spira
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Esperanto[edit]
Adjective[edit]
spira (accusative singular spiran, plural spiraj, accusative plural spirajn)
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
spira
Noun[edit]
spira f (plural spire)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spīra f (genitive spīrae); first declension
- A thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound.
- A coil, twist.
- The base of a column.
- A kind of cake; a twist.
- A coil of rope.
- A braid of hair.
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | spīra | spīrae |
Genitive | spīrae | spīrārum |
Dative | spīrae | spīrīs |
Accusative | spīram | spīrās |
Ablative | spīrā | spīrīs |
Vocative | spīra | spīrae |
References[edit]
- spira in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spira in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- spira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- spira in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spira in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
spira m or f
spira n
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
spira n
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
spira c
Declension[edit]
Declension of spira | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | spira | spiran | spiror | spirorna |
Genitive | spiras | spirans | spirors | spirornas |
Verb[edit]
spira (present spirar, preterite spirade, supine spirat, imperative spira)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of spira (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | spira | — | ||
Supine | spirat | — | ||
Imperative | spira | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spirar | spirade | — | — |
Indicative plural1 | spira | spirade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | spire | spirade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | spirande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Anagrams[edit]
Venetian[edit]
Noun[edit]
spira f (plural spire)
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