LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

gigēria

gigēria n pl (genitive gigēriōrum)
Classical[ɡɪˈɡeː.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɛː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. the cooked entrails of poultry

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegigēriumgigēria
genitivegigērī
gigēriī		gigēriōrum
dativegigēriōgigēriīs
accusativegigēriumgigēria
ablativegigēriōgigēriīs
vocativegigēriumgigēria

gĭgērĭa, ōrum, n.,
I. the cooked entrails of poultry: gigeria intestina gallinarum cum hisetica (perh. hepatica, al. isiciis) cocta. Lucilius, lib. VIII.: gigeria sunt sive adeo hepatia, Non. 119, 20 sq.: gigeria optime facta, Petr. 66: pullorum coquere, Apic. 4, 2 med.!*? The explanation in Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll., gigeria ex multis obsoniis decerpta, is evidently corrupt.

Origins

Uncertain; possibly from Middle Persian (compare Persian جگر (jegar)), or from a cognate in another language, which would ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), whence the inherited iecur.

Descendants
  • Englishgigeria
  • Englishgigerium
  • Englishgizzardfrom Old French gisier
  • Frenchgésierfrom Old French gisier

In English words that came into English from gigēria

  • gizzardgigēria
  • gigeriumgigēria

Quick answers

What does gigēria mean in Latin?
gigēria, a noun, means “the cooked entrails of poultry”.
What is the genitive of gigēria?
The genitive singular is gigēriōrum. gigēria is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce gigēria?
In classical Latin, [ɡɪˈɡeː.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɛː.ri.um].