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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + spīrō.
Pronunciation
Verb
exspīrō (present infinitive exspīrāre, perfect active exspīrāvī, supine exspīrātum); first conjugation
- to exhale (breathe out)
- to expire
- Synonym: exeo
- to die
- Synonyms: morior, pereō, occumbō, dēfungor, intereō, dēcēdō, cadō, occidō, discēdō, excēdō, dēficiō
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References
- “exspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exspiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.