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

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

• iecinerōsus
• iecorālis
• iecorīnus
• iecoriticus
• iecorōsus
• iecusculum

See also

• fīcātum

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.