spiramen

Latin

Etymology

From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spiːˈraː.men/, [s̠piːˈräːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈra.men/, [spiˈräːmen]

Noun

spīrāmen n (genitive spīrāminis); third declension

1. breathing hole, air hole, vent, thrill
2. (figuratively) breathing, blowing

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spīrāmen	spīrāmina
Genitive	spīrāminis	spīrāminum
Dative	spīrāminī	spīrāminibus
Accusative	spīrāmen	spīrāmina
Ablative	spīrāmine	spīrāminibus
Vocative	spīrāmen	spīrāmina

Synonyms

• (air hole, vent): spīrāculum

Related terms

• spīrābilis
• spīrāculum
• spīrāmentum
• spīrātiō
• spīrātus

• spīritālis
• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter
• spīritus

• spīritus asper
• spīritus lēnis
• spīritus sānctus
• spīro

References

• “spiramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spiramen 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)
• spiramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.