Perhaps from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “un-”) + σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”), because this plant would cure anthrax.
ἄσπληνον • (ásplēnon) n (genitive ἀσπλήνου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ἄσπληνον tò ásplēnon |
τὼ ἀσπλήνω tṑ asplḗnō |
τᾰ̀ ἄσπληνᾰ tằ ásplēnă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀσπλήνου toû asplḗnou |
τοῖν ἀσπλήνοιν toîn asplḗnoin |
τῶν ἀσπλήνων tôn asplḗnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀσπλήνῳ tôi asplḗnōi |
τοῖν ἀσπλήνοιν toîn asplḗnoin |
τοῖς ἀσπλήνοις toîs asplḗnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἄσπληνον tò ásplēnon |
τὼ ἀσπλήνω tṑ asplḗnō |
τᾰ̀ ἄσπληνᾰ tằ ásplēnă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄσπληνον ásplēnon |
ἀσπλήνω asplḗnō |
ἄσπληνᾰ ásplēnă | ||||||||||
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