aspiro

See also: aspirò and aspiró

Asturian

Verb

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Catalan

Verb

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Galician

Verb

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirare

Anagrams

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• adspīrō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ spīrō (“breathe”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of aspīrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aspīrō	aspīrās	aspīrat	aspīrāmus	aspīrātis	aspīrant
	imperfect	aspīrābam	aspīrābās	aspīrābat	aspīrābāmus	aspīrābātis	aspīrābant
	future	aspīrābō	aspīrābis	aspīrābit	aspīrābimus	aspīrābitis	aspīrābunt
	perfect	aspīrāvī	aspīrāvistī	aspīrāvit	aspīrāvimus	aspīrāvistis	aspīrāvērunt, aspīrāvēre
	pluperfect	aspīrāveram	aspīrāverās	aspīrāverat	aspīrāverāmus	aspīrāverātis	aspīrāverant
	future perfect	aspīrāverō	aspīrāveris	aspīrāverit	aspīrāverimus	aspīrāveritis	aspīrāverint
passive	present	aspīror	aspīrāris, aspīrāre	aspīrātur	aspīrāmur	aspīrāminī	aspīrantur
	imperfect	aspīrābar	aspīrābāris, aspīrābāre	aspīrābātur	aspīrābāmur	aspīrābāminī	aspīrābantur
	future	aspīrābor	aspīrāberis, aspīrābere	aspīrābitur	aspīrābimur	aspīrābiminī	aspīrābuntur
	perfect	aspīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aspīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aspīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aspīrem	aspīrēs	aspīret	aspīrēmus	aspīrētis	aspīrent
	imperfect	aspīrārem	aspīrārēs	aspīrāret	aspīrārēmus	aspīrārētis	aspīrārent
	perfect	aspīrāverim	aspīrāverīs	aspīrāverit	aspīrāverīmus	aspīrāverītis	aspīrāverint
	pluperfect	aspīrāvissem	aspīrāvissēs	aspīrāvisset	aspīrāvissēmus	aspīrāvissētis	aspīrāvissent
passive	present	aspīrer	aspīrēris, aspīrēre	aspīrētur	aspīrēmur	aspīrēminī	aspīrentur
	imperfect	aspīrārer	aspīrārēris, aspīrārēre	aspīrārētur	aspīrārēmur	aspīrārēminī	aspīrārentur
	perfect	aspīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aspīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	aspīrā	—	—	aspīrāte	—
	future	—	aspīrātō	aspīrātō	—	aspīrātōte	aspīrantō
passive	present	—	aspīrāre	—	—	aspīrāminī	—
	future	—	aspīrātor	aspīrātor	—	—	aspīrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aspīrāre	aspīrāvisse	aspīrātūrum esse	aspīrārī	aspīrātum esse	aspīrātum īrī
participles		aspīrāns	—	aspīrātūrus	—	aspīrātus	aspīrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		aspīrandī	aspīrandō	aspīrandum	aspīrandō	aspīrātum	aspīrātū

Derived terms

• aspīrāmen
• aspīrātiō

 

Descendants

• → Danish: aspirere
• → Dutch: aspireren
• → English: aspirate, aspire
• Esperanto: aspiri
• → Finnish: aspiroida
• French: aspirer
• Galician: aspirar
• → German: aspirieren
• Ido: aspirar
• Interlingua: aspirar
• Italian: aspirare
• → Norwegian Bokmål: aspirere
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: aspirera, aspirere
• Occitan: aspirar
• Portuguese: aspirar
• Romanian: aspira
• → Serbo-Croatian: аспири́рати/aspirírati
• → Slovene: aspirirati
• Spanish: aspirar
• → Swedish: aspirera

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

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Spanish

Verb

aspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirar