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πνεῦμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πνεῦμα πνεύματος

Structure: πνευματ (Stem)

Etym.: pne/w

Sense

  1. air
  2. wind
  3. breath
  4. (phonology) breathing
  5. life
  6. spirit, soul
  7. spiritual being: spirit, angel
  8. inspiration (often divine inspiration), genius

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῷ φοβερῷ καὶ ἀφαιρουμένῳ πνεύματα ἀρχόντων, φοβερῷ παρὰ τοῖσ βασιλεῦσι τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 75:13)
  • ὁ ποιῶν τοὺσ ἀγγέλουσ αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺσ λειτουργοὺσ αὐτοῦ πυρὸσ φλόγα. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 103:4)
  • ἔστι πνεύματα, ἃ εἰσ ἐκδίκησιν ἔκτισται καὶ ἐν θυμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστερέωσαν μάστιγασ αὐτῶν. ἐν καιρῷ συντελείασ ἰσχὺν ἐκχεοῦσι καὶ τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ ποιήσαντοσ αὐτοὺσ κοπάσουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 39:28)
  • εὐλογεῖτε, πάντα τὰ πνεύματα τὸν Κύριον. ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:64)
  • εὐλογεῖτε, πνεύματα καὶ ψυχαὶ δικαίων, τὸν Κύριον. ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:85)

Synonyms

  1. air

  2. wind

  3. breath

  4. breathing

  5. life

  6. spirit

  7. spiritual being

  8. inspiration

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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