spiratio

Latin

Etymology

From spirō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spiːˈraː.ti.oː/, [s̠piːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈrat.t͡si.o/, [spiˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

spīrātiō f (genitive spīrātiōnis); third declension

1. breathing
2. breath

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spīrātiō	spīrātiōnēs
Genitive	spīrātiōnis	spīrātiōnum
Dative	spīrātiōnī	spīrātiōnibus
Accusative	spīrātiōnem	spīrātiōnēs
Ablative	spīrātiōne	spīrātiōnibus
Vocative	spīrātiō	spīrātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (breathing; breath): spīritus

Related terms

• spīrābilis
• spīrāculum
• spīrāmen
• spīrāmentum
• spīrātus

• spīritālis
• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter
• spīritus

• spīritus asper
• spīritus lēnis
• spīritus sānctus
• spīro

Descendants

• English: spiration
• Italian: spirazione

References

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