συκώτι
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Medieval Byzantine Greek συκώτιον (sukṓtion), a diminutive of the neuter of Hellenistic Koine Greek συκωτός (sukōtós) from the phrase ἧπαρ (hêpar) συκωτόν (sukōtón, “liver of an animal fatted with figs”). From the ancient σῦκον (sῦkon, “fig”). Similarly, derivation from an expression, for the Latin fīcātum, from iecur ficatum.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
συκώτι • (sykóti) n (plural συκώτια)
Declension[edit]
declension of συκώτι
Synonyms[edit]
- (anatomy): ήπαρ n (ípar) (formal, for medicine)
Derived terms[edit]
- συκωταριά f (sykotariá)
- πρήζω το συκώτι (prízo to sykóti, “to pester, to badger”) (literally: "to swell the liver")
References[edit]
- ^ Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “συκώτι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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