Third declension nouns: testis
In charters, the usual occurrence of testis is
to introduce the witness/attestation clause. This clause in its final form
was introduced Hiis testibus (ablative plural) followed by the names of the witnesses in
the ablative (e.g. Willelmo, Thoma, Johanne etc.). In the
early twelfth century, however, some witness lists commenced simply Testes
in the nominative plural, followed by the names in the nominative (e.g.
Willelmus, Thomas, Johannes etc.).
| case |
sing. |
plural |
| nom. |
testis |
testes |
| acc. |
testem |
testes |
| gen. |
testis |
testium |
| dat. |
testi |
testibus |
| abl. |
teste |
testibus |
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