hepar
See also: HEPAR
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony.
Noun edit
hepar (countable and uncountable, plural hepars)
- (obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
- (obsolete, chemistry) Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hepar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hepar (“liver”).
Noun edit
hepar m (definite hepari)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hépar (first-person possessive heparku, second-person possessive heparmu, third-person possessive heparnya)
Further reading edit
- “hepar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈheː.par/, [ˈheːpär]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.par/, [ˈɛːpär]
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Doublet of iecur.
Noun edit
hēpar n (genitive hēpatis); third declension
- liver (large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile)
- Synonym: iecur
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hēpar | hēpata |
Genitive | hēpatis | hēpatum |
Dative | hēpatī | hēpatibus |
Accusative | hēpar | hēpata |
Ablative | hēpate | hēpatibus |
Vocative | hēpar | hēpata |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: hepar
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek ἥπατος (hḗpatos).
Noun edit
hēpar m (genitive hēpatis); third declension
- a kind of fish
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hēpar | hēpatēs |
Genitive | hēpatis | hēpatum |
Dative | hēpatī | hēpatibus |
Accusative | hēpatem | hēpatēs |
Ablative | hēpate | hēpatibus |
Vocative | hēpar | hēpatēs |
References edit
- “hepar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hepar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.