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pneuma
pneu·ma P0388800 (no͞o′mə, nyo͞o′-)n. The soul or vital spirit.
[Greek; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]pneuma (ˈnjuːmə) n (Philosophy) philosophy a person's vital spirit, soul, or creative energy. Compare psyche[C19: from Greek: breath, spirit, wind; related to pnein to blow, breathe]pneu•ma (ˈnu mə, ˈnyu-)
n., pl. -mas. the vital spirit; soul. [1875–80; < Greek pneûma literally, breath, wind; akin to pneîn to breathe] pneumathe Holy Spirit in Christian theology. See also soul.See also: Christianity
pneuma
pneu·ma (nū'mă), In ancient Greek philosophy and medicine:1. Air or an all-pervading fiery essence in the air (which today would be identified with oxygen), which was the creative and animating spirit of the universe; drawn into the body through the lungs, it generated and sustained the innate heat in the left ventricle of the heart and was distributed by the arteries to the brain and all parts of the body. 2. Soul or psyche. [G. pneuma, air, breath] pneuma An obsolete term for:
(1) The pervasive fiery essence of air (oxygen);
(2) Breath, intelligence, the psyche, the soul. |