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pneuma

[ noo-muh, nyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

pneuma

/ ˈnjuːmə /

See psyche
philosophy a person's vital spirit, soul, or creative energy Compare psyche

Origin of pneuma¹

1875–80; < Greek pneûma literally, breath, wind, akin to pneîn to blow, breathe

Origin of pneuma¹

C19: from Greek: breath, spirit, wind; related to pnein to blow, breathe

So the Greek word pneuma, also translated “spirit,” means precisely the same thing.

More than fifteen centuries elapsed before this pneuma—oxygen—was discovered by Lavoisier.

Aer may be explained, oti airei ta apo tes ges; or, oti aei rei; or, oti pneuma ex autou ginetai (compare the poetic word aetai).

The pneuma and the juice concentrate the power of the plant below so that it becomes denser.

He is a man, but a spiritual man, one in whom spirit or pneuma was the essential principle, so that he was spirit as well as man.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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