spiraculum
English
Etymology
From Latin spīrāculum.
Noun
spiraculum (plural spiracula)
- A spiracle.
Latin
Etymology
From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spiːˈraː.kʊ.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spiˈraː.ku.lum]
Noun
spīrāculum n (genitive spīrāculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
Descendants
- Italian: spiraglio
- → 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.