LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

iecur

iecur n (genitive iecinoris or iecoris)
Classical[ˈjɛ.kʊr]Ecclesiastical[ˈjɛː.kur]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. neuterliver
  2. neuterthe seat of the soul
  3. neuterthe seat of the passions and affections

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars vīscerum; sub pectore iacet.
iecur -oris n — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
pars interior corporis mollis
iecur iecoris (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 19

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiecuriecinora
iecora, iocinera
genitiveiecinoris
iecoris, iocineris		iecinorum
iecorum, iocinerum
dativeiecinorī
iecorī, iocinerī		iecinoribus
iecoribus, iocineribus
accusativeiecuriecinora
iecora, iocinera
ablativeiecinore
iecore, iocinere		iecinoribus
iecoribus, iocineribus
vocativeiecuriecinora
iecora, iocinera

jĕcur (jŏcur, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76 Sillig.
I. N. cr.), jecŏris, jĕcĭnŏris, and jĕcĭnŏris, n. kindred to Sanscr. yakrit, jecur, and Gr. ἧπαρ, 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.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *jekʷor (oblique stem *jekʷen-), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar), Sanskrit यकृत् (yákṛt), Persian جگر (jegar), Old Armenian լեարդ (leard). The expected inherited paradigm would be iecur ~ *iecinis, but the attestations show a regularized declension iecur ~ iecoris and a hybrid iecur ~ iecinoris. Compare femur with similar development.

In English words that came into English from iecur

  • jecoraljecoris
  • jecoriniecur

Quick answers

What does iecur mean in Latin?
iecur, a noun, means “liver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the passions and affections”.
What is the genitive of iecur?
The genitive singular is iecinoris. iecur is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce iecur?
In classical Latin, [ˈjɛ.kʊr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjɛː.kur].