A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Testicle: testiculus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. testiculo, ‘a testicle;’ testis,-is (s.m.III), abl. sg. teste; “the anther” (Lindley); cf. orch-, orchi-: in Gk. comp. -testicle [> L. orchis,-eOs (s.m.III), a testicle, the testicles; cf. orchipedon, s.n.II (orchis + pedon) the testicles; Lat. testiculi.]; cf. scrotum;

NOTE: testis = abl.pl. of testa,-ae (s.f.I); see testa. - triorches,-ae (s.m.I), abl. sg. triorche: having three testicles; classically a kind of falcon, perhaps Falco buteo.

- triorchis,-is (s.f.III), abl. sg. triorche, with three testicles.

- [Monorchis] Monorchidis nomine hanc plantam insignivimus, quod unico tantum constet bulbulo, seu testiculo, ‘monos’ enim apud Graecos est solus; ‘orchis’ vero testiculum denotat (Mich.), we [i.e. I] have distinguished this plant by the name of “Monorchis,” because it may consist only of a single bulbule [i.e. bulblet], or testicle, for ‘monos’ is among the Greeks ‘solus’ [= L. only alone, single; the sole] but in fact ‘orchis’ indicates a testicle.