aspiratio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adspīrātiō

Etymology

From aspiratus.

Noun

aspīrātiō f (genitive aspīrātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of blowing or breathing to or upon; exhalation.
2. (grammar) The pronunciation of a word with aspiration; breathing, aspiration; aspirate.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aspīrātiō	aspīrātiōnēs
Genitive	aspīrātiōnis	aspīrātiōnum
Dative	aspīrātiōnī	aspīrātiōnibus
Accusative	aspīrātiōnem	aspīrātiōnēs
Ablative	aspīrātiōne	aspīrātiōnibus
Vocative	aspīrātiō	aspīrātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: aspiració
• English: aspiration
• French: aspiration
• Italian: aspirazione

• Portuguese: aspiração
• Romanian: aspirație
• Spanish: aspiración

References

• “aspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aspiratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.