noun · neutersecond declension
fīcātum
fīcātum n (genitive fīcātī)
Classical[fiːˈkaː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[fiˈkaː.tum]
Meaning
- liver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fīcātum | fīcāta |
| genitive | fīcātī | fīcātōrum |
| dative | fīcātō | fīcātīs |
| accusative | fīcātum | fīcāta |
| ablative | fīcātō | fīcātīs |
| vocative | fīcātum | fīcāta |
fīcātum, i, n. (sc. jecur) [id.],
I. the liver of an animal fattened on figs, i. q. συκωτόν, Ital. fégato, v. sycotum, Apic. 7, 3; Marc. Emp. 22 med.; cf. Juv. 5, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52 (dub.; Jan. fartilibus); Pers. 6, 71; Mart. 13, 58:
ex jecore, hoc est ficato, sanguis proicitur, Cael. Aur. Signif. Diaet. Pass. 93.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātum Latin iecur fīcātumellip. Latin fīcātum Ellipsis of iecur fīcātum (literally “figgy liver”), from fīcus (“fig”) + -ātum.
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchfoiefrom Old French feie
- Catalanfetge
- Occitanfetge
- Occitanhitge
- Franco-Provençalfèjo
- Normanfaiefrom Old French feie
- Walloonfoete
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesefígado
- Spanishhígadofrom Old Spanish fígado
- Aragonesefigado
- Asturianfégadu
- Asturianfégado
- Galicianfígado
Balkan Romance
- Romanianficat
- Aromanianhicat
- Aromanianhecat
- Istro-Romanianficåt
Italo-Romance
- Italianfegato
- Corsicanfecatu
- Corsicanfegatu
- Neapolitanfécato
- Neapolitanfécheto
- Neapolitanféhato
- Sicilianfìcatu
Dalmatian
- unknownfecuat
Sardinian
- unknownfícadu
- unknownfícatu
- unknownícatu
North Italian
- Emilianféddegh
- Ligurianfigæto
- Lombardfidegh
- Lombardfigad
- Piedmontesefìdich
- Friulianfiât
- Ladinfià
- Romanshfio
- Venetanfigà