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1 σπλήν
σπλήν, σπληνόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `spleen' (IA), metaph. `compress' (Hp.; cf. - ίον), αἰγὸς σπλήν as plantname `mallow, cheeseweed' (Ps.-Dsc.).Compounds: As 2. member a. o. in ἄ-σπλην-ον n., - ος m. `miltwaste' (Dsc. a. o., because of its medic. effect against spleen; Strömberg Pfl. 86, where ἀ- is wrongy interpreted as prothetic, cf. Vitr. I 4, 10).Derivatives: 1. σπλην-ίον n., - ίσκον n., - ίσκος m., - άριον n. `compress' (Hp., Dsc., Samos IVa); - ίον also as name of several plants (Dsc.; cf. ἄσπληνον ab.). 2. - ίτης, f. - ῖτις `belonging to the spleen, disease of the spleen' (Medic.; Redard 104 a. 102 f.). 3. - ικός `belonging to the spleen, splenetic' (Hp., hell. com. etc.), - ώδης `id.' (Hp.). 4. - ιάω `to be splenetic' (Arist. a. o.). -- Beside it σπλάγχνα n. pl. `interior organs (heart, liver, lungs, kidneys), intestines' (Il.), rarely and second. sg. as des. of individual organs (A., Pl., Arist.), metaph. (pl. a. sg.) "heart" = `mental state' (trag.), `compassion, commiseration, charity' (LXX, NT; coloured by Semitic). As 1. member a. o. in σπλαγχνο-φάγος `eating intestines' (LXX a.o.); often as 2. member, e.g. εὔ-σπλαγχνος `having healthy intestines' (Hp.), `compassionate' (LXX, NT). From it 1. σπλαγχν-ίδια n. pl. dimin. (Diph.). 2. - ίδης ( UPZ 89, 3 a. 13) form a. meaning doubted; cf. Wilcken ad loc. 3. - ικός `belonging to σ.' (Dsc., pap.). 4. - ίζομαι `to commiserate' (LXX, NT); - ίζω, - εύω `to consume intestines' (Cos IVa, LXX resp. Ar. a. o.) with - ισμός m. (LXX); - εύω, - εύομαι `to predict from intestines' (Str.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [987] *spl(ē)ngh- `spleen'Etymology: On the meaning of σπλήν and σπλάγχνα Egli Heteroklisie 44 ff. (not in all respects convincing); on Σπλήν as PN Bechtel Namenstud. 43 ff. With σπλήν cf. other names of body-parts as φρήν, ἀδήν, αὑχήν etc., which however all inflect with ablaut ( φρεν-ός etc. as against σπλην-ός). -- Several IE designtions of the spleen show in spite of great phonetic variation an clear similarity, which cannot be accidental. The basic word has because of association with other words, prob. also through taboo (Havers Sprachtabu 64, Specht Ursprung 77 n. 3) known strong changes. Thus Skt. plīhán- against Lat. liēn with common vocalization and stemformation but deviating anlaut; Av. spǝrǝzan-, also n-stem, but with zero grade (IE l̥) and initial sp-; the words mentioned have also IE ǵh before the suffix (Lat. liēn from * lihēn). Besides these, with stronger deviations, Arm. p'aycaɫn, OIr. selg, Lith. blužnìs, S.-CSl. slězena etc. -- As a reconstruction in detail is impossible, only suppositions are possible. We should start from *σπληχ-, *σπλαχ- (= Av. spǝrǝz-an-) with ν-stem as liēn etc. By anticipation of the nasal we get σπλα-γ-χ-ν-; further σπλήν haplological for *σπληχ-ήν (after monosyll. φρήν) or from *σπλη-γ-χ[ν]-? -- More w. lit. in WP. 2, 680, Pok. 987, W.-Hofmann s. liēn, Mayrhofer s. plīhā́, Vasmer s. selezënka. On σπλήν and σπλάγχνα also Egli l. c. and Schwyzer 489 w. n. 1. Older lit. also in Bq. -- Lat. LW [loanword] splēn (Engl. spleen etc.).Page in Frisk: 2,769-770Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σπλήν
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2 σπληνός
σπλήν, σπληνόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `spleen' (IA), metaph. `compress' (Hp.; cf. - ίον), αἰγὸς σπλήν as plantname `mallow, cheeseweed' (Ps.-Dsc.).Compounds: As 2. member a. o. in ἄ-σπλην-ον n., - ος m. `miltwaste' (Dsc. a. o., because of its medic. effect against spleen; Strömberg Pfl. 86, where ἀ- is wrongy interpreted as prothetic, cf. Vitr. I 4, 10).Derivatives: 1. σπλην-ίον n., - ίσκον n., - ίσκος m., - άριον n. `compress' (Hp., Dsc., Samos IVa); - ίον also as name of several plants (Dsc.; cf. ἄσπληνον ab.). 2. - ίτης, f. - ῖτις `belonging to the spleen, disease of the spleen' (Medic.; Redard 104 a. 102 f.). 3. - ικός `belonging to the spleen, splenetic' (Hp., hell. com. etc.), - ώδης `id.' (Hp.). 4. - ιάω `to be splenetic' (Arist. a. o.). -- Beside it σπλάγχνα n. pl. `interior organs (heart, liver, lungs, kidneys), intestines' (Il.), rarely and second. sg. as des. of individual organs (A., Pl., Arist.), metaph. (pl. a. sg.) "heart" = `mental state' (trag.), `compassion, commiseration, charity' (LXX, NT; coloured by Semitic). As 1. member a. o. in σπλαγχνο-φάγος `eating intestines' (LXX a.o.); often as 2. member, e.g. εὔ-σπλαγχνος `having healthy intestines' (Hp.), `compassionate' (LXX, NT). From it 1. σπλαγχν-ίδια n. pl. dimin. (Diph.). 2. - ίδης ( UPZ 89, 3 a. 13) form a. meaning doubted; cf. Wilcken ad loc. 3. - ικός `belonging to σ.' (Dsc., pap.). 4. - ίζομαι `to commiserate' (LXX, NT); - ίζω, - εύω `to consume intestines' (Cos IVa, LXX resp. Ar. a. o.) with - ισμός m. (LXX); - εύω, - εύομαι `to predict from intestines' (Str.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [987] *spl(ē)ngh- `spleen'Etymology: On the meaning of σπλήν and σπλάγχνα Egli Heteroklisie 44 ff. (not in all respects convincing); on Σπλήν as PN Bechtel Namenstud. 43 ff. With σπλήν cf. other names of body-parts as φρήν, ἀδήν, αὑχήν etc., which however all inflect with ablaut ( φρεν-ός etc. as against σπλην-ός). -- Several IE designtions of the spleen show in spite of great phonetic variation an clear similarity, which cannot be accidental. The basic word has because of association with other words, prob. also through taboo (Havers Sprachtabu 64, Specht Ursprung 77 n. 3) known strong changes. Thus Skt. plīhán- against Lat. liēn with common vocalization and stemformation but deviating anlaut; Av. spǝrǝzan-, also n-stem, but with zero grade (IE l̥) and initial sp-; the words mentioned have also IE ǵh before the suffix (Lat. liēn from * lihēn). Besides these, with stronger deviations, Arm. p'aycaɫn, OIr. selg, Lith. blužnìs, S.-CSl. slězena etc. -- As a reconstruction in detail is impossible, only suppositions are possible. We should start from *σπληχ-, *σπλαχ- (= Av. spǝrǝz-an-) with ν-stem as liēn etc. By anticipation of the nasal we get σπλα-γ-χ-ν-; further σπλήν haplological for *σπληχ-ήν (after monosyll. φρήν) or from *σπλη-γ-χ[ν]-? -- More w. lit. in WP. 2, 680, Pok. 987, W.-Hofmann s. liēn, Mayrhofer s. plīhā́, Vasmer s. selezënka. On σπλήν and σπλάγχνα also Egli l. c. and Schwyzer 489 w. n. 1. Older lit. also in Bq. -- Lat. LW [loanword] splēn (Engl. spleen etc.).Page in Frisk: 2,769-770Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σπληνός
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σπληνικόςof the spleen: neut nom /voc /acc plσπληνικά̱, σπληνικόςof the spleen: fem nom /voc /acc dualσπληνικά̱, σπληνικόςof the spleen: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic) -
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A of the spleen,τρόπος Hp.Epid.2.2.23
;ἀρτηρία An.Ox.3.120
, cf. Ptol.Tetr. 198: τὰ -κά affections of the spleen, Dsc.1.87.II of persons, diseased in the spleen, splenetic, Macho ap.Ath.8.348e, Aristo Stoic.1.88, Apollon.Mir.42, Vett.Val. 127.27, Gp.11.30.4.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σπληνικός
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A of or due to the spleen,ὑδρωπισμός Diocl.Fr.47
: fem. [suff] σπλην-ῖτης, ιδος, ἡ, φλέψ a bloodvessel of the spleen, Diog.Apoll.6, Hp.Morb.1.26, Ruf.Onom. 200.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σπληνίτης
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8 σπληνικόν
σπληνικόςof the spleen: masc acc sgσπληνικόςof the spleen: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
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A milt, spleen, Hdt.2.47, Hp.VM22, Ar. Fr.506.4, Antiph.222.8; τὸν σ. ἐκβαλεῖν, of one dying with anxiety, Ar.Th.3.2 pl. σπλῆνες, affections of the spleen, Hp.Aph.3.22. -
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A coming, E.Tr. 396 (prob.l.);οὐ πτύσις ἀλλ' ἀναγωγὴ καλέεται, τῆς ἄνω ἴξιος [τῆς ὁδοῦ] τοὔνομα ἔχουσα Aret. SA2.2
;οἶνος ὠκὺς ἐς τὴν ἄνω ἴξιν Id.CA2.4
.2 passage through, οὐδαμῆ.. κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θώρηκος ἴ. Hp.Acut.15 (but perh. simply, 'at no point in the θ.') ; ἵξιν παρέχεσθαι allow free passage, dub. in Sch. Epicur.Ep.1p.8U. (fort. εἶξιν).II direction, straight line, esp. vertical line, καθημένῳ πόδες ἐς τὴν ἄνω ἴ. κατ' ἰθὺ γούνασι his feet when he is seated should be vortically opposite his knees, Hp.Off.3; ἐπιδεῖν δεξιὰ ἐπ' ἀριστερά, ἀριστερὰ ἐπὶ δεξιά, πλὴν κεφαλῆς· ταύτην δὲ κατ' ἴξιν vertically, ib.9; βάλλεσθαι χρὴ τὸ ὀθόνιον κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἴ. τοῦ ἕλκεος directly over the wound, Id.Fract.26; τοὺς νάρθηκας.. μὴ κατὰ τὴν ἴ. τοῦ ἕλκεος προστιθέναι ibid.; ὁκόσα κοινωνεῖ τοῖσι τῆς κνήμης ὀστέοισι καὶ αὐτέῃ τῇ ἴξει ib.9 codd. (κατὰ τὴν ἴξιν Gal.18(2).423
; κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἴ. Ermerins).2 κατ' ἴξιν c. gen., corresponding to, on the same side as, ἤλγησεν κατὰ βουβῶνα, σπληνὸς κατ' ἴ., i.e. on the spleen or left side of the body, Hp.Epid.1.26.γ, cf. 4.35,37, Art.33, Fract.16, 18, Mul.1.17; τῶν ὀδόντων τῶν τε ἄνω καὶ τῶν κάτω κατ' ἴ. Id.Art.31; = ex ipsa parte, Cass.Fel.37; ἐν πυρετοῖσι ἀπὸ σπληνὸς καὶ ἥπατος διὰ ῥινῶν αἱμορραγέουσι, κατ' ἴ. τοῦ σπλάγχνου τοῦ μυκτῆρος ῥέοντος the nostril corresponding to the organ in question, Aret.SA 2.2; ἡ κατ' ἴ. κληίς the corresponding (i.e. liver or right side) collarbone, ib.2.7, cf. CA1.10; κατὰ τὴν ὄπισθεν ἴ. at the back of the leg, Hp.Art.60.3 more generally, in line with, κατ' ἴ. τοῦ πυγαίου ποιησάμενον τὴν σανίδα ib.75; κατ' ἴ. τῇ ἐντομῇ τῇ ἐς τὸν τοῖχον ib.47. -
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A ), inward parts, esp. the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, which in sacrifices were reserved to be eaten by the sacrificers at the beginning of their feast (distd. from ἔντερα, κοιλίη, A.Ag. 1221, Hdt.2.40, cf. Arist. PA 667b3); σπλάγχνα πάσαντο ll.1.464, Od.3.9; δῶκε δ' ἄρα σπλάγχνων μοίρας ib.40; , cf. Ar. Pax 1105 (hex.): hence, sacrificial feast, Id.Eq. 410, V. 654, SIG1002.4 (Milet., v/iv B.C.), 1044.39 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), Test.Epict.6.17, etc.; also as used in divination,σπλάγχνων τε λειότητα A.Pr. 493
, cf. E. Supp. 212, El. 828, 838, Aeschin.3.160.2 any part of the inwards, ὑπὸ σπλάγχνων ἐλθεῖν to come from the womb, of a babe, Pi.O.6.43, cf. N. 1.35;τῶν σῶν.. ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα S.Ant. 1066
;μητρὸς ἐν σπλάγχνοις IG14.1977
: so in sg.,τὸ κοινὸν σ. οὗ πεφύκαμεν A.Th. 1036
; of the lungs, μόχθοις ἀνδροκμῆσι φυσιᾷ ς. Id.Eu. 249; τοῦ γείτονος αὐτῷ (sc. τῷ ἥπατι) σπλάγχνου, of the spleen, Pl.Ti. 72c.3 οἱ παῖδες ( children)σπλάγχνα λέγονται Artem.1.44
, cf.5.57.II metaph. (like heart), the seat of the feelings, affections, esp. of anger,σ. θερμῆναι κότῳ Ar.Ra. 844
; τὰ σ. ἀγανακτεῖ ib. 1006;μομφὰς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις ἔχειν E. Alc. 1009
: generally, of anxiety, A.Ag. 995 (lyr.);σπλάγχνα δέ μου κελαινοῦται Id.Ch. 413
(lyr.); of love,ἐκύμηνε τὰ σ. ἔρωτι καρδίην ἀνοιστρηθείς Herod.1.56
;παιδὸς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοισιν ἔχει πόθον Theoc. 7.99
, cf. D.H.11.35, AP5.55 (Diosc.), etc.; of pity, LXX Pr.12.10, Ep.Phil.1.8, 2.1, etc.; ὑπὲρ σπλάχνου 'for pity's sake', BGU1139.17 (i B.C.); so S.Aj. 995, E.Or. 1201, Hipp. 118; ἀνδρὸς σ. ἐκμαθεῖν to learn a man's ' heart', Id.Med. 220;ἀνδρὸς πονηροῦ σ. οὐ μαλάσσεται Men.Mon.31
; σ. σιδηροῦν, of Epaminondas, Epicur.Fr. 560.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σπλάγχνον
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θάλλω, Hes.Op. 173, h.Cer. 402, etc.: [tense] aor.1 ἔθηλα ([etym.] ἀν-) Ael.NA2.25, 9.21: [tense] aor. 2Aθάλε h.Hom.19.33
; , Ep.Phil. 4.10: [tense] pf. τέθηλα, in Hom. only part. in [tense] pres. sense τεθηλώς, [dialect] Ep. fem. τεθᾰλυῖα, and [ per.] 3sg. [tense] plpf.τεθήλει Od.5.69
; [ per.] 3sg. ind. , Emp.77, S.Ph. 259; [dialect] Aeol. and [dialect] Dor.τέθᾱλα Sapph.Supp.25.12
, Pi.Fr.129.5, B.9.40, IG3.171; subj. τεθήλῃ Epigr. ap. Pl.Phdr. 264d; inf. ; part. τεθᾱλώς prob. in A.Supp. 107(lyr.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. θᾰλήσομαι ([etym.] ἀνα-) AP7.281 (Heraclid.): (cf. θηλέω):—sprout, grow, thrive, esp. of fruit-trees,ἐρινεὸς.. φύλλοισι τεθηλώς Od.12.103
; τεθήλει δὲ σταφυλῇσι, of a vine, 5.69; ἄνθεσι γαῖα θάλλει h.Cer.l.c.; <δένδρεα> τέθηλε καρπῶν ἀφθονίῃσι Emp.77
;ὦ χρυσέᾳ κόμᾳ θάλλων Λοξία Pi.I.7(6).49
;πώγωνι θάλλων S.Ichn.358
: abs.,καρπὸν τρὶς ἔτεος θάλλοντα Hes.Op. 173
; (lyr.), etc.: freq. in [tense] pf. part., as Adj., luxuriant,τεθαλυῖά τ' ὀπώρη Od.11.192
;τεθαλυῖά τ' ἀλωή 6.293
: also, c. acc. cogn., οὐ δένδρε' ἔθαλλεν χῶρος the place grew no trees, Pi.O.3.23, cf. AP9.78 (s.v.l., Leon.); ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης βίον ξανθῆς ἐλαίας (Dind. ἴσον) A.Pers. 616; simply, bloom, Thphr.HP1.1.2; but of σίκυοι, etc., .b of other natural objects, τεθαλυῖά τ' ἐέρση copious dew, Od. 13.245; ῥάχιν τεθαλυῖαν ἀλοιφῇ rich with fat, Il.9.208, cf. Od.13.410; εἰλαπίνῃ τεθαλυίῃ at a sumptuous feast, 11.415.2 of persons, states or conditions, bloom,θ. ἁπαλὸν χρόα Archil.100
; thrive, flourish,Εἰρήνη τεθαλυῖα Hes.Th. 902
; θάλλοισα εὐδαιμονία, ἀρετά, Pi.P. 7.19, I.5(4).17;πατρὸς θάλλοντος S.Ant. 703
, cf. Ph. 420, etc.; ζῶν καὶ θάλλων alive and prosperous, Id.Tr. 235; ζῇ καὶ θάλλει [ἡ παίδευσις] Antipho Soph.60;θάλε πόθος h.Hom.19.33
;Ἔρως ἐπὶ Χαλκιδέων θάλλει πόλεσιν Carm.Pop.44
;Ἔρως τότε μὲν θ. τε καὶ ζῇ, ὅταν εὐπορήσῃ, τότε δὲ ἀποθνῄσκει Pl.Smp. 203e
;θ. καὶ εὐδαιμονεῖ χώρα καὶ πόλις Id.Lg. 945d
: c. dat. modi,θάλλουσιν δ' ἀγαθοῖσι Hes.Op. 236
; ἀγλαΐῃ τεθαλυῖαι [δμῳαί] Id.Sc. 276; τοῖσι (sc. ἀνδράσι)τέθηλε πόλις Id.Op. 227
;πόλις ἐλευθερίᾳ τεθαλυῖα Simon.102
;θ. ἀρεταῖς Pi.O.9.16
;ἐλπίδι B.9.40
;εὐγενεῖ τέκνων σπορᾷ S.Ant. 1164
; ;δαίμων ἀφθίτῳ θ. βίῳ Critias25.17D.
;θ. ἐπὶ γυμνάδος ἔργοις Epigr.Gr.233
([place name] Chios).3 of disease and the like , in bad sense, to be fresh, active,ἡ δ' ἐμὴ νόσος ἀεὶ τέθηλε S.Ph. 259
; πήματα.. ἀεὶ θάλλοντα μᾶλλον ἢ καταφθίνοντα waxing, Id.El. 260;ἔρις θάλλει E.Ph. 812
(lyr.): c. dat.,ἀφροσύναις θάλλουσ' Ὕβρις B.14.58
.b τοῖσι αὐτοῖσιν ὅ τε σπλὴν θάλλει καὶ τὸ σῶμα φθίνει the spleen becomes swollen, Hp. Loc.Hom.24; also τεθηλός (in neutral sense) of the liver, Id.VM22. -
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A flowing back, backwater,δίνας τινὰς.. ἰσχυρὰς καὶ παλιρροίην Hdt. 2.28
; παλιρροία βυθοῦ, of the tide, S. l.c.; παλιρροίῃ ἐπινήχεται, of Delos, Call.Del. 193: in pl., Agathem.5.22.2 generally, reflux, ἡ π. τῆς ὑγρότητος, in the spleen, Arist.PA 670b8;τοῦ θερμοῦ Id.Insomn. 461a6
;ἐς π. ἰέναι Aret. CA1.7
.3 metaph., παράδοξος π. τῶν πραγμάτων, of fortune, Plb. 1.82.3;ἡ ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη τῆς τύχης π. D.
S.18.59; also of ἀνάμνησις, Ph.1.593.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παλίρροια
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2 that which wipes off, gets rid of, αἵματος μέλανος, of the spleen, Aret.SD1.15; rough towel, Archig. ap. Gal.12.621, Paul.Aeg. 1.57.II that on or in which an impression is made, κήρινον ἐ. lump of wax, Pl.Tht. 191c, cf. 196a; of matter ([etym.] φύσις) as a recipient of impressions, Id.Ti. 50c, Arist.Metaph. 988a1; [ σῶμα]ἐ. αὐτῆς τῆς γενέσεως Ocell.2.3
.2 impress, mould, Pl.Tht. 194d, 194e, Ph.1.279: metaph., ἐκμαγεῖον πέτρης impress of the rocks, of a fisherman who is always wandering over them, AP6.193 (Flacc.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐκμαγεῖον
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