interspiratio
Latin
Etymology
Notionally from interspīrō + -tiō, but interspīrō is never attested in the sense "to catch one's breath". More appropriately analysed as inter- + spirātiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.ter.spiːˈraː.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrs̠piːˈräːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.ter.spiˈrat.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪erspiˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
interspīrātiō f (genitive interspīrātiōnis); third declension
- a pause for breath, a catching of breath
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | interspīrātiō | interspīrātiōnēs |
| Genitive | interspīrātiōnis | interspīrātiōnum |
| Dative | interspīrātiōnī | interspīrātiōnibus |
| Accusative | interspīrātiōnem | interspīrātiōnēs |
| Ablative | interspīrātiōne | interspīrātiōnibus |
| Vocative | interspīrātiō | interspīrātiōnēs |
References
- interspiratio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- interspiratio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers