The corpus record — Latin

jecur

the liver

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Where it lives

Hercules Oetaeus 6 · 5.33/10k
Peristephanon Liber 8 · 4.55/10k
Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
De Divinatione 10 · 3.64/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Carmina 4 · 3.01/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 2 · 2.63/10k
de Natura Deorum 9 · 2.52/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 2.45/10k
Saturae 5 · 2.01/10k
De Medicina 20 · 1.95/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

jĕcur — Lewis & Short

jĕcur (jŏcur,

Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76 Sillig.

I N. cr.), jecŏris, jĕcĭnŏris, and jĕcĭnŏris, n. kindred to Sanscr. yakrit, jecur, and Gr. h(=par, the liver.—Lit.: cerebrum, cor, pulmones, jecur: haec enim sunt domicilia vitae, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99: portae jecoris, id. ib. 2, 55, 137: jecorum, id. Div. 1, 52, 118: caput jecoris, Liv. 8, 9: alterius quoque visceris morbus id est jocinoris, etc., Cels. 2, 8.—The goose's liver was considered a delicacy, Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 52; Mart. 13, 58, 1; Juv. 5, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 88. So, too, that of swine, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 209.—

II Esp. as the seat of the soul and affections: non ancilla tuum jecur ulceret ulla puerve, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 72: fervens difficili bile tumet jecur, id. C. 1, 13, 4: quanta siccum jecur ardeat ira, Juv. 1, 45: rabie jecur incendente feruntur, id. 6, 647.—As the seat of the understanding: en cor Zenodoti, en jecur Cratetis, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11.

In the wild

iecur Celsus, De Medicina 4.15
iecoris Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.1.2
iecur Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.12.3
iecur Celsus, De Medicina 4.1.p4
iecur Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.137
iecur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p35

6 of 129 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. iecur (scan p. 331; entry #5226).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. iecur (scan pp. 705-706; entry #1354).

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