English → Latin
“pulmonary” in Latin
pulmōnārĭusDiseased in the lungspulmōA lung.; A lunglike marine animal; a jellyfish.pĕrĭpneumŏnĭapulmonary consumption
The English word pulmonary itself goes back to Latin pulmō, through pulmōnārius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pulmonary
ad pulmones pertinens; pulmonarius; or by the genitive, pulmonum. A pulmonary disease, peripneumonia (late; Cels., has the word in Greek; but Plin., has the adjective peripneumonicus): *phthisis pulmonalis (technical term): that has a pulmonary disease, peripneumonicus (of persons; Plin., 20, 17, 68, etc.): pulmonarius (diseased in the lungs; of animals).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pulmonary?
- The usual Latin words for “pulmonary” are pulmōnārĭus, pulmō, pĕrĭpneumŏnĭa. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.