σπλήν

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Full diacritics: σπλήν Medium diacritics: σπλήν Low diacritics: σπλήν Capitals: ΣΠΛΗΝ
Transliteration A: splḗn Transliteration B: splēn Transliteration C: splin Beta Code: splh/n

English (LSJ)

ὁ, gen. σπληνός:—

   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.    3 αἰγὸς σ., = μολόχη, mallow, Ps.-Dsc.2.118.    II = σπληνίον 1, Hp.Off.12. (Prob. cogn. with σπλάγχνον and with Skt. plīhán-, Lat. lien, Slav. slèzena, Lith. blužnìs.)