The corpus record — Latin

testiculus

testiculus · m

a testicle

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Where it lives

De Medicina 24 · 2.34/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

testĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short

testĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.2. testis,

I a testicle.

I Lit., Auct. Her. 3, 20, 33; Juv. 6, 339; Mart. 3, 24, 5; Cels. 7, 18.—

II Transf., as a designation of manly vigor, manliness: haec fierent, si testiculi vena ulla paterni Viveret in nobis? Pers. 1, 103.—

III The name of a plant, App. Herb. 15.

In the wild

testiculos Martial, Epigrammata 3.24.5
testiculus Celsus, De Medicina 7.22
testiculos Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.3.12
testiculos Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae appendix.28.5
testiculos Petronius, Satyricon 35
testiculus Celsus, De Medicina 7.19.p2

6 of 34 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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