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pulmo
pulmo
See also: pulmó
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō. Cognates include Sanskrit क्लोमन् (klóman), Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn) and Old Church Slavonic плюща (pljušta).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpul.moː/, [ˈpʊɫ.moː]
Noun
pulmō m (genitive pulmōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pulmō | pulmōnēs |
genitive | pulmōnis | pulmōnum |
dative | pulmōnī | pulmōnibus |
accusative | pulmōnem | pulmōnēs |
ablative | pulmōne | pulmōnibus |
vocative | pulmō | pulmōnēs |
Synonyms
- (jellyfish): halipleumon
Derived terms
- pulmōnāceus
- pulmōnārius
- pulmōneus
- pulmunculus
Descendants
Romance:
- Eastern Romance:
- Western Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Neapolitan: permóne, pirmùni, premmone, prummune, purmune
- Sicilian: purmuna, primuni
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: polmone
- Sardinian: pimone, piumone, piumoni, primone, prummone
References
- pulmo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pulmo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pulmo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.