suspiratio

Latin

Etymology

From suspīrō, suspīrāre +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sus.piːˈraː.ti.oː/, [s̠ʊs̠piːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sus.piˈrat.t͡si.o/, [suspiˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

suspīrātiō f (genitive suspīrātiōnis); third declension

1. a fetching a deep breath; a sighing, sigh

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	suspīrātiō	suspīrātiōnēs
genitive	suspīrātiōnis	suspīrātiōnum
dative	suspīrātiōnī	suspīrātiōnibus
accusative	suspīrātiōnem	suspīrātiōnēs
ablative	suspīrātiōne	suspīrātiōnibus
vocative	suspīrātiō	suspīrātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: suspiration (learned)

Further reading

• “suspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suspiratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.