spiramentum
Latin
Etymology
From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spiː.raːˈmen.tum/, [spiː.raːˈmɛn.tũ]
Noun
spīrāmentum n (genitive spīrāmentī); second declension
- breathing hole, air hole, vent, pore, spiracle
- breathing space; interval, brief pause
- blowing, breathing, exhaling, draught
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spīrāmentum | spīrāmenta |
| Genitive | spīrāmentī | spīrāmentōrum |
| Dative | spīrāmentō | spīrāmentīs |
| Accusative | spīrāmentum | spīrāmenta |
| Ablative | spīrāmentō | spīrāmentīs |
| Vocative | spīrāmentum | spīrāmenta |
Synonyms
- (air hole, vent): spīrāculum, spīrātiō
Related terms
- spīrābilis
- spīrāculum
- spīrāmen
- spīrātiō
- spīrātus
- spīritālis
- spīritālitās
- spīritāliter
- spīritus
- spīritus asper
- spīritus lēnis
- spīritus sānctus
- spīro
References
- spiramentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spiramentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spiramentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette