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spiramentum

spiramentum, a breathing-hole, vent, pore, spiracle

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

spīrāmentum, ī, n.: a means of breathing; of the lungs, breathing-cell, air-duct, channel, 9.580. (spīrō)

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spiramento Noun: neuter dative singular, Noun: neuter ablative singular of spiramentum

See spiramento in Morpho

spīrāmentum, i, n. [spiro] (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
  • A breathing-hole, airhole, vent, pore, spiracle.
    • A Lit.: caeca relaxat Spiramenta, Verg. G. 1, 90: (apes) in tectis certatim tenuia cera Spiramenta linunt, id. ib. 4, 39: cavernarum (Aetnae), Just. 4, 1, 6; cf. Ov. M. 15, 343 (for which, shortly after: spirandi viae): talparum, Pall. 1, 35, 10: animae, i.e. the lungs, Verg. A. 9, 580: dato per cavernas radicibus spiramento, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
    • B Trop., a breathing space, i.e. a brief pause or interval, an instant: intervalla ac spiramenta temporum, Tac. Agr. 44 fin.: sine spiramento vel morā, Amm.29, 1, 40; 14, 7, 15. —
  • II A breathing, blowing, exhaling, Vitr. 7, 12; Macr. S. praef. 1 med.: venti, a draught, Vitr. 4, 7.

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