hepar

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English

Etymology

From Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony.

Noun

hepar (countable and uncountable, plural hepars)

  1. (obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
  2. (obsolete, chemistry) Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.

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Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hepar (“liver”).

Noun

hepar m (definite hepari)

  1. (anatomy, technical, medicine) liver
    Synonym: mëlçi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: hé‧par

Noun

hépar (first-person possessive heparku, second-person possessive heparmu, third-person possessive heparnya)

  1. (medicine) liver.
    Synonyms: hati, lever

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Latin

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Doublet of iecur.

Noun

hēpar n (genitive hēpatis); third declension

  1. liver (large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile)
    Synonym: iecur
Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hēpar hēpata
Genitive hēpatis hēpatum
Dative hēpatī hēpatibus
Accusative hēpar hēpata
Ablative hēpate hēpatibus
Vocative hēpar hēpata
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Descendants
  • English: hepar
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Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἥπατος (hḗpatos).

Noun

hēpar m (genitive hēpatis); third declension

  1. a kind of fish
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hēpar hēpatēs
Genitive hēpatis hēpatum
Dative hēpatī hēpatibus
Accusative hēpatem hēpatēs
Ablative hēpate hēpatibus
Vocative hēpar hēpatēs

References

  • “hepar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hepar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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