σπλήν
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
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 Old Irish selg, Old Prussian blusne, Lithuanian blužnis, Latin lien, Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), and Sanskrit प्लीहन् m (plīhán).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /splɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sple̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /splin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /splin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /splin/
Noun edit
σπλήν • (splḗn) m (genitive σπληνός); third declension
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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
Further reading edit
- “σπλήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπλήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.