σπλήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sploiǵh₂ḗn. Cognate with Old Irish selg, Lithuanian blužnis, Latin lien, Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʿaycałn), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥‎ (spərəzan), and Sanskrit प्लीहन् m (plīhán).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σπλήν • (splḗn) m (genitive σπληνός); third declension

  1. milt, spleen

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ σπλήν; τοῦ σπληνός (Attic)
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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