spira
Esperanto edit
Adjective edit
spira (accusative singular spiran, plural spiraj, accusative plural spirajn)
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
spira f (plural spire)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
spira
- inflection of spirare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.ra/, [ˈs̠piːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspi.ra/, [ˈspiːrä]
Noun edit
spīra f (genitive spīrae); first declension
- A thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound.
- A coil, twist.
- The base of a column.
- A kind of cake; a twist.
- A coil of rope.
- A braid of hair.
- A pretzel
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | spīra | spīrae |
Genitive | spīrae | spīrārum |
Dative | spīrae | spīrīs |
Accusative | spīram | spīrās |
Ablative | spīrā | spīrīs |
Vocative | spīra | spīrae |
References edit
- “spira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spira 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)
- spira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “spira”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “spira”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
spira m or f
spira n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
spira n
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
spira c
Declension edit
Declension of spira | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | spira | spiran | spiror | spirorna |
Genitive | spiras | spirans | spirors | spirornas |
Verb edit
spira (present spirar, preterite spirade, supine spirat, imperative spira)
- (often figurative) to sprout, to grow, to bud
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spira (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | spira | — | ||
Supine | spirat | — | ||
Imperative | spira | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | spiren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spirar | spirade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | spira | spirade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | spire | spirade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | spirande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References edit
- spira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Venetian edit
Noun edit
spira f (plural spire)