σπληνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /splɛː.ní.on/ → /spliˈni.on/ → /spliˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /splɛː.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sple̝ˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spliˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spliˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spliˈni.on/

Noun

σπληνῐ́ον • (splēníon) n (genitive σπληνῐ́ου); second declension

1. pad or compress of linen laid on a wound

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σπληνῐ́ον; τοῦ σπληνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπληνῐ́ον tò splēníon	τὼ σπληνῐ́ω tṑ splēníō	τᾰ̀ σπληνῐ́ᾰ tà splēnía
Genitive	τοῦ σπληνῐ́ου toû splēníou	τοῖν σπληνῐ́οιν toîn splēníoin	τῶν σπληνῐ́ων tôn splēníōn
Dative	τῷ σπληνῐ́ῳ tôi splēníōi	τοῖν σπληνῐ́οιν toîn splēníoin	τοῖς σπληνῐ́οις toîs splēníois
Accusative	τὸ σπληνῐ́ον tò splēníon	τὼ σπληνῐ́ω tṑ splēníō	τᾰ̀ σπληνῐ́ᾰ tà splēnía
Vocative	σπληνῐ́ον splēníon	σπληνῐ́ω splēníō	σπληνῐ́ᾰ splēnía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: splenius

References

• “σπληνίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπληνίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette