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Greek
- -πνους (-pnous) (contracted form, dated)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -πνοος (-pnoos), from stem πνο- as in πνοή (pnoḗ), from πνέω (pnéō) + suffix for adjectives -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pno.os/
- Hyphenation: -πνο‧ος
Suffix
-πνοος • (-pnoos) (feminine -πνοη, neuter -πνοο)
- (second combining form forming adjectives)
- indicating relation to wind or breath
- ά- (á-, alpha privative) + -πνοος (-pnoos) → άπνοος (ápnoos, “lacking wind or breath”) from Ancient Greek ἄπνοος (ápnoos)
- (figurative) indicating inspiration
- μεγαλό- (μεγάλος) (megaló- (megálos), “great”) + -πνοος (-pnoos) → μεγαλόπνοος (megalópnoos, “of ambitious goal”) from Koine Greek μεγαλόπνοος (megalópnoos, “breathing strongly”)
Declension
Further reading
- s.v. άπνοια: άπνους - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre