alte spiro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.teː ˈspiː.roː/, [ˈäɫ̪t̪eː ˈs̠piːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.te ˈspi.ro/, [ˈäl̪t̪e ˈspiːro]

Verb

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

1. (post-Augustan) to act arrogantly, puff up
   • c. 74 CE – 130 CE, Florus, Epitome of Roman history 1.18.27:

     Metellō igitur cōnsule spīrantibus altius Poenīs et reversō in Siciliam bellō […]

     With Metellus as consul, the Carthaginians acting arrogantly and the war in Sicily being back […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of altē spīrō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	altē spīrō	altē spīrās	altē spīrat	altē spīrāmus	altē spīrātis	altē spīrant
	imperfect	altē spīrābam	altē spīrābās	altē spīrābat	altē spīrābāmus	altē spīrābātis	altē spīrābant
	future	altē spīrābō	altē spīrābis	altē spīrābit	altē spīrābimus	altē spīrābitis	altē spīrābunt
	perfect	altē spīrāvī	altē spīrāvistī	altē spīrāvit	altē spīrāvimus	altē spīrāvistis	altē spīrāvērunt, altē spīrāvēre
	pluperfect	altē spīrāveram	altē spīrāverās	altē spīrāverat	altē spīrāverāmus	altē spīrāverātis	altē spīrāverant
	future perfect	altē spīrāverō	altē spīrāveris	altē spīrāverit	altē spīrāverimus	altē spīrāveritis	altē spīrāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	altē spīrem	altē spīrēs	altē spīret	altē spīrēmus	altē spīrētis	altē spīrent
	imperfect	altē spīrārem	altē spīrārēs	altē spīrāret	altē spīrārēmus	altē spīrārētis	altē spīrārent
	perfect	altē spīrāverim	altē spīrāverīs	altē spīrāverit	altē spīrāverīmus	altē spīrāverītis	altē spīrāverint
	pluperfect	altē spīrāvissem	altē spīrāvissēs	altē spīrāvisset	altē spīrāvissēmus	altē spīrāvissētis	altē spīrāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	altē spīrā	—	—	altē spīrāte	—
	future	—	altē spīrātō	altē spīrātō	—	altē spīrātōte	altē spīrantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		altē spīrāre	altē spīrāvisse	altē spīrātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		altē spīrāns	—	altē spīrātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		altē spīrandī	altē spīrandō	altē spīrandum	altē spīrandō	altē spīrātum	altē spīrātū

References

• “spiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press