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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of expīrō
Participle
expīrāns (genitive expīrantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- exhaling
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.44–45:
- “illum expīrantem trānsfīxō pectore flammās
turbine corripuit scopulōque īnfīxit acūtō.”- “That one exhaling flames from pierced chest she grabbed up in a whirlwind and impaled on a pointed rock.”
(What is described in line 44 occurs after line 45, an example of hysteron proteron; i.e., Ajax the Lesser dies after Athena strikes him down. Here, “expirantem” may be understood as “exhaling” fire as well as “expiring” with a dying breath.)
- expiring, dying
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.