σπληνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, 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 • (splēnĭ́on) 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 splēnĭ́on	τὼ σπληνῐ́ω tṑ splēnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σπληνῐ́ᾰ tằ splēnĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ σπληνῐ́ου toû splēnĭ́ou	τοῖν σπληνῐ́οιν toîn splēnĭ́oin	τῶν σπληνῐ́ων tôn splēnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σπληνῐ́ῳ tôi splēnĭ́ōi	τοῖν σπληνῐ́οιν toîn splēnĭ́oin	τοῖς σπληνῐ́οις toîs splēnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σπληνῐ́ον tò splēnĭ́on	τὼ σπληνῐ́ω tṑ splēnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σπληνῐ́ᾰ tằ splēnĭ́ă
Vocative	σπληνῐ́ον splēnĭ́on	σπληνῐ́ω splēnĭ́ō	σπληνῐ́ᾰ splēnĭ́ă
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