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|lshtext=<b>jĕcur</b>: (jŏcur, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76 Sillig.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.