πλεύμων

English (LSJ)

or πνεύμων, ονος, ὁ (on the form and deriv., v. sub fin.),

   A the lungs, πάγη δ' ἐν πλεύμονι χαλκός Il.4.528, 20.486 (v.l.); ὁ τῶν πνευμάτων τῷ σώματι ταμίας ὁ π. Pl.Ti.84d, cf. 70c, Arist.Resp.476a9, LXX 3 Ki.22.34: mostly in pl., Archil.9.5, Alc.39.1, A.Th.61, S.Tr.567, etc.; διὰ πνευμόνων θερμὸν ἄησιν ὕπνον A.Fr.178A; πνεῦμ' ἀνεὶς ἐκ πλευμόνων E.Or.277; regarded as the most vital part, σπαραγμὸς . . πλευμόνων ἀνθήψατο S.Tr.778, cf. Ar.Lys.367, Ra.474; πλευμόνων πολὺς πόνος ib.829; as the seat of love, [Κύπρις] Διὸς τυραννεῖ πλευμόνων S.Fr.941.15.    II sea-lungs, jelly-fish, Pl.Phlb.21c, Arist. PA681a18, Thphr.Sign.40, Pytheas ap. Plb.34.3.4; term of abuse applied by Epicurus to Nausiphanes, Epicur.Frr.114, 236. (Gramm. differ as to the forms. Eust. (483.10, 1436.62) and Phot. both recognize πλεύμων as the Homeric and ancient form; this was also the true Att. form, Moer. p.309 P., Sch.Ar.Pax1069, Eust.483.10; it is found in the best codd. of A.Th.61, S.Tr.567, as well as in codd. of Alc. (l.c. ap.Ath.10.430b), Hp. (Art.41, Prog.23, al., cf. i p.cxx K.), Ar., Pl., and Arist., also in Pap., Phld.Ir.pp.27,28 W., and Inscr., IG42(1).122.56 (Epid., iv B. C.), and is doubtless the original form, which was altered in accordance with a supposed deriv. from πνεῦμα suggested by Arist.Resp.476a9, cf. EM677.31. Cf. Lith. plaũčiai 'lungs', cogn. with πλέω, as 'that which floats', cf. Engl. lights, also lungs, cogn. with ἐλαφρός.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 631] ονος, ὁ, ion. statt πνεύμων, die Lunge; oft im plur., Aesch. Ch. 630; davon durch Buchstabenumstellung das lat. pulmo; auch zuweilen bei Plat. als v. l., Tim. 84 d u. sonst. Bei S. Emp. adv. math. 4 heißt so ein ἀναίσθητος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πλεύμων: -ονος, ὁ, ἴδε πνεύμων. ΙΙ. εἶδος μαλακίου Pulmo marinus, Πλάτ. Φίληβ. 21C, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 15. 21.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ion. et att. c. πνεύμων.

Greek Monolingual

-ονος, ΜΑ
βλ. πνεύμων.

Greek Monotonic

πλεύμων: -ονος, ὁ, μεταγεν. Αττ. τύπος του πνεύμων.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

πλεύμων -ονος, ὁ, ook πνεύμων [~ πλέω?] long, meestal plur. kwal.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πλεύμων: Hom. etc. = πνεύμων.

Frisk Etymological English

-ονος
Grammatical information: m., most pl.
Meaning: lung(s) (Il.), metaph. jellyfish (Pl., Arist.).
Other forms: (second. πνεύμων after πνέω, πνεῦμα).
Compounds: Isolated compp., e.g. πλευμο-ρρωγής with a rupture in the lung (Hp.), ἁλι-πλεύμων m. jellyfish (Marcell. Sid.).
Derivatives: πλευμον-ώδης (πν-) lung-like (Arist.), -ία f. inflammation of the lungs, pneumonia (Com. Adesp., medic.; much more usual the hypostasis περι-πλευμον-ία, -ίη id. [IA.]), -ίς f. id. (Hp.). Professional shortform πλεῦμος m. lung-sickness with πλευμ-άω, v. l. -όω to suffer from lung-sickness (Hp., Gal.).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [837] *pleu-mon- lung
Etymology: With πλεύμων can be identified Skt. klomán- m. the right lung, pl. the lungs if one assumes a dissimilation k-m from p-m: IE *pleu-mon-; Lat. pulmō lung, if from *plu-mon-, is diff. only in ablaut. Orig. meaning "swimmer", as the lungs (as opposed to hart and liver) when thrown in the water after the slaughtering remain swimming above. A quite deviating fomation shows a cognate Baltoslav. group, e.g. Lith. plaũčiai m. pl., OCS pljušta n. pl., IE *pleu-ti̯o-. -- Details w. lit. in WP. 2, 95f., Pok. 837f., W.-Hofmann, Mayrhofer, Fraenkel s. vv., Vasmer s. pljuče; also Benveniste BSL 52, 40. Further s. πλέω.