English

Noun

spiro ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang) Spironolactone.

Esperanto

Noun

spiro ‎(accusative singular spiron, plural spiroj, accusative plural spirojn)

1. breath

Related terms

• spiri

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Verb

spiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of spirare

Anagrams

• porsi, rospi

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- ‎(“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Old English fisting ‎(“breaking wind”), Albanian fryj ‎(“to blow, breath”). More at fist, fise.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.roː/

Verb

spīrō ‎(present infinitive spīrāre, perfect active spīrāvī, supine spīrātum); first conjugation

1. I breathe, draw breath, respire
2. I blow, breathe, burst forth
3. (intransitive, with accusative) I breathe out, exhale, emit
4. (figuratively) I breathe, live, am alive (usually in the present participle)
5. (figuratively) I am poetically inspired
6. (figuratively) I design, intend, express

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: espirar
• Icelandic: spíra
• Italian: spirare
• Spanish: espirar

References

• spiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spiro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spiro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man's soul breathes through his writings: alicuius mens in scriptis spirat
    
• spiro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016