πνεύμων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλεύμων (pleúmōn)
Etymology
Alteration of πλεύμων (pleúmōn) influenced by πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”) / πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pněu̯.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpnew.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpneβ.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpnev.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpnev.mon/
Usage notes
Usually in plural.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πνεύμων ho pneúmōn |
τὼ πνεύμονε tṑ pneúmone |
οἱ πνεύμονες hoi pneúmones | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πνεύμονος toû pneúmonos |
τοῖν πνευμόνοιν toîn pneumónoin |
τῶν πνευμόνων tôn pneumónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πνεύμονῐ tôi pneúmoni |
τοῖν πνευμόνοιν toîn pneumónoin |
τοῖς πνεύμοσῐ / πνεύμοσῐν toîs pneúmosi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πνεύμονᾰ tòn pneúmona |
τὼ πνεύμονε tṑ pneúmone |
τοὺς πνεύμονᾰς toùs pneúmonas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πνεῦμον pneûmon |
πνεύμονε pneúmone |
πνεύμονες pneúmones | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πνευμόνιον (pneumónion)
Descendants
- Greek: πνεύμονας (pnévmonas)
Further reading
- “πνεύμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πνεύμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πνεύμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πνεύμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πνεύμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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