lĭēn | liēnis, is (noun M) : and , , (
* Gen. plur. lienum, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 121) [for plien; Sanscr. plīhan; Gr. σπλήν], the milt or spleen.
* Lit.: lienes turgent, Cato. R. R. 157: seditionem facit lien (of a stitch in the side),Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 14: jam quasi sona liene cinctus ambulo,id. Curc. 2, 1, 6: equisetum lienes cursorum exstinguit,Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 132: at lienis, ubi affectus est, intumescit,Cels. 4, 9: lienis bubulus,id. ib.: lienem coërcere,id. ib.: extenuare,id. ib.: consumere,Plin. 26, 8, 48, § 76.
* Transf., of the fiscus: (Trajanus) fiscum lienem vocavit, quod eo crescente artus reliqui tabescunt,Aur. Vict. Epit. 42 fin.

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