iecur

iecur

Latin

Alternative forms

• iecor
• jecur
• iocur, jocur

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *jekʷor (oblique stem *jekʷen-), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar), Sanskrit यकृत् (yákṛt), Persian جگر‎ (jegar), Old Armenian լեարդ (leard).

The expected inherited paradigm would be iecur ~ *iecinis, but the attestations show a regularized declension iecur ~ iecoris and a hybrid iecur ~ iecinoris. Compare fēmur with similar development.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈje.kur/, [ˈjɛ.kʊr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈje.kur/, [ˈjeː.kur]

Noun

iecur n (genitive iecinoris or iecoris); third declension

1. (anatomy) liver
2. the seat of the soul
3. the seat of the passions and affections

Inflection

Third declension neuter. Case Singular Plural Nominative iecur iecinora Genitive iecinoris iecinorum Dative iecinorī iecinoribus Accusative iecur iecinora Ablative iecinore iecinoribus Vocative iecur iecinora

Third declension neuter. Case Singular Plural Nominative iecur iecora Genitive iecoris iecorum Dative iecorī iecoribus Accusative iecur iecora Ablative iecore iecoribus Vocative iecur iecora

Derived terms

• iecinerōsus
• iecorālis

• iecorīnus
• iecoriticus

• iecorōsus
• iecusculum

See also

• fīcātum

References

• jecur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• jecur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette