πύον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πῠ́ος (púos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul), the same root of πύθομαι (púthomai, to putrify, decay) and πῡός (pūós, beestings, colostrum). Other Indo-European cognates are Latin pūs (pus), Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (foul), Sanskrit पुवस् (puvas, purulent matter) and Old Armenian փուտ (pʻut, rottenness, putrefaction).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῠ́ον • (púon) n (genitive πῠ́ου); second declension

  1. pus, discharge from a sore

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἔμπῠος (émpuos)
  • πῠοειδής (puoeidḗs)
  • πῠοποιός (puopoiós)
  • πῠορροέω (puorrhoéō)
  • πῠουλκός (puoulkós)
  • πῠόω (puóō)
  • σᾰρκόπῠον (sarkópuon)

Descendants

  • Greek: πύον (pýon)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πύον (púon), from Ancient Greek πύθω (púthō) / πύθομαι (púthomai, to rot, to decompose), from *puH-.

Cognate with Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, stinks, rots), Latin pus, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, foul), Old English fūl (foul) and Latin puteō.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpion/
  • Hyphenation: πύ‧ον

Noun

πύον • (pýon) n

  1. (medicine) pus (substance composed of dead white blood cells and dead bacteria found in bacterial infections)
    Η πληγή του μάζευε πύον και έπρεπε να την τρυπήσει ο γιατρός.
    I pligí tou mázeve pýon kai éprepe na tin trypísei o giatrós.
    His wound was collecting pus and the doctor had to puncture it.

Derived terms

  • πυοποίηση f (pyopoíisi, formation of pus)
  • πυόρροια f (pyórroia, pyorrhea)
  • πυορροώ (pyorroó, to suppurate)
  • πυώδης (pyódis, purulent)
  • σπυρί n (spyrí, pimple, pustule)
  • εξάνθημα n (exánthima, rash, pustule)
  • καλόγερος m (kalógeros, boil) (colloquial)

References

  1. Frisk, Hjalmar (1960–1972) “πύθομαι”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter

Further reading

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