πνοή
πνοή,
ῆς,
ἡ, Ep.
πνοιή, always in
Hom.; Dor.
πνοά (v. infr.); Lyr.
πνοιά Pi. O. 3.31 ,
B. 5.28 :(
πνέω):—
A). blowing, blast, πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων Il. 17.55 , cf.
Od. 4.839 ,
Hes. Th. 253 ,
268 ;
πνοιὴ Βορέαο Il. 5.697 :abs.,
blast, breeze, 11.622 ,
13.590 , etc.;
ὀλίγη π. a light
breeze, Arr. Tact. 34.4 ;
π. βιαία a stiff
breeze, ib.
35.4 ;
οἷον π. εἰς ἄλλο Plot. 6.3.23 ; esp. to denote excessive swiftness,
ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο along with, i.e.swift as,
blasts of wind,
Il. 24.342 , etc.;
ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο 19.415 ;
ἐπέτοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο Od. 2.148 ;
πέτετο πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο Il. 12.207 ;
ἅμα πνοιῇσι πετέσθην 16.149 ; imitated by
Ar. Av. 1396 (lyr.),
ἅμ’ ἀνέμων πνοαῖσι βαίην; freq. in Trag.,
ταχύπτεροι πνοαί A. Pr. 88 ;
πνοαὶ δ’ ἀπὸ Στρυμόνος μολοῦσαι Id. Ag. 192 (lyr.), cf.
654 ,
Ar. Nu. 161 ,
Arist. Mu. 392b11 , etc.;
blast of bellows,
Th. 4.100 .
IV). breath of a wind-instrument,
Αἰολῇσιν ἐν πνοαῖσιν αὐλῶν Pi. N. 3.79 ;
αὐλῶν π. Ar. Ra. 313 ;
σύριγγος πνοά E. Or. 145 (lyr.).—Poet.(
Pl. Cra. 419d is no exception), once in
Th. and freq. in later Prose (v. supr.) for
πνεῦμα.
ShortDef
a blowing, blast, breeze
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Headword (normalized):
πνοή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πνοη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-84083
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πνοή</span>, <span class="itype greek">ῆς</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, Ep. <span class="orth greek">πνοιή</span>, always in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>; Dor. <span class="orth greek">πνοά</span> (v. infr.); Lyr. <span class="orth greek">πνοιά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 3.31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5.28 </a>:(<span class="etym greek">πνέω</span>):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blowing, blast,</span> <span class="quote greek">πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.55 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:839" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.839/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.839 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:253" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:253/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 253 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:268" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:268/canonical-url/"> 268 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πνοιὴ Βορέαο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:697" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.697/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.697 </a> :abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blast, breeze,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:622" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.622/canonical-url/"> 11.622 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:590" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.590/canonical-url/"> 13.590 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὀλίγη π.</span> a light <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breeze,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:34:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:34.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 34.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. βιαία</span> a stiff <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breeze,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:35:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:35.4/canonical-url/"> 35.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἷον π. εἰς ἄλλο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:3:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 6.3.23 </a> ; esp. to denote excessive swiftness, <span class="foreign greek">ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο</span> along with, i.e.swift as, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blasts</span> of wind, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.342 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:415" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.415/canonical-url/"> 19.415 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπέτοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.148/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.148 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πέτετο πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.207 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἅμα πνοιῇσι πετέσθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.149/canonical-url/"> 16.149 </a> ; imitated by <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1396 </a> (lyr.), <span class="foreign greek">ἅμ’ ἀνέμων πνοαῖσι βαίην;</span> freq. in Trag., <span class="quote greek">ταχύπτεροι πνοαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 88 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πνοαὶ δ’ ἀπὸ Στρυμόνος μολοῦσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 192 </a> (lyr.), cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:654" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:654/canonical-url/"> 654 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 161 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:392b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:392b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 392b11 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blast</span> of bellows, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.100 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breathing hard, panting,</span> of horses, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:380" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.380/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.380 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:719" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:719/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 719 </a>(pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breath,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἔμπνους μέν εἰμι .. καὶ πνοὰς .. πνέω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1092" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1092/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 1092 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μητρὸς οἴχονται πνοαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:421" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:421/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 421 </a> : metaph., <span class="foreign greek">πνοιὴ Ἡφαίστοιο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the breath</span> of Hephaestus, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flame,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:355" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.355/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.355 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πυρὸς πνοᾷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:815" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:815/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 815 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">πρὶν καταιγίσαι πνοὰς Ἄρεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 63 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115/canonical-url/"> 115 </a>(lyr.); <span class="quote greek">θεοῦ πνοαῖσιν ἐμμανεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1094" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1094/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1094 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πνοαὶ Ἀφροδίτης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 69 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θυμοῦ πνοαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:454" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:454/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 454 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vapour, exhalation,</span> <span class="foreign greek">σποδὸς προπέμπει πλούτου πνοάς,</span> of a burning city, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:820" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:820/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 820 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τηγάνου π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:75:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:75.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 75.8 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:217:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:217.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 217.7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λιβάνου πνοαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:41:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:41.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 41.37 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breath</span> of a wind-instrument, <span class="quote greek">Αἰολῇσιν ἐν πνοαῖσιν αὐλῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 3.79 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αὐλῶν π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:313" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:313/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 313 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σύριγγος πνοά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 145 </a> (lyr.).—Poet.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:419d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:419d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 419d </a> is no exception), once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> </span> and freq. in later Prose (v. supr.) for <span class="foreign greek">πνεῦμα.</span> </div> </div><br><br>'}