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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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Horace, Satires, 2.8.88
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 9
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.35
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.52
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.8
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