spiramen
Latin
Etymology
From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spiːˈraː.men/, [s̠piːˈräːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spiˈra.men/, [spiˈräːmen]
Noun
spīrāmen n (genitive spīrāminis); third declension
- breathing hole, air hole, vent, thrill
- (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