noun · neuterthird declension
cicer
cicer n (genitive ciceris)
Classical[ˈkɪ.kɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiː.t͡ʃer]
Meaning
- neuterchickpea
Columella, Res Rustica, 2.10.19. Cicer aut cicercula, quae piso est similis, mense Ianuario aut Februario seri debet laeto loco caelo umido
The chickpea or the chickling-vetch, which has a resemblance to the pea, should be sown in January or February in rich soil if the weather is moist. - neuterslangtesticle
Juvenal, Satires, 6.373. Ergo expectatos ac iussos crescere primum testiculos, postquam coeperunt esse bilibres, tonsoris tantum damno rapit Heliodorus. Mangonum pueros vera ac miserabilis urit debilitas, follisque pudet cicerisque relicti.
Therefore, the testicles were expected and ordered to grow. After they began to weigh two pounds, Heliodorus tore them off to the detriment of the barber. The loss was real and miserable for the boys of the slave-mongers, it shamed them to be left with only a small purse and a chickpea.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cicer | cicera |
| genitive | ciceris | cicerum |
| dative | cicerī | ciceribus |
| accusative | cicer | cicera |
| ablative | cicere | ciceribus |
| vocative | cicer | cicera |
cĭcer, ĕris, n.,
I. the chickpea: Cicer Arietinum, Linn. (used only in sing. acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, 25, 115; 9, 39, 142; 10, 3, 174); Col. 2, 10, 19; Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124 sq.; Pall. Mart. 4; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 7; Hor. S. 1, 6, 115; 2, 3, 182; id. A. P. 249; Mart. 1, 104; Pers. 5, 177; Petr. 14, 3.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cicer eris, n
the chickpea, H.
Origins
Unknown. A Wanderwort akin to Old Armenian սիսեռն (siseṙn, “chickpea”), Ancient Macedonian κίκερροι (kíkerroi, “chickpea”), perhaps also Ancient Greek κριός (kriós, “a variety of chickpea”). Compare also Old Georgian ცერცჳ (cercwi, “broad bean; Vicia faba”), whence Georgian ცერცვი (cercvi).
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiancece
- Romaniancecefrom Italian cece
- Italiancecio
- Dalmatiancič
- Siciliancìciru
- Venetancexarìna
Gallo-Romance
- Occitancéser
- Frenchpois chichefrom Old French ceire
- Englishchickpeafrom Old French ceire
Ibero-Romance
- Catalanxítxerofrom Mozarabic *čičar
- Spanishchícharofrom Mozarabic *čičar
- Portuguesechícharofrom Mozarabic *čičar
- Aragonesechechofrom Mozarabic *čičar
- Asturianchícharufrom Mozarabic *čičar
- Asturianchichufrom Mozarabic *čičar
- Galicianchícharofrom Mozarabic *čičar
Southern Romance
- Sardiniancìxiri
- Tashelhitikikrfrom African Romance *kiker
Balkano-Romance
- Aromaniantseatsiri
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianzaiṡ
- Liguriançéixou
- Piedmontesecèis
- Piedmontesecise
Borrowings
- Albanianqiqër
- Albanianqiq
- Proto-West Germanic*kikerā
In English words that came into English from cicer
- chickpeacicer
- ciceroneCicerōnem
- chichcicer
- astracicerancicer