"πνεῦμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πνεῦμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pnêu̯.ma/, /ˈpneβ.ma/, /ˈpnev.ma/, /pnêu̯.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpnew.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpneβ.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpnev.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpnev.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pnew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥ Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma) From Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥, equivalent to πνευ- (pneu-), the root of πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”), + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|inh|ine-pro>*pnéwmn̥>breath|id=air|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pnew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥ Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma), {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*pnéwmn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥, {{suffix|grc||-μα|pos2=result noun suffix}} + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πνεύματος|n|third}} πνεῦμα • (pneûma) n (genitive πνεύματος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πνεῦμᾰ|πνεύμᾰτος|form=N}} Forms: pneûma [romanization], πνεύματος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ πνεῦμᾰ [nominative, singular], πνεύμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ πνεύμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ πνεύμᾰτος [genitive, singular], πνευμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], πνευμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ πνεύμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], πνευμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πνεύμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], πνεύμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs pneúmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs pneúmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ πνεῦμᾰ [accusative, singular], πνεύμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ πνεύμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], πνεῦμᾰ [singular, vocative], πνεύμᾰτε [dual, vocative], πνεύμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. air
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-n-Qw5SdG
  2. wind
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-m1jmgUWn
  3. breath
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-NnocWSRY Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees: 6 6 27 26 6 6 10 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 27 22 7 7 11 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 6 6 28 25 6 6 9 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 7 7 27 22 7 7 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 30 31 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 39 39 4 4 4 4
  4. (phonology) breathing
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-UNTLWEvl Categories (other): Phonology, Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees: 6 6 27 26 6 6 10 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 6 6 28 25 6 6 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 30 31 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 39 39 4 4 4 4 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
  5. life
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-Y71wZe8e
  6. spirit, soul
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-pOqDo28B
  7. spiritual being: spirit, angel
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-lYTzNtEj Categories (other): Religion Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 3 0 0 63 34
  8. inspiration (often divine inspiration), genius
    Sense id: en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-K5uGgV2k Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees: 6 6 27 26 6 6 10 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 6 6 28 25 6 6 9 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ψυχή (psukhḗ) Derived forms: πνεῦμᾰτικός (pneûmătikós), πνευμάτιον (pneumátion), πνευμάτιος (pneumátios), πνευματόω (pneumatóō), πνευματώδης (pneumatṓdēs)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pneûmătikós",
      "word": "πνεῦμᾰτικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pneumátion",
      "word": "πνευμάτιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pneumátios",
      "word": "πνευμάτιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pneumatóō",
      "word": "πνευματόω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pneumatṓdēs",
      "word": "πνευματώδης"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ"
          },
          "expansion": "Coptic: ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ (pneuma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Coptic: ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ (pneuma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πνεύμα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πνεύμα (pnévma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πνεύμα (pnévma)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
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          },
          "expansion": "Latin: pneuma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: pneuma"
    }
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      "form": "πνεύματος",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "τᾰ̀ πνεύμᾰτᾰ",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τοῦ πνεύμᾰτος",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "πνευμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "pneumắtoin",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "πνευμᾰ́των",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πνεύμᾰτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi pneúmătĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "πνευμᾰ́τοιν",
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      "form": "τοῖς πνεύμᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύμᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pneúmăsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pneúmăsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὸ πνεῦμᾰ",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "air"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-n-Qw5SdG",
      "links": [
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wind"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-m1jmgUWn",
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        [
          "wind",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "breath"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-NnocWSRY",
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          "breath"
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      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-UNTLWEvl",
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        [
          "phonology",
          "phonology"
        ],
        [
          "breathing",
          "breathing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonology) breathing"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-Y71wZe8e",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spirit, soul"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-pOqDo28B",
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        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 3 0 0 63 34",
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          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "grc:Religion",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spiritual being: spirit, angel"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-lYTzNtEj",
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        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "angel",
          "angel"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inspiration (often divine inspiration), genius"
      ],
      "id": "en-πνεῦμα-grc-noun-K5uGgV2k",
      "links": [
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration"
        ],
        [
          "genius",
          "genius"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pnêu̯.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpneβ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnev.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pnêu̯.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnew.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpneβ.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnev.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnev.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "psukhḗ",
      "word": "ψυχή"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πνεῦμα"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "roman": "pneûmătikós",
      "word": "πνεῦμᾰτικός"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "πνευμάτιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pneumatóō",
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    },
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      "roman": "pneumatṓdēs",
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    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pnew-\nProto-Indo-European *-mn̥\nProto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥\nAncient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)\nFrom Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥, equivalent to πνευ- (pneu-), the root of πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”), + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pneûma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύματος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πνεῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "tò pneûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύμᾰτε",
      "roman": "pneúmăte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πνεύμᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ pneúmătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πνεύμᾰτος",
      "roman": "toû pneúmătos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνευμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "pneumắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνευμᾰ́των",
      "roman": "pneumắtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πνεύμᾰτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi pneúmătĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνευμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "pneumắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πνεύμᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύμᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pneúmăsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pneúmăsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πνεῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "tò pneûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύμᾰτε",
      "roman": "pneúmăte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πνεύμᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ pneúmătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "pneûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύμᾰτε",
      "roman": "pneúmăte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πνεύμᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "pneúmătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πνεύματος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "πνεῦμα • (pneûma) n (genitive πνεύματος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πνεῦμᾰ",
        "2": "πνεύμᾰτος",
        "form": "N"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "air"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breath"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breath",
          "breath"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Phonology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breathing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonology",
          "phonology"
        ],
        [
          "breathing",
          "breathing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonology) breathing"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spirit, soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spiritual being: spirit, angel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "angel",
          "angel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inspiration (often divine inspiration), genius"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration"
        ],
        [
          "genius",
          "genius"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pnêu̯.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpneβ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnev.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pnêu̯.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnew.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpneβ.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnev.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpnev.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "psukhḗ",
      "word": "ψυχή"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πνεῦμα"
}

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