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spiramentum
spiramentum
Latin
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
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spiramentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.