asplenon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον (ásplēnon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈpleː.non/, [äs̠ˈpɫ̪eːnɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈple.non/, [äsˈplɛːnon]

Noun

asplēnon n (genitive asplēnī); second declension

1. spleenwort (Asplenium spp. probably miltwaste (Asplenium ceterach))
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.17.34

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	asplēnon	asplēna
genitive	asplēnī	asplēnōrum
dative	asplēnō	asplēnīs
accusative	asplēnon	asplēna
ablative	asplēnō	asplēnīs
vocative	asplēnon	asplēna

References

• “asplenon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asplenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.