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noun · femininethird declension

exspīrātiō

exspīrātiō f (genitive exspīrātiōnis)
Classical[ɛks(ː)pɪˈra.ti.ɔ]Ecclesiastical[eks.spiˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. breathing out, exhalation
  2. expiration

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexspīrātiōexspīrātiōnēs
expīrātiōnēs
genitiveexspīrātiōnis
expīrātiōnis		exspīrātiōnum
expīrātiōnum
dativeexspīrātiōnī
expīrātiōnī		exspīrātiōnibus
expīrātiōnibus
accusativeexspīrātiōnem
expīrātiōnem		exspīrātiōnēs
expīrātiōnēs
ablativeexspīrātiōne
expīrātiōne		exspīrātiōnibus
expīrātiōnibus
vocativeexspīrātiōexspīrātiōnēs
expīrātiōnēs

exspīrātĭo (expīr-), ōnis, f. exspiro,
I. a breathing out, exhalation: terrae, Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexspīrātiō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin exspīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exspīrātiō From exspīrō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishexpiration
  • Frenchexpiration
  • Italianespirazione
  • Portugueseexpiração
  • Romanianexpirație
  • Spanishexpiración

Quick answers

What does exspīrātiō mean in Latin?
exspīrātiō, a noun, means “breathing out, exhalation; expiration”.
What is the genitive of exspīrātiō?
The genitive singular is exspīrātiōnis. exspīrātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce exspīrātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɛks(ː)pɪˈra.ti.ɔ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eks.spiˈrat.t͡si.o].
Where does exspīrātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exspīrātiō.