spiraculum
English
Etymology
Latin spīrāculum
Noun
spiraculum (plural spiracula)
- A spiracle.
Latin
Etymology
From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spiːˈraː.ku.lum/, [s̠piːˈräːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spiˈra.ku.lum/, [spiˈräːkulum]
Noun
spīrāculum n (genitive spīrāculī); second declension
- air hole, vent, spiracle; breath
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spīrāculum | spīrācula |
| Genitive | spīrāculī | spīrāculōrum |
| Dative | spīrāculō | spīrāculīs |
| Accusative | spīrāculum | spīrācula |
| Ablative | spīrāculō | spīrāculīs |
| Vocative | spīrāculum | spīrācula |
Synonyms
- (air hole, vent): spīrāmen
- (breath): spīrātiō, spīrātus
- epistomium
Related terms
- spīrābilis
- spīrāmen
- spīrāmentum
- spīrātiō
- spīrātus
- spīritālis
- spīritālitās
- spīritāliter
- spīritus
- spīro
Descendants
- English: spiracle, spiraculum
- Portuguese: espiráculo
- Spanish: espiráculo
References
- “spiraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spiraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spiraculum 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)
- spiraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette