σπλάγχνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spláŋ.kʰnon/ → /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/ → /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spláŋ.kʰnon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.kʰnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsplaŋ.xnon/

Noun

σπλᾰ́γχνον • (splắnkhnon) n (genitive σπλᾰ́γχνου); second declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) bowels, guts, inward part, internal organ
2. (figuratively) seat of feelings, heart

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σπλᾰ́γχνον; τοῦ σπλᾰ́γχνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπλᾰ́γχνον tò splắnkhnon	τὼ σπλᾰ́γχνω tṑ splắnkhnō	τᾰ̀ σπλᾰ́γχνᾰ tằ splắnkhnă
Genitive	τοῦ σπλᾰ́γχνου toû splắnkhnou	τοῖν σπλᾰ́γχνοιν toîn splắnkhnoin	τῶν σπλᾰ́γχνων tôn splắnkhnōn
Dative	τῷ σπλᾰ́γχνῳ tōî splắnkhnōi	τοῖν σπλᾰ́γχνοιν toîn splắnkhnoin	τοῖς σπλᾰ́γχνοις toîs splắnkhnois
Accusative	τὸ σπλᾰ́γχνον tò splắnkhnon	τὼ σπλᾰ́γχνω tṑ splắnkhnō	τᾰ̀ σπλᾰ́γχνᾰ tằ splắnkhnă
Vocative	σπλᾰ́γχνον splắnkhnon	σπλᾰ́γχνω splắnkhnō	σπλᾰ́γχνᾰ splắnkhnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σπλάχνο (spláchno)
• Greek: ευσπλαχνία (efsplachnía)

Further reading

• “σπλάγχνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σπλάγχνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σπλάγχνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “σπλάγχνον” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bosom idem, page 90.
  • breast idem, page 96.
  • heart idem, page 392.
  • reins idem, page 688.
  • soul idem, page 796.
  • womb idem, page 987.
• σπλάγχνον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011