1. πνέω · pneō — Beekes
to blow, breathe, respire, smell
The corpus record
πνέω
pneo
to blow, breathe, respire, smell
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- De aere aquis et locis 8 · 10.8/10k
- Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
- De Mundo 5 · 7.89/10k
- Eumenides 4 · 7.63/10k
- Libation Bearers 4 · 7.44/10k
- Agamemnon 6 · 7.4/10k
- Peace 3 · 3.77/10k
- Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πνέω · pneō — Chantraine
ép
3. πνέω · pneō — Frisk
ep
4. πνέω · pneō — LSJ
blow, are sounding, breathe, send forth an odour
Attestations
- πνείοντες · pneiontes Iliad 2.536
- πνείοντες · pneiontes Iliad 3.8
- πνείοντες · pneiontes Iliad 11.508
- πνείοντε · pneionte Iliad 13.385
- πνείει · pneiei Iliad 17.447
- πνεύσῃ · pneusēi Iliad 19.159
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1264-1265; entry #5069 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 937; entry #6632 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1538; entry #4729 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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