interspiratio
Latin
Etymology
Notionally from interspīrō + -tiō, but interspīrō is never attested in the sense "to catch one's breath". More appropriately analysed as inter- + spīrātiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛr.spiːˈraː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̪.t̪er.spiˈrat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
interspīrātiō f (genitive interspīrātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | interspīrātiō | interspīrātiōnēs |
| genitive | interspīrātiōnis | interspīrātiōnum |
| dative | interspīrātiōnī | interspīrātiōnibus |
| accusative | interspīrātiōnem | interspīrātiōnēs |
| ablative | interspīrātiōne | interspīrātiōnibus |
| vocative | interspīrātiō | interspīrātiōnēs |
References
- “interspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers