spiratus

Latin

Etymology

From spīrō (“breathe, respire; live”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spiːˈraː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [spiˈraː.tus]

Noun

spīrātus m (genitive spīrātūs); fourth declension

1. A breathing; breath.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spīrātus	spīrātūs
genitive	spīrātūs	spīrātuum
dative	spīrātuī	spīrātibus
accusative	spīrātum	spīrātūs
ablative	spīrātū	spīrātibus
vocative	spīrātus	spīrātūs

Synonyms

• (breath): spīrāculum, spīrātiō, spīritus
• (breathing): spīrāmen, spīrāmentum, spīritus

Related terms

• spīrābilis
• spīrāculum
• spīrāmen
• spīrāmentum
• spīrātiō
• spīritālis
• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter
• spīritus
• spīritus asper
• spīritus lēnis
• Spīritus Sānctus
• spīro

References

• “spiratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "spiratus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “spiratus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• spiratus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016