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σπλάγχνον

σπλάγχνον, the inward parts

σπλάγχνον, τό, mostly in pl. σπλάγχνα (σπλάγχανα SIG 1002),
  • 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 Il. 1.464, Od. 3.9; δῶκε δʼ ἄρα σπλάγχνων μοίρας ib. 40; σπλάγχνα δʼ ἄρʼ σπτήσαντες ἐνώμων 20.252, cf. Ar. Pax 1105 (hex.): hence, sacrificial feast, Id. Eq. 410, V. 654, SIG 1002.4 (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 IG 14.1977: 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, AP 5.55 (Diosc.), etc.; of pity, LXX Pr. 12.10, Ep.Phil. 1.8, 2.1, etc.; ὑπὲρ σπλάχνου ‘for pityʼs sake’, BGU 1139.17 (i B.C.); so S. Aj. 995, E. Or. 1201, Hipp. 118; ἀνδρὸς σ. ἐκμαθεῖν to learn a manʼs ‘heart’, Id. Med. 220; ἀνδρὸς πονηροῦ σ. οὐ μαλάσσεται Men. Mon. 31; σ. σιδηροῦν, of Epaminondas, Epicur. Fr. 560.
    • III = βρύον, Dsc. 1.21.

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