iecur

Latin

Alternative forms

iocur
jecur, 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 femur with similar development.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯e.kur/, [ˈi̯ɛkʊr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈje.kur/, [ˈjɛːkur]

Noun

iecur n (genitive iecinoris or iecoris); third declension

(anatomy) liver
the seat of the soul
the seat of the passions and affections

Declension

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Derived terms

iecinerōsus
iecorālis
iecorīnus
iecoriticus
iecorōsus
iecusculum

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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