συκώτι
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from 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 (sûkon, “fig”). Similarly, derivation from an expression, for the Latin fīcātum, from iecur ficatum.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσυκώτι • (sykóti) n (plural συκώτια)
Declension
editDeclension of συκώτι
Synonyms
edit- (anatomy): ήπαρ n (ípar) (formal, for medicine)
Derived terms
edit- συκωταριά f (sykotariá)
- πρήζω το συκώτι (prízo to sykóti, “to pester, to badger”) (literally: "to swell the liver")
References
edit- ^ συκώτι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
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