noun · neutersecond declension
spīrāmentum
spīrāmentum n (genitive spīrāmentī)
Classical[spiː.raːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[spi.raˈmɛn.tum]
Meaning
- breathing hole, air hole, vent, pore, spiracle
- breathing space; interval, brief pause
- blowing, breathing, exhaling, draught
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spīrāmentum | spīrāmenta |
| genitive | spīrāmentī | spīrāmentōrum |
| dative | spīrāmentō | spīrāmentīs |
| accusative | spīrāmentum | spīrāmenta |
| ablative | spīrāmentō | spīrāmentīs |
| vocative | spīrāmentum | spīrāmenta |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
spīrāmentum, i, n. id. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. A breathing-hole, airhole, vent, pore, spiracle.
A. Lit.:
caeca relaxat Spiramenta, Verg. G. 1, 90: (apes) in tectis certatim tenuia cera Spiramenta linunt, id. ib. 4, 39: cavernarum (Aetnae), Just. 4, 1, 6; cf. Ov. M. 15, 343 (for which, shortly after: spirandi viae): talparum, Pall. 1, 35, 10: animae, i. e. the lungs, Verg. A. 9, 580: dato per cavernas radicibus spiramento, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—B. Trop., a breathing space, i. e. a brief pause or interval, an instant:
intervalla ac spiramenta temporum, Tac. Agr. 44 fin.: sine spiramento vel morā, Amm. 29, 1, 40; 14, 7, 15. —II. A breathing, blowing, exhaling, Vitr. 7, 12; Macr. S. praef. 1 med.:
venti, a draught, Vitr. 4, 7.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
- Latinspīrāmentum
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin spīrāmentum From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -mentum.