "Si posthac prehendero ego te hīc, carebis testibus."
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        "masculine"
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}
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    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
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    "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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  ],
  "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",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testīs",
      "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",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "testis<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "testis m or f (genitive testis); third declension",
      "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:People"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "testifies",
          "testify"
        ],
        [
          "attest",
          "attest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.tis/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.tis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛst̪is]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "testis"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "testiculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "testis",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: testis (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: testis (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "testis",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: testis (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: testis (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "teste",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: teste (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: teste (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "тестис",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: тестис",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: тестис"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "tȅstis",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: tȅstis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: tȅstis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "testis",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: testis (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: testis (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "disputed"
      },
      "expansion": "disputed",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of disputed origin. Perhaps either:\n* From some particular use of testis (“witness”), as in \"bearing witness to the sex act\", or\n* Related to testa (“pot, shell”).",
  "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",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testīs",
      "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",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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",
        "la:Organs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If, after this time, I catch you here again, you will be missing your testicles.",
          "ref": "c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 1426",
          "text": "Si posthac prehendero ego te hīc, carebis testibus."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "testicle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "testicle",
          "testicle"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:testicle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "testis"
}

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