Latin

Noun

spīrāculum n ‎(genitive spīrāculī); second declension

1. air hole, vent, spiracle; breath

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (air hole, vent): spīrāmen
• (breath): spīrātiō, spīrātus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: spiracle
• Portuguese: 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spiraculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.