aspiro

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

• IPA^(key): /aˈspi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: a‧spì‧ro

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirare

• Ipsaro, prasio, raspio, riposa, sapori, sopirà

• adspīrō

From ad- +‎ spīrō (“breathe”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈpiː.roː/, [äs̠ˈpiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.ro/, [äsˈpiːro]

aspīrō (present infinitive aspīrāre, perfect active aspīrāvī, supine aspīrātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to breathe or blow upon
2. (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!

3. (intransitive) to aspire or desire (to); approach, come near (to)
4. (intransitive, with dative) to aspirate (follow a consonant with an audible puff of breath)
5. (transitive) to breathe or blow upon, infuse, instill
6. (transitive, of the sea) to wash

• “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.

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar