English → Latin
“gasp” in Latin
anhēlōto breathe out, breathe forth, exhale; to draw the breath with difficulty, pant, puff, gasp; to emit vapour, puff; roar,dūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullefflōto breathe out, exhalevītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of life
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gasp v.
anhelare: anhelitum movere (Cic.) or ducere (Plaut.): anhelantem spiritum ex imis pulmonibus ducere (Auct., ad Her., 4, 33) :aegre ducere spiritum: spiritus difficilius redditur (to breathe with difficulty).
gasp s.
[Vid: GASPING.] [Vid: GASPING.] Anybody’s last gasp, extremus spiritus: extremus exspirantis hiatus (Quint., 6, 3, 31). To the last gasp, usque ad extremum spiritum; with his last gasp, extremo spiritu. To be at the last gasp, efflare or edere animam (Cic., ☞ efflare extremum halitum, Cic., poet. Tusc., 2, 9, 22); agere animam; edere extremum vitae spiritum, or vitam (both Ciceronian). Vid: “give up the GHOST.”
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gasp?
- The usual Latin words for “gasp” are anhēlō, dūcō, efflō; also vīta. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.