spiraculum

English

Etymology

Latin spīrāculum

Noun

spiraculum (plural spiracula)

1. A spiracle.

Latin

Etymology

From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spiːˈraː.ku.lum/, [s̠piːˈräːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈra.ku.lum/, [spiˈräːkulum]

Noun

spīrāculum n (genitive spīrāculī); second declension

1. air hole, vent, spiracle; breath

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spīrāculum	spīrācula
Genitive	spīrāculī	spīrāculōrum
Dative	spīrāculō	spīrāculīs
Accusative	spīrāculum	spīrācula
Ablative	spīrāculō	spīrāculīs
Vocative	spīrāculum	spīrācula

Synonyms

• (air hole, vent): spīrāmen
• (breath): spīrātiō, spīrātus
• epistomium

Related terms

• spīrābilis
• spīrāmen
• spīrāmentum
• spīrātiō
• spīrātus
• spīritālis
• spīritālitās
• spīritāliter
• spīritus
• spīro

Descendants

• Catalan: espiracle
• → English: spiracle, spiraculum
• Portuguese: espiráculo
• Spanish: espiráculo

References

• “spiraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spiraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spiraculum 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)
• spiraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.