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Headword:
*splh/n
Adler number: sigma,951
Translated headword: spleen
Vetting Status: high
Translation: It declines splhno/s [in the genitive].
Greek Original:*splh/n: splhno\s kli/netai.
Note:
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').
Translated by: David Whitehead on 30 June 2004@08:13:09.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (added keyword, set status) on 29 December 2004@19:24:13.
David Whitehead (added note and another keyword) on 1 January 2005@07:02:06.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 19 August 2011@07:13:30.
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