cicer

See also: Cicer

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱer- (“pea”). Akin to Old Armenian սիսեռն (siseṙn, “chickpea”), Ancient Macedonian κίκερροι (kikerroi) and perhaps Ancient Greek κριός (kriós).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ker/, [ˈkɪ.kɛr]

Noun

cicer n (genitive ciceris); third declension

chickpea
(slang) testicle

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cicer	cicera
Genitive	ciceris	cicerum
Dative	cicerī	ciceribus
Accusative	cicer	cicera
Ablative	cicere	ciceribus
Vocative	cicer	cicera

Derived terms

Descendants

Albanian: qiqer, qiq
Aromanian: tseatsiri
Catalan: cigró, ciuró
Dalmatian: cič
→ German: Kichererbse (first part of the compound)
Old French: ceire, cice
- French: pois chiche
  - English: chickpea

Italian: cece, cecio
Ligurian: çéixou
Occitan: céser
Sardinian: cìxiri
Sicilian: cìciru
Mozarabic: chíchar
- Spanish: chícharo
Venetian: cexarìna

References

cicer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cicer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cicer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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