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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noo-muh, nyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu mə, ˈnyu-



Definition of pneuma

Origin :
  • used in English in various sense, from Greek pneuma "a blowing, a wind, blast; breeze; influence; breathed air, breath; odor, scent; spirit of a person; inspiration, a spirit, ghost," from pnein "to blow, to breathe," from PIE root *pneu- "to breathe," of imitative origin (cf. Greek pnoe "breath," pnoia "breathing;" Old English fnora "sneezing," fnæran "to snort").
  • As in psyche : noun innermost self; personality
  • As in soul : noun psyche, inspiration, energy
Example sentences :
  • This pneuma was equivalent to both soul and life, but it was something more.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • Another necessity for the support of life is the pneuma which circulates in the vessels.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • The pneuma, or spirit, was in their opinion the cause of health and of disease.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine » by James Sands Elliott
  • Apparently Galen refers to the pneuma and the various humours.
  • Extract from : « On the Natural Faculties » by Galen
  • Apparently the common Greek materialistic use of "pneuma" to indicate "breath" or "wind" or the like is here followed.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Paul's Religion » by J. Gresham Machen
  • These vessels in the lungs, "through mutual contact" with the branches of the trachea, took in the pneuma.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of Modern Medicine » by William Osler
  • "Psyche" was in the breast; "Pneuma" was spread throughout the body; and "Nous" was in the head.
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • More than fifteen centuries elapsed before this pneuma—oxygen—was discovered by Lavoisier.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The pneuma and the juice concentrate the power of the plant below so that it becomes denser.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « The Unseen World and Other Essays » by John Fiske

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