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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πνέω (pnéō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pno.ɛ̌ː/ → /pnoˈi/ → /pnoˈi/
Noun
πνοή • (pnoḗ) f (genitive πνοῆς); first declension
- breath
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “πνοή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πνοή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πνοιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πνοή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πνοή”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.