spirabilis

spirabilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?
Latin spirō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin spīrābilis

    From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -bilis.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    spīrābilis (neuter spīrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. (of air) breathable, respirable
    2. fitted for breathing, respiratory
    3. Of that which sustains or is vital for life.
    4. (of machines) pneumatic

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative spīrābilis spīrābile spīrābilēs spīrābilia
    genitive spīrābilis spīrābilium
    dative spīrābilī spīrābilibus
    accusative spīrābilem spīrābile spīrābilīs
    spīrābilēs     		spīrābilia
    ablative spīrābilī spīrābilibus
    vocative spīrābilis spīrābile spīrābilēs spīrābilia

    References

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