hepar

See also: HEPAR

English

Etymology

From Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony.

Noun

hepar (countable and uncountable, plural hepars)

1. (obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
2. (obsolete, chemistry) Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.

Derived terms

• hepar antimonii

References

• “hepar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Harpe, Phrae, harpe, phare, raphe

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hepar (“liver”).

Noun

hepar m (definite hepari)

1. (anatomy, technical, medicine) liver

   Synonym: mëlçi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhepar]
• Hyphenation: hé‧par

Noun

hépar (first-person possessive heparku, second-person possessive heparmu, third-person possessive heparnya)

1. (medicine) liver.

   Synonyms: hati, lever

Further reading

• “hepar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ēpar

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈheː.par/, [ˈheːpär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.par/, [ˈɛːpär]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Doublet of iecur.

Noun

hēpar n (genitive hēpatis); third declension

1. liver (large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile)

   Synonym: iecur

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hēpar	hēpata
Genitive	hēpatis	hēpatum
Dative	hēpatī	hēpatibus
Accusative	hēpar	hēpata
Ablative	hēpate	hēpatibus
Vocative	hēpar	hēpata

Related terms

• hēpatārius
• hēpaticus
• hēpatītis
• hēpatīzon

Descendants

• English: hepar

See also

• fīcātum

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἥπατος (hḗpatos).

Noun

hēpar m (genitive hēpatis); third declension

1. a kind of fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hēpar	hēpatēs
Genitive	hēpatis	hēpatum
Dative	hēpatī	hēpatibus
Accusative	hēpatem	hēpatēs
Ablative	hēpate	hēpatibus
Vocative	hēpar	hēpatēs

References

• “hepar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hepar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.