συκώτι

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Byzantine Greek συκώτιον (sukṓtion), a diminutive of the neuter of Hellenistic Koine Greek συκωτός (sukōtós) from the phrase ἧπαρ (hêpar) συκωτόν (sukōtón, “liver of an animal fatted with figs”). From the ancient σῦκον (sῦkon, “fig”). Similarly, derivation from an expression, for the Latin fīcātum, from iecur ficatum.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /siˈko.ti/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧κώ‧τι

Noun

συκώτι • (sykóti) n (plural συκώτια)

  1. (food) liver
  2. (anatomy) liver

Declension
declension of συκώτι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative συκώτι • συκώτια •
genitive συκωτιού • συκωτιών •
accusative συκώτι • συκώτια •
vocative συκώτι • συκώτια •

Synonyms
  • (anatomy): ήπαρ n (ípar) (formal, for medicine)

Derived terms
  • συκωταριά f (sykotariá)
  • πρήζω το συκώτι (prízo to sykóti, “to pester, to badger”) (literally: "to swell the liver")

References
  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “συκώτι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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