πλεύμων

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *plew-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mō
    Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō
    Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn)

    From Proto-Hellenic *pléwmōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō. Cognates include Sanskrit क्लोमन् (klóman), Latin pulmō and Old Church Slavonic плюща (pljušta).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    πλεύμων • (pleúmōn) m (genitive πλεύμονος); third declension

    1. (usually in the plural) lung

    Inflection

    Third declension of ὁ πλεύμων; τοῦ πλεύμονος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ πλεύμων
    ho pleúmōn     		τὼ πλεύμονε
    tṑ pleúmone     		οἱ πλεύμονες
    hoi pleúmones
    Genitive τοῦ πλεύμονος
    toû pleúmonos     		τοῖν πλευμόνοιν
    toîn pleumónoin     		τῶν πλευμόνων
    tôn pleumónōn
    Dative τῷ πλεύμονῐ
    tôi pleúmoni     		τοῖν πλευμόνοιν
    toîn pleumónoin     		τοῖς πλεύμοσῐ / πλεύμοσῐν
    toîs pleúmosi(n)
    Accusative τὸν πλεύμονᾰ
    tòn pleúmona     		τὼ πλεύμονε
    tṑ pleúmone     		τοὺς πλεύμονᾰς
    toùs pleúmonas
    Vocative πλεῦμον
    pleûmon     		πλεύμονε
    pleúmone     		πλεύμονες
    pleúmones
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