spirabilis

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spirō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin spīrābilis

From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spiːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [spiˈraː.bi.lis]

Adjective

spīrābilis (neuter spīrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (of air) breathable, respirable
2. fitted for breathing, respiratory
3. Of that which sustains or is vital for life.
4. (of machines) pneumatic

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	spīrābilis	spīrābile		spīrābilēs	spīrābilia
genitive	spīrābilis			spīrābilium
dative	spīrābilī			spīrābilibus
accusative	spīrābilem	spīrābile		spīrābilīs spīrābilēs	spīrābilia
ablative	spīrābilī			spīrābilibus
vocative	spīrābilis	spīrābile		spīrābilēs	spīrābilia

Related terms

• spīrāculum
• spīrāmen
• spīrāmentum
• spīrātiō
• spīrātus
• spīritālis
• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter
• spīritus
• spīritus asper
• spīritus lēnis
• spīritus sānctus
• spīro

References

• “spirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “spirabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.