Ancient Greek

Adjective

ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων • ‎(hēpatízōn) m, f ‎(neuter ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον); third declension

1. liver-colored, liver-like
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 3.22

     Διττὸν δέ ἐστι τὸ εἶδος τοῦ χυλίσματος· τὸ μέντοι ψαμμῶδες, ὅπερ ὑποστάθμη τῆς καθαρωτέρας ἔοικεν εἶναι· τὸ δὲ ἡπατίζον

     There is a thick kind of juice that is grainy, one of which seems to have the purest substance, the other similar to liver.

   • 400 CE – 600 CE, Aëtius, Sixteen Books on Medicine 16.104

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• Latin: hēpatizon