pneuma
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pneuma (plural pneumas or pneumata)
- (music) A neume.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom.
- The spirit or soul.
- 2019, Maynard Keenan James (lyrics and music), “Pneuma”, in Fear Inoculum[1], performed by Tool:
- But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / Become Pneuma
- (Gnosticism) One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
pneuma m (plural pneumas)
Further reading edit
- “pneuma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014