gigeria

English

Noun

gigeria

plural of gigerium

Latin

Alternative forms

*gicerium (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Middle Persian [Term?] (compare Persian (jegar)), or from a cognate in another language, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”) (whence the inherited iecor).

Pronunciation

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

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒe.ri.um/, [d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɛːrium]

Noun

gigēria n pl (genitive gigēriōrum); second declension

the cooked entrails of poultry

Usage notes

Very rarely used in the singular.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	gigēria
Genitive	gigēriōrum
Dative	gigēriīs
Accusative	gigēria
Ablative	gigēriīs
Vocative	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.
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gizzard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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