spiracula
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spiraculum, spiraculi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
air-hole, vent; B:breathing passage (in lung); opening/outlet; window (Cal);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...caulas aetheris omnis et quasi per magni circum spiracula mundi exitus introitusque elementis redditus extat. Nunc..." 
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...quadripes fessaque minantem tela manu procul ad nitidi spiracula fontis ducit et intactas levis ipse superfugit undas..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...torto vertice torrens. hic specus horrendum et saevi spiracula Ditis monstrantur, ruptoque ingens Acheronte vorago pestiferas aperit fauces..."