Latin

Noun

spīrāmen n ‎(genitive spīrāminis); third declension

1. breathing hole, air hole, vent, thrill
2. (figuratively) breathing, blowing

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Synonyms

• (air hole, vent): spīrāculum

Related terms

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