σπλήν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *σπληχ- (*splēkh-), *σπλαχ- (*splakh-), from Proto-Indo-European, but the exact root remains formally difficult to construct. The root could be *splēǵʰ-, *splēh₁ǵʰ-, *spelǵʰ- or *splēngʰ-.[1]

Cognate with Middle Irish selg, Old Prussian blusne, Lithuanian blužnis, Latin lien, Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), and Sanskrit प्लीहन् m (plīhán).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπλήν • (splḗn) m (genitive σπληνός); third declension

  1. milt, spleen

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σπλήν; τοῦ σπληνός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σπλήν
ho splḗn 		τὼ σπλῆνε
tṑ splêne 		οἱ σπλῆνες
hoi splênes
Genitive τοῦ σπληνός
toû splēnós 		τοῖν σπληνοῖν
toîn splēnoîn 		τῶν σπληνῶν
tôn splēnôn
Dative τῷ σπληνῐ́
tôi splēní 		τοῖν σπληνοῖν
toîn splēnoîn 		τοῖς σπλησῐ́ / σπλησῐ́ν
toîs splēsí(n)
Accusative τὸν σπλῆνᾰ
tòn splêna 		τὼ σπλῆνε
tṑ splêne 		τοὺς σπλῆνᾰς
toùs splênas
Vocative σπλήν
splḗn 		σπλῆνε
splêne 		σπλῆνες
splênes
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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπλήν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1384

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