splen

splen

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn)bor.
Latin splēn

    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

    Synonyms

    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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