gigeria

English

Noun

gigeria

1. plural of gigerium

Latin

Alternative forms

• *gicerium (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Middle Persian [Term?] (compare Persian جگر (jegar)), or from a cognate in another language, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”) (whence the inherited iecor).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɡeː.ri.um/, [ɡɪˈɡeːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒe.ri.um/, [d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɛːrium]

Noun

gigēria n pl (genitive gigēriōrum); second declension

1. the cooked entrails of poultry

Usage notes

Very rarely used in the singular.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	gigēria
Genitive	gigēriōrum
Dative	gigēriīs
Accusative	gigēria
Ablative	gigēriīs
Vocative	gigēria

Descendants

• Old French: gisier, gesier, giser
  • English: gizzard
  • French: gésier

References

• “gigeria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gigeria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gizzard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.