testis
English
Noun
testis (plural testes)
- (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
- (biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
Latin
Etymology 1
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].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtes.tis/, [ˈtɛs.tɪs]
Declension
Third declension 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
Related terms
Etymology 2
Declension
Third declension 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
References
- 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, 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
- Etymology Online
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têstis/
- Hyphenation: te‧stis
Declension
Declension of testis
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tȅstis | tȅstisi |
genitive | tȅstisa | tȅstīsā |
dative | tȅstisu | tȅstisima |
accusative | tȅstis | tȅstise |
vocative | tȅstisu | tȅstisi |
locative | tȅstisu | tȅstisima |
instrumental | tȅstisom | tȅstisima |
Turkish
Declension
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
- er bezi
See also
- taşak (vulgar)
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