gigeria

English

Noun

gigeria

plural of gigerium

Latin

Alternative forms

*gicerium (Vulgar)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Middle Persian (compare Persian (jegar)), or from a root similar to the root of Latin iecur, both from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɡeː.ri.um/, [ɡɪˈɡeː.ri.ũ]

Noun

gigēria n pl (genitive gigēriōrum); second declension

the cooked entrails of poultry

Usage notes

Very rarely used in the singular.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gigērium	gigēria
genitive	gigēriī	gigēriōrum
dative	gigēriō	gigēriīs
accusative	gigērium	gigēria
ablative	gigēriō	gigēriīs
vocative	gigērium	gigēria

Descendants

Old French: gisier, gesier, giser
- English: gizzard
- French: gésier

References

gigeria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
gigeria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
“gizzard” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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