gigeria
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
gigeria
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡiˈɡeː.ri.um/, [ɡɪˈɡeːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒe.ri.um/, [d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɛːrium]
Noun[edit]
gigēria n pl (genitive gigēriōrum); second declension
Usage notes[edit]
Very rarely used in the singular.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | gigēria |
| Genitive | gigēriōrum |
| Dative | gigēriīs |
| Accusative | gigēria |
| Ablative | gigēriīs |
| Vocative | gigēria |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “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.
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