spiraculum

English

Etymology

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

Latin spirō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Italic *-klom

Latin -culum

Latin spīrāculumbor.

English spiraculum

Borrowed from Latin spīrāculum.

Noun

spiraculum (plural spiracula)

1. A spiracle.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

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

Latin spirō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Italic *-klom

Latin -culum

Latin spīrāculum

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spiːˈraː.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [spiˈraː.ku.lum]

Noun

spīrāculum n (genitive spīrāculī); second declension

1. air hole, vent, spiracle; breath

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	spīrāculum	spīrācula
genitive	spīrāculī	spīrāculōrum
dative	spīrāculō	spīrāculīs
accusative	spīrāculum	spīrācula
ablative	spīrāculō	spīrāculīs
vocative	spīrāculum	spīrācula

Synonyms

• (air hole, vent): spīrāmen
• (breath): spīrātiō, spīrātus
• epistomium

Related terms

• spīrābilis
• spīrāmen
• spīrāmentum
• spīrātiō
• spīrātus
• spīritālis
• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter
• spīritus
• spīro

Descendants

• > Italian: spiraglio
• → Catalan: espiracle
• → English: spiracle, spiraculum
• → Italian: spiracolo
• → Portuguese: espiráculo
• → Spanish: espiráculo

References

• “spiraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spiraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "spiraculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “spiraculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.