πλεύμων: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=-ονος<br />Grammatical information: m., most pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">lung(s)</b> (Il.), metaph. [[jellyfish]] (Pl., Arist.).<br />Other forms: (second. <b class="b3">πνεύμων</b> after <b class="b3">πνέω</b>, <b class="b3">πνεῦμα</b>).<br />Compounds: Isolated compp., e.g. <b class="b3">πλευμο-ρρωγής</b> <b class="b2">with a rupture in the lung</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">ἁλι-πλεύμων</b> m. [[jellyfish]] (Marcell. Sid.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πλευμον-ώδης</b> (<b class="b3">πν-</b>) <b class="b2">lung-like</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ία</b> f. <b class="b2">inflammation of the lungs, pneumonia</b> (Com. Adesp., medic.; much more usual the hypostasis <b class="b3">περι-πλευμον-ία</b>, <b class="b3">-ίη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> [IA.]), <b class="b3">-ίς</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hp.). Professional shortform <b class="b3">πλεῦμος</b> m. <b class="b2">lung-sickness</b> with <b class="b3">πλευμ-άω</b>, v. l. <b class="b3">-όω</b> <b class="b2">to suffer from lung-sickness</b> (Hp., Gal.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [837] <b class="b2">*pleu-mon-</b> [[lung]]<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">πλεύμων</b> can be identified Skt. <b class="b2">klomán-</b> m. <b class="b2">the right lung</b>, pl. <b class="b2">the lungs</b> if one assumes a dissimilation <b class="b2">k-m</b> from <b class="b2">p-m</b>: IE <b class="b2">*pleu-mon-</b>; Lat. [[pulmō]] [[lung]], if from <b class="b2">*plu-mon-</b>, 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. <b class="b2">plaũčiai</b> m. pl., OCS [[pljušta]] n. pl., IE <b class="b2">*pleu-ti̯o-</b>. -- 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]].