spiravere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spiro, spirare, spiravi, spiratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
breathe; blow; live; breathe out; exhale; breathe the spirit of;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...super arentes campos saltem umbra nubium pependit. calidi spiravere venti, maturitatem praecepit aestus. etiam sicubi forte ieiunae herbae..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...rosea cervice refulsit, ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem spiravere, pedes vestis defluxit ad imos, et vera incessu patuit..."