- πλεύμων
- πλεύμων, -ονοςGrammatical information: m., most pl.Meaning: `lung(s)' (Il.), metaph. `jellyfish' (Pl., Arist.).Other forms: (second. πνεύμων after πνέω, πνεῦμα).Compounds: Isolated compp., e.g. πλευμο-ρρωγής `with a rupture in the lung' (Hp.), ἁλι-πλεύμων m. `jellyfish' (Marcell. Sid.).Derivatives: πλευμον-ώδης (πν-) `lung-like' (Arist.), -ία f. `inflammation of the lungs, pneumonia' (Com. Adesp., medic.; much more usual the hypostasis περι-πλευμον-ία, -ίη `id.' [IA.]), -ίς f. `id.' (Hp.). Professional shortform πλεῦμος m. `lung-sickness' with πλευμ-άω, v. l. -όω `to suffer from lung-sickness' (Hp., Gal.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [837] *pleu-mon- `lung'Etymology: With πλεύμων can be identified Skt. klomán- m. `the right lung', pl. `the lungs' if one assumes a dissimilation k-m from p-m: IE *pleu-mon-; Lat. pulmō `lung', if from *plu-mon-, 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. plaũčiai m. pl., OCS pljušta n. pl., IE *pleu-ti̯o-. -- 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.Page in Frisk: 2,558-559
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.