respiratory

respiratory: spīrābĭlis: r. organs, s. viscera, Plin. 9, 7, 6: it may also be expr. by spirandi officina, id. 11, 37, 72: a r. organ, perh. conceptaculum spiritus, Gell. 18, 10, ad fin. (For the erroneous views of the ancients on this subject, see Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: Whewell, Hist. Ind. Sc. vol. iii. p. 327.)