πνέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πνείω (pneíō) Poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pnew-. Cognates include Old English fnēosan (English sneeze).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πνέω (pnéō)

  1. I blow
  2. to breathe
    1. (with accusative) I breathe out
    2. breathe in, smell
  3. (of perceptible breathing)
  4. I breathe, live
  5. (figuratively, with cognate accusative) I breathe forth
    1. I speak

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰπνέω (anapnéō)
  • ἀντῐπνέω (antipnéō)
  • ἄπνευστος (ápneustos)
  • ἀποπνέω (apopnéō)
  • δῐᾰπνέω (diapnéō)
  • εἰσπνέω (eispnéō)
  • ἐκπνέω (ekpnéō)
  • ἐμπνέω (empnéō)
  • ἐπῐπνέω (epipnéō)
  • ἡδύπνευστος (hēdúpneustos)
  • θεόπνευστος (theópneustos)
  • κᾰτᾰπνέω (katapnéō)
  • μετᾰπνέω (metapnéō)
  • νεόπνευστος (neópneustos)
  • πᾰρᾰπνέω (parapnéō)
  • περιπνέω (peripnéō)
  • πνευμόρρωξ (pneumórrhōx)
  • προσπνέω (prospnéō)
  • πῠρίπνευστος (purípneustos)
  • σῠμπνέω (sumpnéō)
  • ὑπερπνέω (huperpnéō)
  • ὑποπνέω (hupopnéō)
  • πνεῦμᾰ (pneûma)
  • πνεύμων (pneúmōn)
  • πνεῦσῐς (pneûsis)
  • πνευστιάω (pneustiáō)
  • πνευστῐκός (pneustikós)
  • πνοή (pnoḗ)

Descendants

References


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpne.o/
  • Hyphenation: πνέ‧ω

Verb

πνέω (pnéo) (simple past έπνευσα, passive —)

  1. blow

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • πνέω μένεα (pnéo ménea, I am very angry -literlly: I breathe heavily from wrath-)
  • πνέω τα λοίσθια (pnéo ta loísthia, to breathe one's last)

Compounds and their derivatives:

From stems πνε-, πνευσ-, πνευμ- and πνο-

  • απνευστί (apnefstí, without stopping, adverb)
  • άπνοια f (ápnoia, stillness; without breath)
  • δύσπνοια f (dýspnoia, dyspnoea, breathlessness)
  • δυσπνοϊκός (dyspnoïkós, suffering from breathlessness) (medicine)
  • θεόπνευστος (theópnefstos, inspired by God)
  • μακρόπνοος (makrópnoos, far-reaching)
  • μεγαλόπνευστος (megalópnefstos, of high inspiration)
  • ξέπνοος (xépnoos, breathless)
  • πνεύμα n (pnévma, spirit) & related
  • πνεύμονας m (pnévmonas, lung) & related
  • πνευστά n pl (pnefstá, wind instruments) (music)
  • πνευστός (pnefstós, functioning with air)
  • πνοή f (pnoḯ, breath; breeze) & related
  • σύμπνοια f (sýmpnoia)
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