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