testis

testis (plural testes)

1. (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
2. (biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.

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].

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.tis/, [ˈtɛs.tɪs]

testis m or f (genitive testis); third declension

1. witness
2. one who testifies or attests

Third declension i-stem.

• testor

• 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”).[4]

testis m (genitive testis); third declension

1. testicle

Third declension i-stem.

• testiculus

• English: testis
• Italian: teste

• 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
    
• 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

Borrowed from Latin testis.

• IPA^(key): /têstis/
• Hyphenation: te‧stis

tȅstis m (Cyrillic spelling те̏стис)

1. (anatomy) testicle

Borrowed from Latin testis.

testis

1. testicle

• er bezi

• taşak (vulgar)