πνεύμονας
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Greek
Alternative forms
- πνεμόνι n (pnemóni) (colloquial)
- πνευμόνι n (pnevmóni) (colloquial)
- πλεμόνι n (plemóni) (vernacular)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
πνεύμονας • (pnévmonas) m (plural πνεύμονες)
- (anatomy) lung
- (figuratively) area with clean fresh air
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πνεύμονας (pnévmonas) | πνεύμονες (pnévmones) |
| genitive | πνεύμονα (pnévmona) | πνευμόνων (pnevmónon) |
| accusative | πνεύμονα (pnévmona) | πνεύμονες (pnévmones) |
| vocative | πνεύμονα (pnévmona) | πνεύμονες (pnévmones) |
Synonyms
- (body organ): πνευμόνι n (pnevmóni, “lung sold as meat”)
Related terms
- αναπνέω (anapnéo, “to breathe”)
- εισπνέω (eispnéo, “to inhale”)
- εκπνέω (ekpnéo, “to exhale”)
- πνευμο- (pnevmo-) (prefix for medical terms)
- πνευμονία f (pnevmonía, “pneumonia”)
- πνευμονικός (pnevmonikós, “pulmonary”)
- πνευμονο- (pnevmono-), πνευμονό- (pnevmonó-) (prefixes for medical terms)
- πνευμονολογία f (pnevmonología, “pulmonology”)
- πνευμονολόγος m (pnevmonológos, “pulmonologist”)
- πνευμονοπάθεια f (pnevmonopátheia, “pulmonary disease”)
- πνέω (pnéo, “to blow”)
Further reading
πνεύμονας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
