noun · masculinefourth declension
hālitus
hālitus m (genitive hālitūs)
Classical[ˈha.lɪ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.li.tus]
Meaning
- breath, exhalation
‘Inspice, nescio quid trepidat mihi pectus et aegris faucibus exsuperat gravis halitus, inspice sodes’ qui dicit medico, […]
c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 3 - broadlybad breath
Halitus oris [iris] commanducata abolet alarumque vitia.
77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 21.LXXXIII.142 - steam, vapour, fume
Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros, Sparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra, Aut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas; Inter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit Halitus atque animos tollent sata; iamque reperti, Qui saxo super atque ingentis pondere testae Urgerent; hoc effusos munimen ad imbris,
Translation by James B. Greenough For the rest, whate'er The sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon Strew refuse rich, and with abundant earth Take heed to hide them, and dig in withal Rough shells or porous stone, for therebetween Will water trickle and fine vapour creep, And so the plants their drooping spirits raise. Aye, and there have been, who with weight of stone Or heavy potsherd press them from above; This serves for shield in pelting showers, and this When the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.346–353
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
spīritus ōrishālitus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 22
vapor, spīritushālitus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hālitus | hālitūs |
| genitive | hālitūs | hālituum |
| dative | hālituī | hālitibus |
| accusative | hālitum | hālitūs |
| ablative | hālitū | hālitibus |
| vocative | hālitus | hālitūs |
hālĭtus (alitus), ūs, m. id.,
I. breath, exhalation, steam, vapor.
I. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, his last breath, *
Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: aegris faucibus exsuperat gravis halitus, Pers. 3, 88: quae (i. e. nebulae aestusque) velut halitus sursum feruntur, Lucr. 6, 478: a pulmone halitus graveolentia, i. e. stinking breath, Plin. 28, 12, 53, § 194; so, oris, id. 21, 20, 83, § 142; 28, 4, 14, § 56; cf.: artificis halitus oris, Juv. 10, 238: postero die ex ore (ebriorum) halitus cadi, fumes of wine, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: plumbi fornacium halitus noxius et pestilens, exhalation, fumes, id. 34, 18, 50, § 167: carbonum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 219: terrae, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31; Quint. 7, 9, 8: salis, Plin. 17, 4, 2, § 24: Averni, Val. Fl. 4, 494: solis, i. e. heat, Col. 2, 5, 2.—II. Transf., the spirit, soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 11.—
b. Wind:
frigidus, Claud. Rutil. 1, 105.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hālitus ūs, m
halo, breath, exhalation, steam, vapor : efflavit extremum halitum, his last breath : tenuis, breeze , V.: oris, Iu.
Origins
From hālō + -tus.
Descendants
- Italianalito
- Spanishhálito