Σπλήν
spleen
Translated by David Whitehead30 Jun 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
It declines splhno/s [in the genitive].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σπλήν· σπληνὸς κλίνεται.
Betacode
*splh/n: splhno\s kli/netai.
Notes
- Copiously mentioned (unsurprisingly) in medical writers, but also elsewhere. See e.g.: Herodotus 2.47.3 (pig's spleen sacrificed to Selene in Egypt); Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 3; Plutarch, Demosthenes 6.2 (Laomedon of Orchomenos practised long-distance running, on medical advice, to ward off 'some disease of the spleen').
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Aug 2011
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- added note and another keyword — David Whitehead
- added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead