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pulmo

pulmo

See also: pulmó

Esperanto

Noun

pulmo (accusative singular pulmon, plural pulmoj, accusative plural pulmojn)

  1. lung

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

  1. (anatomy) A lung.
  2. (with marinus) A lunglike marine animal; a sea-lung, jellyfish.

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

Derived terms

  • pulmōnāceus
  • pulmōnārius
  • pulmōneus
  • pulmunculus

Descendants

Romance:

References