σπλάγχνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to σπλήν (splḗn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spláŋ.kʰnon/ → /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/ → /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spláŋ.kʰnon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.kʰnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/

Noun

σπλᾰ́γχνον • (splánkhnon) n (genitive σπλᾰ́γχνου); second declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) bowels, guts, inward part, internal organ
2. (figuratively) seat of feelings, heart

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σπλᾰ́γχνον; τοῦ σπλᾰ́γχνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπλᾰ́γχνον tò splánkhnon	τὼ σπλᾰ́γχνω tṑ splánkhnō	τᾰ̀ σπλᾰ́γχνᾰ tà splánkhna
Genitive	τοῦ σπλᾰ́γχνου toû splánkhnou	τοῖν σπλᾰ́γχνοιν toîn splánkhnoin	τῶν σπλᾰ́γχνων tôn splánkhnōn
Dative	τῷ σπλᾰ́γχνῳ tôi splánkhnōi	τοῖν σπλᾰ́γχνοιν toîn splánkhnoin	τοῖς σπλᾰ́γχνοις toîs splánkhnois
Accusative	τὸ σπλᾰ́γχνον tò splánkhnon	τὼ σπλᾰ́γχνω tṑ splánkhnō	τᾰ̀ σπλᾰ́γχνᾰ tà splánkhna
Vocative	σπλᾰ́γχνον splánkhnon	σπλᾰ́γχνω splánkhnō	σπλᾰ́γχνᾰ splánkhna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σπλάχνο (spláchno)
• Greek: ευσπλαχνία (efsplachnía)

Further reading

• “σπλάγχνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σπλάγχνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σπλάγχνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σπλάγχνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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  • breast idem, page 96.
  • heart idem, page 392.
  • reins idem, page 688.
  • soul idem, page 796.
  • womb idem, page 987.