πνέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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)

Descendants

  • Greek: πνέω (pnéo)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

πνέω • (pnéo) (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”)
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”)
  • 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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