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. [[πνεύμων]] after [[πνέω]], [[πνεῦμα]]).<br />Compounds: Isolated compp., e.g. <b class="b3">πλευμο-ρρωγής</b> [[with a rupture in the lung]] (Hp.), <b class="b3">ἁλι-πλεύμων</b> m. [[jellyfish]] (Marcell. Sid.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πλευμον-ώδης</b> (<b class="b3">πν-</b>) [[lung-like]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ία</b> f. [[inflammation of the lungs]], [[pneumonia]] (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 [[πλεῦμος]] m. [[lung-sickness]] with <b class="b3">πλευμ-άω</b>, [[varia lectio|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 [[πλεύμων]] can be identified Skt. <b class="b2">klomán-</b> m. [[the right lung]], pl. [[the lungs]] if one assumes a dissimilation [[k-m]] from [[p-m]]: 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]].