πνεύμων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλεύμων

Etymology

Alternative spelling of πλεύμων (pleumōn) influenced by πνέω (pneō, “I blow”) / πνεῦμα (pneuma, “breath”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pne͜ʊ́mɔ͜ɔn/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pnɛ́wmoːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /pnéβmon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /pném̚mon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /pnémon/

Noun

πνεύμων (genitive πνεύμονος) m, third declension; (pneumōn)

1. lung
2. kind of a mollusk

Usage notes

Usually in plural

Inflection

Third declension of πνεύμων, πνεύμονος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πνεύμων	πνεύμονε	πνεύμονες
Genitive	πνεύμονος	πνευμόνοιν	πνευμόνων
Dative	πνεύμονῐ	πνευμόνοιν	πνεύμοσῐ(ν)
Accusative	πνεύμονᾰ	πνεύμονε	πνεύμονᾰς
Vocative	πνεύμων	πνεύμονε	πνεύμονες

References

• LSJ