iecur

Latin

Alternative forms

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 femur with similar development.

Pronunciation

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iecur iecinora
iecora
Genitive iecinoris
iecoris		 iecinorum
iecorum
Dative iecinorī
iecorī		 iecinoribus
iecoribus
Accusative iecur iecinora
iecora
Ablative iecinore
iecore		 iecinoribus
iecoribus
Vocative iecur iecinora
iecora

Derived terms

See also

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
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