Latin edit

Etymology edit

Notionally from interspīrō +‎ -tiō, but interspīrō is never attested in the sense "to catch one's breath". More appropriately analysed as inter- +‎ spirātiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

interspīrātiō f (genitive interspīrātiōnis); third declension

  1. a pause for breath, a catching of breath

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interspīrātiō interspīrātiōnēs
Genitive interspīrātiōnis interspīrātiōnum
Dative interspīrātiōnī interspīrātiōnibus
Accusative interspīrātiōnem interspīrātiōnēs
Ablative interspīrātiōne interspīrātiōnibus
Vocative interspīrātiō interspīrātiōnēs

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