πλεύμων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *pléwmōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō. Cognates include Sanskrit क्लोमन् (klóman), Latin pulmō and Old Church Slavonic плюща (pljušta).[1]

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    Noun

    πλεύμων • (pleúmōnm (genitive πλεύμονος); third declension

    1. (usually in the plural) lung
    2. jellyfish, sea-lung

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    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλεύμων, -ονος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1207

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