ficatum

Latin

FWOTD – 18 September 2024

Etymology

Ellipsis of iecur fīcātum (literally figgy liver). Derived from fīcus (fig) +‎ -ātum (-y, -ed, attributive adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

fīcātum n (genitive fīcātī); second declension

  1. liver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative fīcātum fīcāta
genitive fīcātī fīcātōrum
dative fīcātō fīcātīs
accusative fīcātum fīcāta
ablative fīcātō fīcātīs
vocative fīcātum fīcāta

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: hicat, hecat
    • Istro-Romanian: ficåt
    • Romanian: ficat
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • fícadu, fícatu, ícatu
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italian:
      • Emilian: féddegh
      • Ligurian: figæto
      • Lombard: fídeg, figad
      • Piedmontese: fìdich
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Venetan: figà
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  • ficatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "ficatum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ficatum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.