πλεύμων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[πνεύμων]], ονος, ὁ (on the form and deriv., v. sub fin.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[lung]]s, πάγη δ' ἐν πλεύμονι χαλκός Il.4.528, 20.486 ([[varia lectio|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 plural, 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 [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''277; regarded as the most vital part, σπαραγμὸς… πλευμόνων ἀνθήψατο S.''Tr.''778, cf. Ar.''Lys.''367, ''Ra.''474; <b class="b3">πλευμόνων πολὺς πόνος</b> ib.829; as the seat of love, [Κύπρις] Διὸς τυραννεῖ πλευμόνων S.''Fr.''941.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sea-lungs]], [[jelly-fish]], Pl.''Phlb.''21c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''681a18, 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.''Pax''1069, 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., ''IG''42(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. ''EM''677.31. Cf. Lith. plaũčiai 'lungs', cogn. with [[πλέω]], as 'that which floats', cf. Engl. [[light]]s, also [[lung]]s, cogn. with [[ἐλαφρός]].)