testis

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin testis. === Pronunciation === === Noun === testis (plural testes) (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate. (biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra. ==== Derived terms ==== undescended testis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology 1 === 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). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛs.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛs.tis] ==== Noun ==== testis m or f (genitive testis); third declension witness Synonyms: arbiter, auctor one who testifies or attests ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ===== Derived terms ===== testor ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Italian: teste (learned) → Proto-Brythonic: *tɨst Middle Welsh: tyst Welsh: tyst → Old Irish: testas Irish: teist Scottish Gaelic: teist === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== testis m (genitive testis); third declension testicle ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ===== Derived terms ===== testiculus ===== Descendants ===== → English: testis (learned) → Indonesian: testis (learned) → Italian: teste (learned) → Serbo-Croatian: (learned) Cyrillic script: тестис Latin script: tȅstis → Turkish: testis (learned) === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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. “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 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin testis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /têstis/ Hyphenation: te‧stis === Noun === tȅstis m inan (Cyrillic spelling те̏стис) (anatomy) testicle ==== Declension ==== == Turkish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin testis. === Pronunciation === === Noun === testis (definite accusative testisi, plural testisler) testicle Synonym: er bezi ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== taşak (vulgar)