Latin edit

Etymology edit

From respīrō, respīrāre +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

respīrātiō f (genitive respīrātiōnis); third declension

  1. exhaling
  2. breathing, respiration

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative respīrātiō respīrātiōnēs
Genitive respīrātiōnis respīrātiōnum
Dative respīrātiōnī respīrātiōnibus
Accusative respīrātiōnem respīrātiōnēs
Ablative respīrātiōne respīrātiōnibus
Vocative respīrātiō respīrātiōnēs

Descendants edit

References edit

  • respiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • respiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • respiratio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • respiratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.