σπλάγχνον,τό, mostly in pl.σπλάγχνα(
A.
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. fromἔντερα, κοιλίη, A. Ag. 1221 , Hdt. 2.40 , cf. Arist. PA 667b3 );σπλάγχνα πάσαντοll. 1.464 , Od. 3.9 ;δῶκε δ' ἄρα σπλάγχνων μοίραςib. 40 ; σπλάγχνα δ' ἄρ' 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 ἐλθεῖνto come from thewomb, of a babe, Pi. O. 6.43 , cf. N. 1.35 ; τῶν σῶν . . ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
S. Ant. 1066
; μητρὸς ἐν σπλάγχνοις