spiro

See also: Spiro, spirò, and spiro-

English

Pronunciation
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Noun

spiro (uncountable)

  1. Only used in spiro compound

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

spiro (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Spironolactone.

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Esperanto

Noun

spiro (accusative singular spiron, plural spiroj, accusative plural spirojn)

  1. breath

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iro

Verb

spiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of spirare

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Old English fisting (“breaking wind”), Albanian fryj (“to blow, breath”). More at fist, fise.

Pronunciation

Verb

spīrō (present infinitive spīrāre, perfect active spīrāvī, supine spīrātum); first conjugation

  1. I breathe, draw breath, respire
  2. I blow, breathe, burst forth
  3. (intransitive, with accusative) I breathe out, exhale, emit
  4. (figuratively) I breathe, live, am alive (usually in the present participle)
  5. (figuratively) I am poetically inspired
  6. (figuratively) I design, intend, express

Conjugation
   Conjugation of spīrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spīrō spīrās spīrat spīrāmus spīrātis spīrant
imperfect spīrābam spīrābās spīrābat spīrābāmus spīrābātis spīrābant
future spīrābō spīrābis spīrābit spīrābimus spīrābitis spīrābunt
perfect spīrāvī spīrāvistī spīrāvit spīrāvimus spīrāvistis spīrāvērunt, spīrāvēre
pluperfect spīrāveram spīrāverās spīrāverat spīrāverāmus spīrāverātis spīrāverant
future perfect spīrāverō spīrāveris spīrāverit spīrāverimus spīrāveritis spīrāverint
passive present spīror spīrāris, spīrāre spīrātur spīrāmur spīrāminī spīrantur
imperfect spīrābar spīrābāris, spīrābāre spīrābātur spīrābāmur spīrābāminī spīrābantur
future spīrābor spīrāberis, spīrābere spīrābitur spīrābimur spīrābiminī spīrābuntur
perfect spīrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect spīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect spīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spīrem spīrēs spīret spīrēmus spīrētis spīrent
imperfect spīrārem spīrārēs spīrāret spīrārēmus spīrārētis spīrārent
perfect spīrāverim spīrāverīs spīrāverit spīrāverīmus spīrāverītis spīrāverint
pluperfect spīrāvissem spīrāvissēs spīrāvisset spīrāvissēmus spīrāvissētis spīrāvissent
passive present spīrer spīrēris, spīrēre spīrētur spīrēmur spīrēminī spīrentur
imperfect spīrārer spīrārēris, spīrārēre spīrārētur spīrārēmur spīrārēminī spīrārentur
perfect spīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect spīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — spīrā — — spīrāte —
future — spīrātō spīrātō — spīrātōte spīrantō
passive present — spīrāre — — spīrāminī —
future — spīrātor spīrātor — — spīrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives spīrāre spīrāvisse spīrātūrus esse spīrārī spīrātus esse spīrātum īrī
participles spīrāns — spīrātūrus — spīrātus spīrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
spīrandī spīrandō spīrandum spīrandō spīrātum spīrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • spiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spiro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a man's soul breathes through his writings: alicuius mens in scriptis spirat
  • spiro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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