σπλάγχνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to σπλήν (splḗn, spleen).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπλᾰ́γχνον • (splắnkhnonn (genitive σπλᾰ́γχνου); second declension

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

Declension

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σπλάγχνα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1384

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