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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1805.spīritus on page 1805
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spīritus breath
spīritus is a Latin Noun that primarily means breath.
Definitions for spīritus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
breath, breathing, spirit, soul
English derivatives:
spiritual spiritous conspire inspire expire respiratory transpire
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The action of breathing, respiration; (also) a single breath. (b) (w. extremus, ultimus, etc.) one's last breath. (c) (pregn.) deep breathing (under the stress of emotion). (d) (gram.) aspiration.
- 2
The air breathed into and expelled from the lungs, breath. (b) (w. extremus, ultimus, etc., in references to the termination of life; sim. w. primus).
- 3
Breath as the noncomitant of life or consciousness. (b) (meton.) life, consciousness.
Sentences with spīritus
Latin to English
Principio caelum ac terram camposque liquentis lucentemque globum lunae Titaniaque astra spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet.Compare First, you must know that the heavens, the earth, the watery plains of the sea, the moon's bright globe, the sun and the stars are all sustained by a spirit within; for immanent mind, flowing through all its parts and leavening its mass, makes the universe work.
Possumne tu hic lux, Catilina, aut hic caelum spiritus sum iucundus?Compare Can this light, Catiline, or the air of this sky be pleasant to you?
Ango ingens spiritus vir Sicilia Sardiniaque amissus.Compare The loss of Sicily and Sardinia vexed him, a man of high spirit.
Declension table for spīritus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | spīritus | spīritūs |
| Gen. | spīritūs | spīrituum |
| Dat. | spīrituī | spīritibus |
| Acc. | spīritum | spīritūs |
| Abl. | spīritū | spīritibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1805.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "spīritus, spīritūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/spiritus-spiritus.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.spīritus, spīritūs on page 131
