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Asturian
Verb
aspiro
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirar
Catalan
Verb
aspiro
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirar
Galician
Verb
aspiro
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈspi.ro/
- Rhymes: -iro
- Hyphenation: a‧spì‧ro
Verb
aspiro
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ad- + spīrō (“breathe”).
Pronunciation
Verb
aspīrō (present infinitive aspīrāre, perfect active aspīrāvī, supine aspīrātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) to breathe or blow upon
- (intransitive) to be favorable to, assist, favor, aid
8 CE,
Ovid,
Metamorphoses 1.2–4:
- dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa)
adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī
ad mea perpetuum dēdūcite tempora carmen!- O gods, favor my undertakings (for you have changed them too), and lead my uninterrupted song down from the first origin of the world to my times!
- (intransitive) to aspire or desire (to); approach, come near (to)
- (intransitive, with dative) to aspirate (follow a consonant with an audible puff of breath)
- (transitive) to breathe or blow upon, infuse, instill
- (transitive, of the sea) to wash
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “aspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
aspiro
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirar
Spanish
Verb
aspiro
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirar