gigeria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

gĭgērĭa, ōrum, n.,

the cooked entrails of poultry : gigeria intestina gallinarum cum hisetica (perh. hepatica, al. isiciis) cocta. Lucilius, lib. VIII.: gigeria sunt sive adeo hepatia, Non. 119, 20 sq.: gigeria optime facta, Petr. 66: pullorum coquere, Apic. 4, 2 med. ☞ The explanation in Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll., gigeria ex multis obsoniis decerpta, is evidently corrupt.

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