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noun · neuterthird declension

spīrāmen

spīrāmen n (genitive spīrāminis)
Classical[spiːˈraː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[spiˈraː.men]

Meaning

  1. breathing hole, air hole, vent, thrill
  2. figurativelybreathing, blowing

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativespīrāmenspīrāmina
genitivespīrāminisspīrāminum
dativespīrāminīspīrāminibus
accusativespīrāmenspīrāmina
ablativespīrāminespīrāminibus
vocativespīrāmenspīrāmina

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

spīrāmen, ĭnis, n. spiro.
I. A breathing - hole, passage for the breath, air-hole, thrill, vent (poet. and very rare): spiramina Naris, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 691 P. (Ann. v. 265 Vahl.); Luc. 2, 183: sunt qui spiramina terris Esse putant, id. 10, 247; cf.: spiramina laxanda, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123.—
II. Abstr., a breathing, blowing (poet. and in post-class. prose), Luc. 6, 90: ventorum spiramina, Amm. 17, 7, 11: reficit spiramina fessi ignis, Stat. Th. 12, 268: lacessitus longo spiraminis actu, Claud. Magn. 36: interclusis spiraminibus interire, Arn. 2, 133.— Of the Holy Ghost, Rust. Help. Carm. 77.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin spīrāmen From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Quick answers

What does spīrāmen mean in Latin?
spīrāmen, a noun, means “breathing hole, air hole, vent, thrill; breathing, blowing”.
What is the genitive of spīrāmen?
The genitive singular is spīrāminis. spīrāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce spīrāmen?
In classical Latin, [spiːˈraː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [spiˈraː.men].
Where does spīrāmen come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? → Latin spīrāmen.