splenium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin splēnium (“plaster, patch”), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēníon, “pad or compress of linen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspliː.ni.əm/
• Rhymes: -iːniəm

Noun

splenium (plural spleniums or splenia)

1. (anatomy, neurology) The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.

Related terms

• splenial
• splenius

 

References

• “splenium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• unsimple

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/, [ˈs̠pɫ̪eːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsple.ni.um/, [ˈsplɛːnium]

Noun

splēnium n (genitive splēniī or splēnī); second declension

1. (botany) Miltwaste, spleenwort.
2. 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