splenium
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin splēnium (“plaster, patch”), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēníon, “pad or compress of linen”).
Pronunciation
Noun
splenium (plural spleniums or splenia)
- (anatomy, neurology) The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.
Related terms
References
- “splenium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēníon, “pad or compress of linen”), from σπλήν (splḗn, “milt, spleen”) + -ῐον (-ion, “diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspleː.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsple.ni.um/,
Noun
splēnium n (genitive splēniī or splēnī); second declension
- (botany) Miltwaste, spleenwort.
- A plaster or patch, for its likeness to the spleen in form and color.
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | splēnium | splēnia |
| Genitive | splēniī splēnī1 |
splēniōrum |
| Dative | splēniō | splēniīs |
| Accusative | splēnium | splēnia |
| Ablative | splēniō | splēniīs |
| Vocative | splēnium | splēnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “splenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press