hepar

See also: HEPAR

English

Etymology

Latin hepar, hepatis (“the liver”).

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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hepar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Harpe, Phrae, harpe, phare, raphe

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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 of Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• ēpar

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

hēpar n (genitive hēpatis); third declension

1. liver (organ)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	hēpar	hēpata
genitive	hēpatis	hēpatum
dative	hēpatī	hēpatibus
accusative	hēpar	hēpata
ablative	hēpate	hēpatibus
vocative	hēpar	hēpata

Synonyms

• (liver): iecur

Related terms

• hēpatārius
• hēpaticus
• hēpatītis
• hēpatīzon

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

	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.