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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Alteration of πλεύμων (pleúmōn) influenced by πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”) / πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pněu̯.mɔːn/ → /ˈpneβ.mon/ → /ˈpnev.mon/
Noun
πνεύμων • (pneúmōn) m (genitive πνεύμονος); third declension
- lung
- kind of a mollusk
Usage notes
Usually in plural.
Inflection
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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