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Spiritus
Spiritus
See also: spiritus
German
Noun
Spiritus m (genitive Spiritus, plural Spiritusse)
Declension
Declension of Spiritus
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Spiritus | die | Spiritusse |
genitive | eines | des | Spiritus | der | Spiritusse |
dative | einem | dem | Spiritus | den | Spiritussen |
accusative | einen | den | Spiritus | die | Spiritusse |
spiritus
spiritus
See also: Spiritus
Dutch
Noun
spiritus m (plural spiritussen or spiritus, diminutive spiritusje n)
- methylated spirit
- (orthography) A kind of diacritic used on Ancient Greek vowels to indicate aspiration or lack thereof. See spiritus asper and spiritus lenis.
Synonyms
- (methylated spirit): brandspiritus
Latin
Etymology
From spirō (“I breathe, I respire; I live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspiː.ri.tus/
Noun
spīritus m (genitive spīritūs); fourth declension
- breath, breathing
- Classicorum auctorum e Vaticanicis codicibus editorum tomus V., Rome, 1833, p.595:
- Spiritus sunt duo dasia et psile.
- Classicorum auctorum e Vaticanicis codicibus editorum tomus V., Rome, 1833, p.595:
- light breeze
- spirit, ghost
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2
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terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
- And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
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terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
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- energy
- pride, arrogance
Inflection
Fourth declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | spīritus | spīritūs |
genitive | spīritūs | spīrituum |
dative | spīrituī | spīritibus |
accusative | spīritum | spīritūs |
ablative | spīritū | spīritibus |
vocative | spīritus | spīritūs |
Synonyms
- (breath, breathing): spīrātiō
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- spiritus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spiritus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SPIRITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spiritus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to breathe, live: animam, spiritum ducere
- to breathe the air: aera spiritu ducere
- to suffocate a person: spiritum intercludere alicui
- to give up the ghost: extremum vitae spiritum edere
- inspired: divino quodam spiritu inflatus or tactus
- to be haughty: magnos spiritus sibi sumere (B. G. 1. 33)
- to lower a person's pride: spiritus alicuius reprimere
- patrician arrogance; pride of caste: spiritus patricii (Liv. 4. 42)
- to assume a despotic tone: regios spiritus sibi sumere
- to destroy a despotism, tyranny: regios spiritus reprimere (Nep. Dion. 5. 5)
- to breathe, live: animam, spiritum ducere