exspiratio

Latin

Alternative forms

• expīrātiō

Etymology

From exspīrō ‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.spiˈra.ti.o/, [ɛks̠pɪˈrät̪iɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spiˈrat.t͡si.o/, [ekspiˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

exspīrātiō f (genitive exspīrātiōnis); third declension

1. breathing out, exhalation
2. expiration

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exspīrātiō	exspīrātiōnēs
genitive	exspīrātiōnis	exspīrātiōnum
dative	exspīrātiōnī	exspīrātiōnibus
accusative	exspīrātiōnem	exspīrātiōnēs
ablative	exspīrātiōne	exspīrātiōnibus
vocative	exspīrātiō	exspīrātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: expiration
• French: expiration
• Italian: espirazione
• Portuguese: expiração
• Romanian: expirație
• Spanish: expiración

References

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