spirabilis
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /spiːˈraː.bi.lis/, [s̠piːˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spiˈra.bi.lis/, [spiˈräːbilis]
Adjective
editspīrābilis (neuter spīrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (of air) breathable, respirable
- fitted for breathing, respiratory
- Of that which sustains or is vital for life.
- (of machines) pneumatic
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | spīrābilis | spīrābile | spīrābilēs | spīrābilia | |
Genitive | spīrābilis | spīrābilium | |||
Dative | spīrābilī | spīrābilibus | |||
Accusative | spīrābilem | spīrābile | spīrābilēs spīrābilīs |
spīrābilia | |
Ablative | spīrābilī | spīrābilibus | |||
Vocative | spīrābilis | spīrābile | spīrābilēs | spīrābilia |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “spirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spirabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spirabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.