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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -πνοος (-pnoos), from stem πνο- as in πνοή (pnoḗ), from πνέω (pnéō) + suffix for adjectives -ος (-os).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pno.os/
  • Hyphenation: -πνο‧ος

Suffix edit

-πνοος (-pnoos) (feminine -πνοη, neuter -πνοο)

  1. (second combining form forming adjectives)
    1. indicating relation to wind or breath
      ά- (á-, alpha privative) + ‎-πνοος (-pnoos) → ‎άπνοος (ápnoos, lacking wind or breath) from Ancient Greek ἄπνοος (ápnoos)
    2. (figurative) indicating inspiration
      μεγαλό- (μεγάλος) (megaló- (megálos), great) + ‎-πνοος (-pnoos) → ‎μεγαλόπνοος (megalópnoos, of ambitious goal) from Koine Greek μεγαλόπνοος (megalópnoos, breathing strongly)

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Further reading edit

  • s.v. άπνοια: άπνους - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre