adspirator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adspirator, adspiratoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Nelson Wordlist
- Age:
- Later
inciter; inspirer;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →adspiro, adspirare, adspiravi, adspiratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
breathe/blow (upon); aspirate; instill, infuse; be fragrant; influence; aspire;
sg. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...commentariis grammaticis: "rusticus fit sermo," inquit "si adspires perperam". IV. Itaque id vocabulum, quod dicitur vulgo "barbarismus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...avibus, mutoque in litore tantum solae desertis adspirant frondibus aurae. Nec minor in Campo furor est, emptique Quirites..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...medentes cum dare conantur, prius oras pocula circum adspirant mellis dulci flavoque liquore et quae secuntur..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite..."
