inspiro

See also: inspirò and inspiró

Asturian

Verb

inspiro

first-person singular present indicative of inspirar

Catalan

Verb

inspiro

first-person singular present indicative of inspirar

Italian

Verb

inspiro

first-person singular present indicative of inspirare

Anagrams

spinori, spirino

Latin

Etymology

From in- + spīrō.

Compare typologically Russian вдохнови́ть (vdoxnovítʹ) (akin to вдохну́ть (vdoxnútʹ)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈspiː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈspiː.ro]

Verb

īnspīrō (present infinitive īnspīrāre, perfect active īnspīrāvī, supine īnspīrātum); first conjugation

to breathe into; to blow upon
to inspire
Synonyms: imbuō, perfundō
to excite, inflame
to instil, implant

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnspīrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	īnspīrō	īnspīrās		īnspīrat	īnspīrāmus	īnspīrātis		īnspīrant
	imperfect	īnspīrābam	īnspīrābās		īnspīrābat	īnspīrābāmus	īnspīrābātis		īnspīrābant
	future	īnspīrābō	īnspīrābis		īnspīrābit	īnspīrābimus	īnspīrābitis		īnspīrābunt
	perfect	īnspīrāvī	īnspīrāvistī		īnspīrāvit	īnspīrāvimus	īnspīrāvistis		īnspīrāvērunt, īnspīrāvēre
	pluperfect	īnspīrāveram	īnspīrāverās		īnspīrāverat	īnspīrāverāmus	īnspīrāverātis		īnspīrāverant
	future perfect	īnspīrāverō	īnspīrāveris		īnspīrāverit	īnspīrāverimus	īnspīrāveritis		īnspīrāverint
passive	present	īnspīror	īnspīrāris, īnspīrāre		īnspīrātur	īnspīrāmur	īnspīrāminī		īnspīrantur
	imperfect	īnspīrābar	īnspīrābāris, īnspīrābāre		īnspīrābātur	īnspīrābāmur	īnspīrābāminī		īnspīrābantur
	future	īnspīrābor	īnspīrāberis, īnspīrābere		īnspīrābitur	īnspīrābimur	īnspīrābiminī		īnspīrābuntur
	perfect	īnspīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnspīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnspīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	īnspīrem	īnspīrēs		īnspīret	īnspīrēmus	īnspīrētis		īnspīrent
	imperfect	īnspīrārem	īnspīrārēs		īnspīrāret	īnspīrārēmus	īnspīrārētis		īnspīrārent
	perfect	īnspīrāverim	īnspīrāverīs		īnspīrāverit	īnspīrāverīmus	īnspīrāverītis		īnspīrāverint
	pluperfect	īnspīrāvissem	īnspīrāvissēs		īnspīrāvisset	īnspīrāvissēmus	īnspīrāvissētis		īnspīrāvissent
passive	present	īnspīrer	īnspīrēris, īnspīrēre		īnspīrētur	īnspīrēmur	īnspīrēminī		īnspīrentur
	imperfect	īnspīrārer	īnspīrārēris, īnspīrārēre		īnspīrārētur	īnspīrārēmur	īnspīrārēminī		īnspīrārentur
	perfect	īnspīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnspīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	īnspīrā		—	—	īnspīrāte		—
active	future	—	īnspīrātō		īnspīrātō	—	īnspīrātōte		īnspīrantō
passive	present	—	īnspīrāre		—	—	īnspīrāminī		—
passive	future	—	īnspīrātor		īnspīrātor	—	—		īnspīrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		īnspīrāre		īnspīrārī		īnspīrāns		—
future		īnspīrātūrum esse		īnspīrātum īrī		īnspīrātūrus		īnspīrandus
perfect		īnspīrāvisse		īnspīrātum esse		—		īnspīrātus
future perfect		—		īnspīrātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		īnspīrātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		īnspīrandī	īnspīrandō		īnspīrandum	īnspīrandō	īnspīrātum		īnspīrātū

Descendants

Asturian: inspirar
Catalan: inspirar
English: inspire, inspirate
French: inspirer
Galician: inspirar
Italian: inspirare, ispirare
Lombard: ispirà
Piedmontese: ispiré
Portuguese: inspirar
Romanian: inspira
Spanish: inspirar

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

inspiro

first-person singular present indicative of inspirar

Spanish

Verb

inspiro

first-person singular present indicative of inspirar