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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjɛ.kʊr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjɛː.kur] === Noun === iecur n (genitive iecinoris or iecoris); third declension (anatomy) liver the seat of the soul the seat of the passions and affections ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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.