σπληνίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /splɛː.ní.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sple̝ˈni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spliˈni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spliˈni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spliˈni.on/
Noun
σπληνῐ́ον • (splēníon) n (genitive σπληνῐ́ου); second declension
- pad or compress of linen laid on a wound
Declension
Second declension of τὸ σπληνῐ́ον; τοῦ σπληνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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