splen
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “milt”). Doublet of liēn.
Noun
[edit]splēn m (genitive splēnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | splēn | splēnēs |
| genitive | splēnis | splēnum |
| dative | splēnī | splēnibus |
| accusative | splēnem | splēnēs |
| ablative | splēne | splēnibus |
| vocative | splēn | splēnēs |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old French: esplen m, espleen (Anglo-Norman), esplein
- → Italian: splene
- Romanian: splină f
- Spanish: esplene
References
[edit]- “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.