aspiratio

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

aspīrō +‎ -tiō.

Noun[edit]

aspīrātiō f (genitive aspīrātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of blowing or breathing to or upon; exhalation.
  2. (grammar) The pronunciation of a word with aspiration; breathing, aspiration; aspirate.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aspīrātiō aspīrātiōnēs
Genitive aspīrātiōnis aspīrātiōnum
Dative aspīrātiōnī aspīrātiōnibus
Accusative aspīrātiōnem aspīrātiōnēs
Ablative aspīrātiōne aspīrātiōnibus
Vocative aspīrātiō aspīrātiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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