testiculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of testis (“testicle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛsˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪esˈt̪iː.ku.lus]

Noun

testiculus m (genitive testiculī); second declension

(anatomy) a testicle
(figuratively) manliness

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	testiculus	testiculī
genitive	testiculī	testiculōrum
dative	testiculō	testiculīs
accusative	testiculum	testiculōs
ablative	testiculō	testiculīs
vocative	testicule	testiculī

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: testicle
→ Catalan: testicle
→ French: testicule
→ Italian: testicolo
→ Portuguese: testículo
→ Romanian: testicul
→ Spanish: testículo

References

“testiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“testiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
testiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.