πνοή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πνοιή (pnoiḗ) — Epic
• πνοᾱ́ (pnoā́) — Doric
• πνοιᾱ́ (pnoiā́) — Lyric

Etymology

From πνέω (pnéō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pno.ɛ̌ː/ → /pnoˈi/ → /pnoˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pno.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pnoˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pnoˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pnoˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pnoˈi/

Noun

πνοή • (pnoḗ) f (genitive πνοῆς); first declension

1. breath

Declension

First declension of ἡ πνοή; τῆς πνοῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πνοή hē pnoḗ	τὼ πνοᾱ́ tṑ pnoā́	αἱ πνοαί hai pnoaí
Genitive	τῆς πνοῆς tês pnoês	τοῖν πνοαῖν toîn pnoaîn	τῶν πνοῶν tôn pnoôn
Dative	τῇ πνοῇ têi pnoêi	τοῖν πνοαῖν toîn pnoaîn	ταῖς πνοαῖς taîs pnoaîs
Accusative	τὴν πνοήν tḕn pnoḗn	τὼ πνοᾱ́ tṑ pnoā́	τᾱ̀ς πνοᾱ́ς tā̀s pnoā́s
Vocative	πνοή pnoḗ	πνοᾱ́ pnoā́	πνοαί pnoaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄπνοος (ápnoos)

Further reading

• “πνοή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πνοή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πνοιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πνοή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πνοή”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • air idem, page 21.
  • blast idem, page 82.
  • breath idem, page 96.
  • breeze idem, page 97.
  • draught idem, page 250.
  • exhalation idem, page 291.
  • gust idem, page 379.
  • wind idem, page 980.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πνοή (pnoḗ) with semantic loan from French haleine in the figurative 'impetus' sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnoˈi/
• Hyphenation: πνο‧ή

Noun

πνοή • (pnoḯ) f (plural πνοές)

1. breath, waft, whiff (small amount of wind; a light gust of air)

   Near-synonym: φύσημα n (fýsima)

2. (in set expressions) breath (a single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air)

   Synonyms: ανάσα f (anása), αναπνοή f (anapnoḯ)

   μέχρι την τελευταία του πνοή ― méchri tin teleftaía tou pnoḯ ― until his last breath

3. (figuratively) impetus

   δίνω πνοή σε (idiomatic) ― díno pnoḯ se ― to breathe life into, to give impetus to

   δίνω νέα πνοή σε (idiomatic) ― díno néa pnoḯ se ― to breathe new life into, to give fresh impetus to

Declension

Declension of πνοή

	singular	plural
nominative	πνοή (pnoḯ)	πνοές (pnoés)
genitive	πνοής (pnoḯs)	πνοών (pnoón)
accusative	πνοή (pnoḯ)	πνοές (pnoés)
vocative	πνοή (pnoḯ)	πνοές (pnoés)