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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
- 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
Synonyms for pneuma
- anima
- animating principle
- animation
- animus
- ardor
- bosom
- bottom
- breast
- breath of life
- cause
- character
- conscience
- courage
- disposition
- ego
- élan vital
- essence
- essential nature
- feeling
- fervor
- force
- genius
- heart
- individuality
- inner child
- inner self
- intellect
- intelligence
- life
- marrow
- mind
- nobility
- noumenon
- personality
- pith
- pneuma
- principle
- quintessence
- reason
- recesses of heart
- secret self
- self
- soul
- spirit
- spiritual being
- spirituality
- stuff
- subconscious
- substance
- thought
- true being
- vital force
- vitality
- vivacity
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