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Latin
Etymology
aspīrō + -tiō.
Noun
aspīrātiō f (genitive aspīrātiōnis); third declension
- The act of blowing or breathing to or upon; exhalation.
- (grammar) The pronunciation of a word with aspiration; breathing, aspiration; aspirate.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “aspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspiratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.