πνέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pnew-. Cognates include Old English fnēosan (English sneeze).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πνέω • (pnéō)

  1. to blow
  2. to breathe
    1. (with accusative) to breathe out
    2. breathe in, smell
  3. (of perceptible breathing)
  4. to breathe, live
  5. (figuratively, with cognate accusative) to breathe forth
    1. to speak

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ἀντῐπνέω (antipnéō)
  • ἀνᾰπνέω (anapnéō)
  • ἄπνευστος (ápneustos)
  • ἀποπνέω (apopnéō)
  • δῐᾰπνέω (diapnéō)
  • εἰσπνέω (eispnéō)
  • ἐκπνέω (ekpnéō)
  • ἐμπνέω (empnéō)
  • ἐπῐπνέω (epipnéō)
  • ἡδῠ́πνευστος (hēdúpneustos)
  • ἡδῠ́πνοος (hēdúpnoos)
  • θεόπνευστος (theópneustos)
  • κᾰτᾰπνέω (katapnéō)
  • μετᾰπνέω (metapnéō)
  • νεόπνευστος (neópneustos)
  • περιπνέω (peripnéō)
  • πνευμόρρωξ (pneumórrhōx)
  • προσπνέω (prospnéō)
  • πᾰρᾰπνέω (parapnéō)
  • πῠρίπνευστος (purípneustos)
  • σῠμπνέω (sumpnéō)
  • ὑπερπνέω (huperpnéō)
  • ὑποπνέω (hupopnéō)

Descendants

  • Greek: πνέω (pnéo)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpne.o/
  • Hyphenation: πνέ‧ω

Verb

πνέω • (pnéo) (past έπνευσα, passive —)

  1. to blow

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • πνέω μένεα (pnéo ménea, I am very angry -literlly: I breathe heavily from wrath-)
  • πνέω τα λοίσθια (pnéo ta loísthia, to breathe one's last)
From stems πνε-, πνευσ-, πνευμ- and πνο-
  • απνευστί (apnefstí, without stopping, adverb)
  • άπνοια f (ápnoia, stillness; without breath)
  • δύσπνοια f (dýspnoia, dyspnoea, breathlessness)
  • δυσπνοϊκός (dyspnoïkós, suffering from breathlessness)
  • θεόπνευστος (theópnefstos, inspired by God)
  • μακρόπνοος (makrópnoos, far-reaching)
  • μεγαλόπνευστος (megalópnefstos, of high inspiration)
  • ξέπνοος (xépnoos, breathless)
  • πνεύμα n (pnévma, spirit) & related
  • πνεύμονας m (pnévmonas, lung) & related
  • πνευστά n pl (pnefstá, wind instruments) (music)
  • πνευστός (pnefstós, functioning with air)
  • πνοή f (pnoḯ, breath; breeze) & related
  • σύμπνοια f (sýmpnoia)
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