splen

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “milt”). Doublet of liēn.

Noun

splēn m (genitive splēnis); third declension

  1. spleen, milt

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative splēn splēnēs
genitive splēnis splēnum
dative splēnī splēnibus
accusative splēnem splēnēs
ablative splēne splēnibus
vocative splēn splēnēs

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old French: esplen m, espleen (Anglo-Norman), esplein
    • → Middle English: splene, splen
      • English: spleen (see there for further descendants)
  • → Italian: splene
  • Romanian: splină f
  • Spanish: esplene

References

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