ἡπατίζων

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Participial form of an unattested verb *ἡπατίζω (*hēpatízō), from ἧπᾰρ (hêpar, liver) +‎ -ῐ́ζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōnm (feminine ἡπᾰτῐ́ζουσᾰ, neuter ἡπατίζον); first/third declension

  1. liver-colored, liver-like
    • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 3.22:
      Διττὸν δέ ἐστι τὸ εἶδος τοῦ χυλίσματος· τὸ μέντοι ψαμμῶδες, ὅπερ ὑποστάθμη τῆς καθαρωτέρας ἔοικεν εἶναι· τὸ δὲ ἡπατίζον
      Dittòn dé esti tò eîdos toû khulísmatos; tò méntoi psammôdes, hóper hupostáthmē tês katharōtéras éoiken eînai; tò dè hēpatízon
      There is a thick kind of juice that is grainy, one of which seems to have the purest substance, the other similar to liver.
    • 400 CE – 600 CE, Aëtius, Sixteen Books on Medicine 16.104

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Descendants

  • Latin: hēpatizon